Pune: Southern Army Commander Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth on Thursday said that the Indian Army’s swift response and technical proficiency were crucial in saving lives during the critical early phase of the rescue operation at the Air India A-171 aircraft crash site in Ahmedabad on June 12.Within minutes, around 130 personnel from the military station,…
Pune: The incomplete carriageway of the flyover, which connects Wadgaon to Rajaram Bridge, is causing inconvenience to daily commuters on Sinhagad Road. Besides, rain has put the road in a bad shape that slows down traffic and causes snarls during rush hours.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was supposed to open the Wadgaon-Rajaram Bridge wing to…
Pune: Two ITI students died after a pickup truck knocked them down when their motorcycle skidded on a sharp turn at the Kamshet Ghat on the Pune-Mumbai highway on Wednesday evening.Rishabh Hiwale (23), a friend of the deceased, of Wadgaon Maval lodged a complaint with the Kamshet police. The police have registered a case of…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the state govt had made it a fashion to label people following a different ideology as “Urban Naxals”.The veteran politician made the comment criticising the Maharashtra government, after Shiv Sena MLC Manisha Kayande claimed in the assembly on Wednesday that some “Urban Naxal” organisations had entered…
Pune: The Faraskhana police arrested eight women, all from Bangladesh, from Budhwar Peth on Wednesday for staying illegally in India.The police carried out simultaneous raids at different brothels on Wednesday, in which these women were identified.Senior inspector Prashant Bhasme of the Faraskhana police said, “The women came to India after crossing the Bangladesh border illegally…
Pune: A landslide near Khopi village in Ratnagiri’s Raghuvir Ghat on Thursday blocked traffic on the road along the ghat section in the second such incident in the area following intense monsoon rainfall, underscoring the severity of the current season with data showing a dramatic rise in locations recording triple-digit rainfall across the state. A…
Pune: Director general of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Piyush Anand on Thursday said 97 teams were deployed in various flood-prone areas across the country to ensure quick response for flood rescue operations.“We pre-positioned our teams in these locations based on information received from the state disaster relief forces of all the states. This will…
Pune: A thief broke into a private forex exchange office in a commercial complex in Balewadi around 3am on Wednesday and stole a safe containing foreign currency, worth a total of Rs19.53 lakh. However, the thief was unable to carry the safe on his motorcycle and after managing the ride for around 300m, he dumped…
Pune: Wednesday’s sexual assault on a woman in Kondhwa by a man posing as a delivery agent has prompted society representatives in the city to discuss security tightening measures, including sending self-security awareness messages to residents. The man, posing as a courier delivery agent, entered the 22-year-old data scientist’s 11th floor rented flat in a…
PUNE: A group of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers staged a protest outside a Pune resident’s home on Thursday, accusing him of posting a derogatory comment on Facebook about party chief Raj Thackeray.The incident took place in the Kothrud area of the city and drew police intervention after tensions escalated.No official complaint had been registered…
