Pune: Passengers on board a Goa to Pune SpiceJet flight (SG-1080) had a scare on Tuesday evening when a window panel was found dislodged while the plane was mid-air.The airline played down the incident, saying the window part that had come off was “a non-structural trim component, fitted onto the window for the purpose of…
Pune: The Hinjewadi police on Tuesday night arrested two men who attempted to dupe a real estate agent from Bavdhan under the pretext of a scheme to double his money.The real estate agent became suspicious and alerted his police constable friend.The police then laid a trap near Laxmi Chowk and nabbed the duo, who came…
Pune: A 37-year-old woman lost her left leg after a dumper truck hit her scooter from the rear in Tathawade around 2pm on Monday.The woman — Swara Sanjay Pawar, who is a staff head at a local gym — lost her balance and fell, with her left leg going under the truck’s front wheel.“The driver…
Pune: The Bavdhan police on Tuesday arrested Prakash Jadhav (43), an auto driver, on the charge of murdering his wife.Their 18-year-old son lodged a complaint with the Bavdhan police on Tuesday.A police team, led by assistant inspector Ashok Dongre, took the suspect into custory from Manjari. The deceased has been identified as Manisha Jadhav (38)….
Pune: A proposed cremation and burial ground in the Old Sangvi area has become a contentious matter for people from different communities, with politicians entering the fray. The new draft development plan of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, which was passed on May 14 and uploaded to the PCMC website for citizen’s suggestions, proposes a 12,600sqm…
Pune: The Sant Tukaramnagar police on Monday registered a case against unknown callers who threatened an auto parts dealer (41) from Nehrunagar in Pimpri of sharing his personal pictures with his female friend with their relatives and attempted to extort Rs 6 lakh.The dealer and his female friend received these calls starting June 27. He…
Pune: A casual worker (30) riding pillion on a motorcycle was killed after the two-wheeler was hit by a truck at Borkar Vasti in Kunjirwadi on the Pune-Solapur highway around 1pm on Monday.The Loni Kalbhor police have identified the deceased as Santosh Jadhav of Shinde Vasti at Hinjewadi. The bike rider, Dinkar Jadhav, also from…
Pune: Pashan resident Kushagra Agarwal rushed to the jewellers last week as soon as gold prices reduced slightly, to Rs 95,784 per 10g, as he had to buy gold for his son’s wedding. With a Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 per 10 g reduction in the price of gold, jewellers expect many other residents in…
Pune: Days after implementing a 6am to 11pm ban on the plying of heavy vehicles in the Gangadham area, the city traffic police on Monday night relaxed the duration of the ban by three hours.The timing of the ban on the 2km stretch from Lullanagar Chowk to Gangadham Chowk and a 1.6km stretch from Chandralok…
Pune: The dog catchers’ team of PMC will be active around the airport area this entire week, and then twice a week.Sarika Funde, the head of the veterinary department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) told TOI, “Our team earlier visited the airport area and carried out operations on Saturday every week. This week, our…
