Pune: The Kalewadi police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old worker on the charge of sexually assaulting his neighbour’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter by luring her with mangoes on Monday afternoon.Senior police inspector Rajendra Bahirat of the Kalewadi police said the accused lured the girl into his room by promising her mangoes and then sexually assaulted her.“The girl’s…
Deshmukh travelled with six differently abled trekkers PUNE: Defying physical limitations and brutal weather, Sameer Deshmukh, a city-based IT professional with disability, conquered the Everest Base Camp trek at 17,598 feet on April 14 – a stunning testament to his resilience and grit.Enduring sub-zero temperatures plunging below -10°C, Deshmukh triumphed over treacherous terrain and his…
PUNE: IT major Infosys provided a formal response on Wednesday to social media allegations of workplace harassment at its Business Process Management (BPM) facility in Pune, according to news agency ANI.The clarification comes at a time when Maharashtra’s IT industry is under increased scrutiny, following a separate criminal investigation into Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in…
PUNE/MUMBAI: The CBSE Std X results declared on Wednesday saw a marginal rise in the national pass percentage to 93.7%, but it was the strong performance of the Pune region and a shift toward application-based testing that defined this year’s results.Girls outshone boys once again recording a pass percentage of 95% against 92.7% for boys….
Pune: The increasing maximum temperatures have led to 15 heatstroke-related cases between March 1 and April 13 in Maharashtra, leaving doctors and residents concerned.State health department data said the highest number of cases at six were recorded in Ratnagiri district, followed by two in Palghar and one each in Pune, Gadchiroli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Nandurbar, Nashik…
Pune: Ready mix concrete operators in the city have paused manufacturing till unified guidelines are created by all authorities concerned even as the civic body continued its crackdown on plants.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday demolished illegal constructions, including seven ready mix concrete (RMC) plants, spread over 52,000 sqft in Nagar Road areas such as…
Pune: The process to approve and disburse assistance from the Chief Minister Relief Fund is set to become significantly faster with the decision that applications will now be approved within eight working hours of submission and a new online system to facilitate the procedure will be launched soon.It is expected to expedite financial aid for…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge Dilip P Ragit convicted and sentenced a dairy farm owner from Purandar to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeated rape and aggravated sexual assault on his two nieces, aged 13 and 14 years, between Jan and Nov 14, 2020, in a couple of lodges in Uruli Devachi…
Pune: The Wakad police have arrested a former traffic warden of the Chatushrungi traffic division of the Pune traffic police in connection with chain snatching and vehicle theft.After removing from the traffic warden job about five months ago for his inappropriate behaviour, the accused, Sachin Chavan, 27, of Maan village, started snatching gold chains.Chavan snatched…
Pune: A 31-year-old wine shop employee from Narhe was robbed of Rs 4 lakh at the point of a sharp weapon near Bhumkar Bridge on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass around 11.30pm on Sunday while heading to his employer’s house on Sinhagad Road with the day’s collection.The Narhe police took time to register an FIR on…
