Pune: The Bhosari MIDC police on Monday arrested six persons, including a woman, and detained three minors after two groups attacked each other following an old rivalry.The incident happened late on Sunday night at Khande Vasti in Bhosari MIDC. Six persons sustained injuries in the incident. The police registered two separate cases of murder attempt…
Pune: A major fire gutted four godowns in Pimple Gurav on Monday afternoon. No one sustained injuries in the fire. Four fire tenders from the Pimpri Chinchwad fire brigade were pressed into service. It took at least 2 hours for the firemen to douse the fire. Plywood, scrap, and pandal material in the godowns were…
Pune: The Chinchwad police on Sunday arrested a goldsmith on the charge of duping a jeweller by stealing 245g of gold worth Rs22 lakh, which was given to him for melting.The accused, Simanta Santosh Samanta of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, stole the gold in the last 10 minutes. A Chinchwad police team led…
Pune: The Ravet police on Sunday registered a case of causing death by negligence against a builder and a contractor after a daily-wage worker at their construction site died after falling from the 2nd floor.The accident happened on Feb 3, when the victim, Chandrakant Jadhav (36), of Mamurdi, who hailed from Gulbarga in Karnataka, was…
Pune: The city police arrested seven men, including two Wagholi-based gift shopkeepers, between Feb 3 and 11 this year, for buying and selling the mephedrone drug. Mephedrone and vehicles, including a high-end SUV, worth a total of Rs4.27 crore were recovered from the arrested individuals. The confiscated property includes 1.96kg of mephedrone along with cash,…
Pune: Just five days after a large quantity of high-end hydroponic weed was recovered from the city airport, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Customs here on Sunday once more recovered the same substance from a flyer, who arrived from Bangkok on an Air India Express flight. The contraband, weighing 655 gm and costing around…
Pune: Days after the deadly Mumbai Metro pillar slab collapse on Feb 14, Shivajinagar MLA Siddharth Shirole sought a comprehensive structural and on-site safety audit of the under-construction multi-level University Chowk flyover and Shivajinagar-Hinjewadi Metro corridor here. On Saturday, one person was killed and three were injured after a parapet segment from the under-construction Metro…
Pune: The civic body on Saturday issued a show-cause notice and imposed a fine of Rs1 lakh on a manager/developer of VTP Aethereus for allegedly supplying contaminated water to property owners in a Mhalunge complex.As per the notice, this action was taken following a complaint from residents. Meanwhile, the developer clarified that the issue stands…
Pune: Doctors are seeing people coming to hospitals with complaints of dehydration-related symptoms such as fatigue and fluctuating sugar levels as the city witnesses a rise in daytime temperatures setting in early in the day. They have cautioned those with diabetes to ensure they remain hydrated, especially if they stay outdoors for longer, while warning…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday ordered a thorough probe and stayed minority status certificates issued to at least 75 educational institutes across the state soon after the death of then-deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who headed the minority affairs department, in a plane crash on Jan 28. The action followed inquiry demand from opposition…
