Pune: A 54-year-old import-export trader from Gahunje lodged a complaint with the Shirgaon police on Sunday stating that cybercrooks duped him of Rs19.40 lakh by promising handsome commission on ‘routing’ natural oil products through them to a ‘company in Sweden’. The victim told police in his complaint that the fraudsters, who claimed to be based…
Pune: A prominent city jeweller from Sadashiv Peth lodged a complaint with the Vishrambaug police on Sunday, accusing one of his employees of stealing gold ornaments worth Rs4.89 crore in phases between April 1 and May 26. The manager of the shop, aged 37 and a resident of Sangvi, lodged a complaint with the police…
PUNE: Two new species of millipedes have been added to India’s arthropod diversity after their discovery in Western Ghats regions, namely Karad in Maharashtra and in Kerala.The discovery of the two species — named Polydrepanum xiphosum and Polydrepanum spinatum — by a team of Indian scientists was published in the New Zealand-based journal Zootaxa on…
Pune: Central and state govts gave approvals for 23 clusters in the last financial year — 12 proposed by former and 11 by latter — aimed at supporting micro and small enterprises in Pune region. Of the total granted funds of Rs62 crore, Centure contributed Rs44 crore while state’s share was Rs18.7 crore, Shailesh Rajput,…
Pune: Around 150 passengers travelling from Delhi to Pune on an Air India (AI-2971) flight spent more than three hours inside the aircraft on Sunday afternoon waiting for it to take off.The passengers were stuck without any refreshments or proper information about take-off time.This incident is a repeat of last week when passengers of a…
Pune: The Public Works Department (PWD) plans to establish around 400 wayside hubs with restrooms and eateries across a 1 lakh kilometre road network in the state in the next two to three months.The department aims to address the acute shortage of restroom facilities along highways. Authorities have decided to leverage Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)…
PUNE: A new Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) study has revealed that a natural gas produced by tiny ocean organisms could play a bigger role in cooling the planet as global warming continues. Dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a sulphur-containing gas released from the oceans, is the largest natural source of sulphur in the atmosphere. This…
Pune: The prosecution on Monday told a magisterial court that police needed sufficient time to question Dr Ajay Taware, the suspended Sassoon General Hospital doctor, in custody in relation to the 10 kidney swap transplants that were cleared by regional authorisation committee for organ transplant in 2022 when he was heading it. Assistant commissioner of…
Pune: At a time when it is facing criticism over rampant tree cutting across the city, the civic body has decided to go the Chennai way by introducing a ‘tree ambulance’ service to protect and maintain trees.The service will be started on June 5, World Environment Day. An ambulance equipped with tools and expertise to…
Twelve-year-old Maryam from Yemen, suffering from meningomyelocele since childhood, found hope in India. After enduring years of incontinence and social isolation, she underwent sacral neuromodulation at Inamdar Multispeciality Hospital in Pune. PUNE: Twelve-year-old Maryam (name changed) came to India from Yemen in July last year with hopes of overcoming her medical condition after suffering from…
