Pune: Downloading a link from a message sent by online fraudsters under the guise of the RTO proved costly for a trader (47) from Market Yard in Oct last year, after the fraudsters siphoned off Rs 2.95 lakhs from his bank account.The trader submitted a complaint application to the Cyber police, and after verification, a…
Pune: Tatiana Prozorova outslugged Leolia Jeanjean in two hours and 38 minutes in the last year’s final. On Friday, the Russian needed an hour and 36 to once again turn the tables on the Frenchwoman, this time in the semifinal, at the $60,000 ITF Women’s tennis event at Deccan Gymkhana.“Today’s match was incredible. It was…
Pune: The civic body on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs10 lakh on a private developer for allegedly dumping trash on the riverbed near Deccan. “The civic administration also issued directives to the Slum Rehabilitation Authority to take further action in this matter. A stop-work order should be issued for the construction project from which…
Pune: In the biggest catch of contraband yet from the city airport, the Air Intelligence Unit of Customs here intercepted a man on Wednesday and recovered more than 5kg of high-end hydroponic weed. According to Customs officials, a total of 5,429 gm of the weed was recovered, costing a whopping Rs5.42 crore in the illicit…
Pune: The Regional Passport Office (RPO) in Pune has conducted a special training session for city police personnel to streamline passport verification and reduce delays in processing applications.The session, held at the office of Commissioner of Police, focused on familiarising personnel with the upgraded Passport Seva Programme (PSP) 2.0 system and standardising verification procedures. Pune:…
Pune: Two days after a food stall set up by Bangladeshi students at a ‘World Cultural Festival’ at the MIT World Peace University’s (MIT-WPU) Kothrud campus was vandalised and the Bangladeshi national flag was burnt allegedly by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), there has been no action against those involved in the act of…
Pune: NCP (SP) has called a meeting of its elected representatives and office-bearers in Mumbai on Feb 17 to decide the future course of action, after the merger plans of both factions hit a roadblock following the death of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, who is currently undergoing treatment at a…
Pune: Cybercrooks posed as a DGP of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) as well as crime branch personnel to dupe a retired state govt official (80) of Rs19 lakh in a digital arrest fraud in Nov last year.The victim’s son filed an online complaint. After preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Dighi police on…
Pune: State govt-appointed contractors still wait for the clearance of long-pending dues, which is estimated by the Maharashtra State Contractors Association at Rs 70,000 crore, as the budget is scheduled next month. Even the trade receivables electronic discounting system (TReDS) approved by the cabinet last month for payments to contractors has not been implemented, the…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge DP Ragit on Thursday reserved its order on the bail applications of power-of-attorney holder Sheetal Tejwani and suspended sub registrar Ravindra B Taru in the case of illegal stamp duty waiver in the registration of a sale deed related to the 40 acre govt land parcel at Mundhwa.The…
