Pune: For most of the 10 days that he was absconding from police, Nilesh Chavan, a co-accused in the Vaishnavi Hagawane death case, seemed confident the authorities had no idea where he was. But it was one conversation through his girlfriend’s phone that helped police track him to the northern parts of the country and…
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday appointed former Wadgaon Sheri MLA Sunil Tingre as one of the two city unit chiefs. Subhash Jagtap, a former leader of the house for NCP in Pune Municipal Corporation will be the second city unit chief. This is the first time the NCP has created two city unit…
Pune: The school education department has announced the holiday schedule for the 2025-26 session for govt schools in Maharashtra with 129 off days for students and teachers. Schools reopen for the new academic year on June 16 in the rest of the state and on June 23 in Vidarbha. According to this new schedule, there…
Pune: NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Sunday urged state govt to give another chance — as a ‘special case’ — to the MPSC aspirants injured a day before their exam in an accident near Bhave School in Sadashiv Peth on Saturday.In a post on X, Sule said govt should also…
Pune: The city and surrounding areas, which witnessed showers on Sunday after a break of two days, are likely to record more rainfall during the week.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, very light to light rain is likely until June 7, and an increase in the intensity of rainfall is expected in the middle…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar made it clear on Sunday that the govt would not pursue legal action against Ladki Bahin beneficiaries found ineligible.Pawar was responding to questions in Pune about 2,200 ineligible govt employees who have received benefits under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, which was announced just ahead of the Nov…
Pune: Nilesh Chavan (34), a business associate of Shashank Hagawane and co-accused in the Vaishnavi dowry death case, was on Saturday remanded in police custody till June 3. The court of judicial magistrate first class V P Khandare also extended the custodial remand of Vaishnavi’s father-in-law, Rajendra Hagawane (63), and brother-in-law, Sushil (27), till June…
Pune: Nilesh Chavan (34), a business associate of Shashank Hagawane and co-accused in the Vaishnavi dowry death case, was on Saturday remanded in police custody till June 3. The court of judicial magistrate first class V P Khandare also extended the custodial remand of Vaishnavi’s father-in-law, Rajendra Hagawane (63), and brother-in-law, Sushil (27), till June…
Pune: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has officially declared Swati Kaspate, mother of late Vaishnavi Hagawane, as the “fit person” to take custody of her nine-month-old grandson.Maharashtra women and child development minister Aditi Tatkare posted the decision on her X handle on Friday. The decision followed a comprehensive social investigation report from the district child…
Pune: A mule account holder, husband of a sarpanch, was arrested from a house in Panvel around 4.30am on Friday in connection with the Rs6.3 crore digital arrest fraud.The suspect has been identified as Tushar Harischandra Wajantri (28), a resident of Roha in Raigarh district. His wife is the sarpanch of a nearby village.The cyber…
