Pune:The Pune Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized over 3,800 kg of adulterated mango pulp following raids in Maval and Khed talukas.Acting on confidential information, an FDA team first inspected a manufacturing establishment in Maval taluka. The inspection revealed that the unit was producing mango pulp using unauthorised food colors and various adulterating substances.Officials…
Pune: Five minor boys were detained on Wednesday for allegedly opening fire on a 17-year-old junior college student at Charwad Vasti in Wadgaon Budruk on Tuesday night.Police said the incident was a fallout of a long-standing rivalry between them. The victim, who suffered a gunshot wound on his thigh, was admitted to Sassoon General Hospital…
Pune: The PMC on Friday ruled out any supply cut now but it would weigh other options to save water, two days after the irrigation department’s request to reduce its consumption because of the possible poor monsoon this year.“Water cuts will not be imposed in the city. Many areas are already facing scarcity. The civic…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Safari Park, a zoo-cum-garden, planned by Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (CSMC) under the Smart City Mission, is still far from over despite multiple deadlines lapsed.The project was expected to have been completed around three years ago, but it has been progressing at a snail’s pace and drawing angry reactions from citizens. Spread…
Pune: A one-and-half-year-old girl was successfully saved from a one in 50,000 rare congenital vascular condition called Abernethy Malformation wherein blood from the stomach and intestines directly flow into the heart, instead of being filtered and passing through the liver first.The antenataldiagnosis reflected the toddler’s condition and the surgery was challenging for the doctors.Dr Ashish…
Pune: The Pune Rural police on Wednesday arrested a garment shopowner from Maval taluka on the charge of voyeurism.According to police, the shopowner had set up a CCTV camera in the storeroom, where he sent a woman shopper to try some clothes before buying. The woman spotted the camera and reprimanded the owner, who threatened…
Pune: A 15-year-old boy died, while his cousin and one other person suffered severe injuries after their car crashed into an unknown vehicle plying ahead before hitting a median near Shirgaon on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway around 3am on Wednesday.The trio was driving towards Mumbai from Sangli. The Shirgaon police have identified the deceased as Darshan…
Pune: In a serious case of alleged misconduct within the force, Bund Garden Police on Thursday registered an offence of extortion and criminal intimidation against a sub-inspector, a woman police constable and a male constable for allegedly threatening a college principal and extorting Rs 7 lakh from him.The incident took place in July last year…
Pune: Wadgaonsheri MLA Bapu Pathare has demanded the removal of the BRT lane along the Vishrantwadi Road stretch, following the dismantling of BRTS infrastructure on Nagar Road last year.On Tuesday, Pathare held a meeting with Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) officials to discuss various issues related to public bus transport services. During the meeting,…
Pune: The Hinjewadi police have launched a search for a man from Daund, who duped a Pune-based realtor of Rs 6 lakh by promising to help him secure a loan of Rs 4 crore.The accused took money from the realtor in Jan by citing paperwork and also made him mortgage a flat in Baner. However,…
