Pune: The city cyber police have dismantled a local network of operatives running an online share market fraud after the arrest of five men, including two Nepal nationals, from the Shivajinagar, Dhayari and Sinhagad Road areas in the last 10 days.The arrested men have been identified as Aniket Prashant Bhadle (27) of Shivajinagar, Sagar Machhindra…
Pune: Aviation experts have urged officials tasked with operations at the airport to put in place measures to stop stray animals from entering the runway area and triggering incidents like the one last Saturday, when an Air India Express jet had to abort a landing after dogs were seen on approach. The experts described the…
Pune: The civic body on Monday extended the deadline for paying property tax at discounted rates to July 7 from the previous date of June 30.According to PMC officials, citizen facilitation centres (CFCs) will be open for residents to pay this tax in person. “The administration has also provided an online facility for the ease…
Pune: A sessions court in the city on Monday rejected the bail application of Swargate bus rape case accused Dattatray Gade. The incident was neither a case of “consensual sex”, as claimed by the accused, nor a case of physical relation for money, the court held. “Under such a scenario, it appears that the accused…
Pune: A 50-year-old irrigation contractor from Airoli in Navi Mumbai and his two friends were arrested in the early hours of Sunday on charges of drunk driving, and abusing and threatening a traffic police constable when the latter stopped their car at Pulgate for reckless driving. The three were released later after being served with…
Pune: The political landscape in Beed is once again heating up — this time over the alleged sexual harassment of a NEET aspirant (17) by two teachers of a tuition centre.Though the Beed city police have arrested the two teachers after a case under Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) was registered against…
Pune: Confusion prevails in state board-affiliated schools after the state govt cancelled both earlier notifications on the introduction of Hindi as a third language in the primary section.The timetable announced on June 18 by State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is now invalid for the Hindi period. Teachers said they started the academic…
Pune: A tempo driver was killed and his cleaner suffered serious injuries after their vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer. The accident occurred around 2.30am on Sunday at Khandoba Mala — between Kesnand and Lonikand. The deceased tempo driver has been identified by Lonikand police as Ishwar Ugale (34) from Rahata in Ahilyanagar district. The injured…
Pune: Two women clad in a burqa visited a jewellery store in Kondhwa and stole four gold bangles worth Rs 5.2 lakh. The women, posing as customers, replaced the bangles with fake ones when the salesperson’s attention was diverted.The incident occurred in a jewellery store near Talab Masjid in Kondhwa around 7.30pm on June 22.The…
Car owners who had come to Spine Road in Bhosari for a Sunday marathon were left in shock after thieves damaged eight cars parked along the road and stole laptops, cellphones, and a gold chain collectively worth Rs 1.6 lakh from these vehicles.The marathon was organised in the area by a group in Pimpri Chinchwad.A…
