Pune: Jyoti has seen her first-born go through regular blood transfusions due to her sickle cell and thalassaemia conditions. So she was fearful and hopeful at the same time about the genetic test reports of her unborn child at Centre of Excellence in Clinical Genetics in the paediatric ward of Sassoon General Hospital last October….
PUNE: Ahilyanagar police arrested three illegal Bangladeshi nationals on Friday in a joint operation with the Military Intelligence unit of the Southern Command. They were found to be illegally staying in the Pokhardi industrial zone for the last two years.The police and the MI are searching for an agent named ‘Pappu’, who was bringing illegal…
Pune: A senior software engineer (38) of a city-based software company lost Rs48 lakh to cybercrooks in an online share trading fraud between August and October last year.The crooks posing as executives of a prominent financial services company offered the techie good returns on investments in shares through them, took money from him and duped…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Wednesday booked three criminals on police records under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The trio were arrested for sumuggling firearms on June 1 and the police recovered five country-made pistols from them.The trio, Umesh Kedari (28) of Punawale, and Vishal Khanekar (30) and Manthan Satkar…
Pune: The Bund Garden police station, constructed in 1951 near the district collector’s office, is expected to be demolished within a few weeks.The district administration wants to expand its premises on the land of the existing police station for beautification and other functions. The administration has allocated funds for the construction of a new police…
Pune: Three AI-enabled CCTV cameras installed on Fergusson College Road to crack down on traffic violations have recorded as many as 1,450 traffic offences since May 29.Automated challans were issued to commuters for various offences — parking in a no-parking area (1,100 challans), double parking (119 challans), wrong-side driving (221 challans), triple-seat riding (5), and…
Pune: The city’s real estate story this year has been one of caution and recalibration. Homebuyers bought over 12,000 fewer apartments in the first six months of 2025 as compared to the last year — a clear sign that the affordability issue is reshaping the market. New home sales from Jan to June added to…
Pune: Farmers in Marathwada and Vidarbha’s rain-fed agricultural areas are facing a dire situation, with erratic monsoon rain forcing them to consider resowing kharif crops just weeks after initial planting. With over 50% of the state’s districts experiencing significant rainfall deficits during the crucial June sowing period, farmers fear financial losses because of potential crop…
Pune: Delay in recovery of tax from properties in 32 merged areas under PMC is hampering overall revenue generation of the civic administration.Residents of these areas have been demanding that the civic administration reduce property tax rates. The state govt has put a cap on charging “maximum of twice the property tax compared to what…
Pune: The Pune Cyber police on Wednesday arrested Abhishek Shukla (42), an Australia-based Indian Overseas Citizen (IOC) card holder, at Mumbai international airport for allegedly duping a 40-year-old divorcee and software firm employee from Kharadi of Rs 3.6 crore in a matrimonial fraud in 2023-24. According to the police, the two came in contact with…
