Pune: The Pune Cyber police have arrested four more men from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in connection with the Rs 22-crore online share-trading fraud targetting an 85-year-old Hadapsar resident. Eight people have been arrested in the case so far.Police have also frozen Rs 3.24 crore across multiple bank accounts after scrutinising nearly 40,000 transactions. Joint police commissioner…
Pune: Your plans to take your partner into the clouds this Valentine’s Day has a cloudy future. Though many have booked the immensely popular short-haul chopper rides of 10 minutes, uncertainty persists because the IAF, which manages the ATC in Pune, has not given permission to aviation companies to conduct these rides for the past…
Pune: The state health department staff has diagnosed 9,700 new hidden sickle cell cases and over 82,000 new carriers during a state-wide campaign with special emphasis on 21 tribal districts with high prevalence of the medical condition.The Arunodaya Special Sickle Cell Anaemia Campaign — especially to screen those in the 0–40 years age group —…
Pune: More than 100 flyers, including senior citizens, who were travelling to Dubai on a SpiceJet flight on Tuesday evening, said they faced hours of inconvenience after the airline repeatedly delayed the flight, allegedly without prior information. Finally, they flew out around six hours late. The flight (SG-51) was to fly from Pune at 8.30pm…
Pune: Mayor Manjusha Nagpure has directed PMC administration to prepare a comprehensive plan of pre-monsoon works and overall preparedness, seeking a preliminary report on these works within the next four days, senior civic officials said on Wednesday. They said Nagpure also intended to inspect several flood-prone areas before the pre-monsoon activities begin. “She also directed…
Pune: The city police have received over 1.36 lakh applications in response to their recruitment drive for various positions, including police constables, drivers, and prison guards.The recruitment process is scheduled to begin on Feb 16 and will be conducted simultaneously at the Shivajinagar Police Headquarters ground and the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) ground in…
Pune: A 30-year-old man was found murdered on Tuesday along the Pune-Nagar highway in Koregaon Bhima, about 26km from the city.The Pune Rural Police identified the deceased as Suken Mahato, hailing from Odisha. A case of murder was registered at the Shikrapur police station.Sub-inspector Mahesh Dongre of the Shikrapur police said Mahato’s body was found…
Pune: The Hinjewadi police have registered a cheating case against three men on Monday for allegedly duping a 40-year-old farmer from Maan of Rs66 lakh on the pretext of starting a real estate business. The accused collected the money in cash and through bank transfers and also secured a loan against the victim’s land. When…
Pune: Group Captain A G Bewoor (retired), an Indian Air Force officer involved in Operation Cactus in the Maldives in 1988, on Wednesday said history offered clear lessons on why professional military judgement must take precedence over political timelines.Referring to the 1971 war, he recalled how then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi favoured an April launch,…
Pune: As many as 829 triple-seat riders were caught and fined in various parts of the city as the traffic police continued their drive for the second day on Wednesday.On Wednesday morning, additional commissioner of police Manoj Patil and deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Himmat Jadhav conducted a counselling session at the police headquarters in…
