Pune: Thousands of Pune residents turned out in large numbers to witness the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj palkhi procession climb up Dive Ghat despite thecloudy weather.People from across the city joined the procession since dawn on Sunday, either walking or commuting directly to Dive Ghat to experience the annual pilgrimage.Even before the sun rose over Dive…
Pune: The Ambegaon police arrested a 31-year-old kindergarten teacher’s husband (35), his mother and his sister on charges of abetting the teacher’s death by suicide. As of now, all the arrested three are lodged in the Yerawada jail under judicial custody following the end of their initial custodial remand, senior inspector Sharad Zine of Ambegaon…
Pune: A 65-year-old woman, hailing from a business family, in Bibvewadi lost Rs40.2 lakh between Feb and May after falling for a high returns bait of cybercrooks.Pune cybercrime police registered a case on Saturday after verification of her complaint application, which was filed soon after the incident. The case was transferred to Bibvewadi police station.An…
Pune: Select railway stations under the Pune division will soon have “panic buttons” for passengers to alert the authorities, including the Railway Protection Force (RPF), in case of emergencies.The system has been launched in some railway stations under the Mumbai division. Priyanka Sharma, the divisional security commissioner of the Pune RPF, told TOI that the…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said Maharashtra has always been at the forefront of women’s reforms, and a lot of effort has gone into introducing various welfare schemes in the state.Pawar was speaking during the award ceremony of Yashaswini Awards instituted by Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in the city on Sunday. He presented…
Pune: The office of settlement commissioner and director of land records, Maharashtra, has decided to digitise property records for more than 13,300 holdings spread across 785 hectares in Kharadi, officials told TOI on Monday. The property cards are expected to be uploaded on the Mahabhumi portal by the end of Aug or early Sept.The project,…
Pune: The Dighi police arrested Siddharth Jadhav (24) of Shirur in Beed district for snatching gold chains from women and men, all warkaris, during the palkhi procession of Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj around 9am on Friday on Pune-Alandi Road.The Dighi police recovered 10 gold chains worth Rs9 lakh from his possession.Police said that a 60-year-old warkari…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said he had directed the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation to drop the proposed reservation for a slaughterhouse in Moshi, close to Alandi, in the draft of the revised development plan.“Under no circumstance will a slaughterhouse be allowed in (near) Alandi. I personally instructed the municipal corporation to cancel…
Pune: The Uttamnagar police have launched a manhunt for the driver of a tempo for assaulting a manager (32) of an eatery at Shivane around 11.30pm on Friday.The incident occurred after the manager requested passage to his society through a narrow lane.The eatery manager sustained head injuries and stab wounds in his stomach. He was…
Pune: All stations of the Southern Command celebrated the 11th International Yoga Day with the theme ‘Yoga for One Earth, One Health’ promoting holistic well-being on Saturday morning.Lieutenant general Dhiraj Seth, general officer commanding-in-chief, Southern Command, led the celebration.“During the session, the role of yoga in enhancing physical fitness, emotional balance and mental robustness in…
