Pune

Pune: The local administration and police have announced restrictions on visitors entering the hills of Dive Ghat on Sunday, when the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj palkhi procession will travel towards Saswad.Restrictions will be imposed this year as part of various precautionary measures being taken in the Hadapsar-Dive Ghat-Saswad stretch, owing to ongoing four-laning work.It has been…

Pune: It was a double whammy for a 32-year-old Kondhwa-based shop owner on Thursday night. First, he was involved in an accident at Tilekarnagar around 10pm. Two men pretended to be “Good Samaritans,” offered him help, and stole his gold chain worth Rs75,000 and his two-wheeler’s key.The victim then approached the Kondhwa police and lodged…

Pune: Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Thursday said heavy vehicles would be banned between 6am and 11pm on a temporary basis and height barriers soon installed in the accident-prone Gangadham Chowk area. Kumar said this after reviewing the traffic situation at the Gangadham Chowk a day after a woman, Deepali Soni (29), riding pillion on…

Pune: BJP leaders in Pimpri Chinchwad have decided to urge the party’s state leadership to contest the poll to PCMC independently, without any alliance. This decision was made during a workshop attended by local party workers, politicians, MLAs, MLCs and city unit office-bearers, in the presence of BJP state general secretary Rajesh Pande. A similar…

Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has returned to the politically charged world of sugar cooperatives election after almost 40 years, filing his own nomination for the Malegaon mills.He will be one among the 90 candidates in the fray for 21 seats to the Malegaon sugar mill board, which has been under the control of…

Pune: A woman (28) on Tuesday registered a complaint with the Pune cybercrime police stating that she lost Rs8.4 lakh in a matrimonial fraud.The woman is working with an NGO and residing in Yerawada. A case has been registered and the investigations are underway, an officer from the Pune cybercrime police said.The officer said the…

Pune: The Dehu Road police are searching for a man who is on the run after stabbing a 16-year-old youth to death and assaulting the victim’s 14-year-old cousin. The incident happened late on Wednesday night on an open plot near Sainathnagar. The victim’s body was found in a forest area near Thomas Colony in Dehu…

Pune: The Bund Garden police are investigating a complaint by a Mumbai-based logistical company employee stating that two men intercepted him and placed a firearm on his waist in front of Pune railway station around 9.20 am on Wednesday before forcing him to hand over eight parcels containing ornaments worth Rs69.70 lakh.Police said the victim,…

Pune: The state govt on Thursday directed municipal corporations, including those in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, to complete the delimitation process and publish the final wards by Sept 4. Civic officials said the local polls are likely to be held at the end of Oct or early Nov after Diwali which concludes on Oct…

Pune: The Yerawada police on Wednesday registered a case against five juveniles, aged 14-17, residing at the Jawaharlal Nehru observation home for allegedly attempting to strangle a 17-year-old fellow inmate on Tuesday morning after he asked them to clean the toilet.Officer in charge of the observation home Santosh Kumbhar stated in his complaint that the…