Pune: An IT engineer (34) from the Kesnand area of Wagholi lost over Rs26 lakh in online share-trading fraud.“He was added to a WhatsApp group, where share market investment tips were shared with the assurance of high returns. He transferred Rs26.55 lakh to multiple bank accounts through UPI and bank transfers between Aug and Oct…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will soon sign an MoU with a private firm currently managing the 17 ICU beds at the civic-run Kamala Nehru Hospital and bring seven of them under its direct control. “Our hospital is already empanelled under MJPJAY (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana). Now, with PMC taking over seven…
Pune: Director of the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Dr Naveen Kumar has said that by the year-end, an indigenous vaccine candidate for H5N1 (a highly pathogenic avian influenza) would hopefully be ready.The institute has tied up with three different pharmaceutical companies and is working on multiple platforms of vaccine technology — including inactivated, live…
Pune: An upcoming conclave in the city will lay focus on charting a roadmap for future skills, Industry 5.0, employability, and CSR-led skilling. The event, titled ‘FUEL Annual Conclave and Future Skills Summit 2026′, will be held at the Friends Union for Energising Lives (FUEL) campus in the city on Feb 6. The conclave is…
Pune: An elderly couple from Rahatani on Tuesday morning foiled a chain-snatching bid after the accused had already managed to snatch the woman’s gold chain worth Rs3.80 lakh, just a few metres from their residential building.Despite being dragged on the road, the woman did not release her grip on the metal ‘kada’ worn by the…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Monday night busted a sex racket which was run under the guise of a spa.The police raided the spa at Pimple Nilakh and arrested a woman operator and the manager. The police also took action against four women who were involved in prostitution. A crime branch team led…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has begun the process to attach 58 properties, most of which are commercial establishments, of tax defaulters to achieve its revenue target set for the 2025-26 financial year, civic officials said on Wednesday. “The civic administration is targeting major tax defaulters. Special teams have been deployed for these confiscations,”…
PUNE: Thousands of commuters of all ages and backgrounds had a harrowing time for over 32 hours as traffic on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway was disrupted after a tanker carrying highly flammable propylene overturned near the Adoshi Tunnel on the Mumbai-bound carriageway around 4.45 pm on Tuesday. Mumbai-Pune Expressway Nightmare Ends After 32 Hours Exposing Gaps…
Pune: The Talegaon Dabhade police on Tuesday arrested a delivery person (22) on the charge of selling his colleague’s two ‘payment bank’ accounts and a SIM card, allegedly to accept money from online gaming.“We are also investigating whether these accounts were used for accepting money from the victims of cyber frauds,” said M S Mohare,…
Pune: The discovery of two liquor bottles and opened snack packets near the decomposed body of an unidentified man in Biradwadi near Chakan on Jan 11 helped Pimpri Chinchwad police crack the case, leading to the arrest of three people, including a woman, and the identification of the victim.Police investigations revealed that the murder stemmed…
