PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar cancelled his visit to Delhi and returned to Baramati from Mumbai on Tuesday amid uncertainty over the merger of the two NCP groups.According to NCP (SP) members, Pawar, a Rajya Sabha MP, was to go to Delhi for the ongoing Parliament session. “At the last moment, the schedule was…
PUNE: The State Highway Police on Wednesday urged commuters to avoid the Pune–Mumbai Expressway as traffic movement remains suspended even 16 hours after an accident involving a Propylene gas tanker near the Adoshi tunnel on the Mumbai-bound carriageway on Tuesday evening.In an advisory, the Highway Police said commuters should completely avoid the Lonavala–Khandala ghat section…
Pune: The four people arrested from Dhayari and Karvenagar in connection with the firing at film director Rohit Shetty’s house told police that Karvenagar’s Shubham Lonkar paid them Rs40,000 to arrange the scooter used in the crime in the early hours of Sunday.“Lonkar is using all his contacts in Pune city for the Lawrence Bishnoi…
PUNE: Political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla on Tuesday alleged that his mother, a senior citizen, was deliberately hit by a car in an hit-and-run incident in Pune, leaving her seriously injured and requiring surgery.Sharing CCTV footage of the incident on social media platform X, Tehseen said his mother had stepped out for a drive with his…
PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said he was happy that Sunetra Pawar got the opportunity to become the deputy chief minister of the NCP following the death of his nephew Ajit Pawar in a plane crash. Pawar also criticised Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, saying he had no right to comment on the…
Pune: An 82-year-old man from Bhandarkar Road lost Rs10.75 crore to a digital arrest fraud between Jan 23 and 31.The victim, hailing from north India and settled in Pune about 15 years ago, lost all his savings and fixed deposits (FDs) generated from his retirement benefits, as well as the remittance sent by his two…
Pune: Four sugar cane cutters hailing from Gujarat were killed in a hit-and-run accident late on Monday night after a vehicle hit their motorcycle on Veer-Sarala Road in Purandar taluka, about 50km from the city. The Saswad police identified the deceased workers as Harish Barade (26), Pradip More (26), Amit Chaudhary (27) and Muralidhar Sahala…
Pune: The state registration department ruled out a waiver of stamp duty and would initiate coercive recovery proceedings against Amadea Enterprises LLP if it failed to clear by Feb 10 the pending dues related to a land registration in Mundhwa, senior officials said on Tuesday. “There is no question of a waiver. The order passed…
PUNE: Both NCPs decided not to campaign for their candidates and settled for door-to-door canvassing but the Ajit Pawar-led NCP has resorted to artificial intelligence-generated audio and video clips mimicking the voice and visuals of the late leader to pitch an emotional appeal to voters for zilla parishad (ZP) and panchayat samiti elections on Saturday….
Pune: Maharashtra’s ongoing grape harvest has begun on a weak footing, with growers reporting a sharp drop in output — up to 40-45% in several key belts — due to prolonged and untimely rainfall last year that disrupted vine development during critical growth stages, farmers’ representatives said. Harvesting has started in parts of Nashik district…
