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Pune: The Pune Rural police on Monday arrested sarpanch Sunita Karbhari Chowdhari (58) of Sartapwadi, located off Pune-Solapur highway, and her son Rohan (31), for allegedly abetting the suicide of Rohan’s wife, Dipti (30), at their residence on Saturday evening.The case was registered after Dipti’s mother, Hemlata Balasaheb Magar, filed a complaint with the Uruli…

PUNE: A plane carrying NCP chief Ajit Pawar crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Maharashtra’s Baramati on Wednesday morning, as per sources.Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar was on board the aircraft at the time of the incident.He was taken to hospital and is in serious condition.According to sources, the leader was scheduled to visit…

Pune: A network of point-of-sales persons is being established to be deployed across smaller cities and rural areas to offer insurance choices at the doorstep of customers. The initiative by OneCircle Insurance Brokers Private Limited will initially focus on the renewal of truck and car insurance, a segment where insurance penetration can be further enhanced…

Pune: The Hinjewadi police on Monday registered a case against a helper on a towing van on the charge of beating up a motorcyclist and abusing his wife.The incident occurred in Wakad on Saturday, following heated arguments over towing the two-wheeler from a no-parking zone, police said.The police booked the accused (27) under sections 115…

Pune: The Alandi police registered a case against the manager, auditor of a credit cooperative society and a jeweller on the charge of duping the society of Rs 11 crore by creating fake gold loan accounts.The accused were charged under sections 316 (criminal breach of trust), 318 (cheating), 336, 338 and 340 (forgery) of the…

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old man on the charge of stabbing his friend to death and injuring another.The incident happened at Yelwadi village in Khed taluka on Jan 22 night. The South Mahalunge police identified the deceased as Yogesh Dhaktode (32), of Varale village in Khed taluka. The injured, Hrishikesh…

Pune: The Airport police registered a case of trespassing against a man (25) who jumped over the security compound wall of Lohegaon Airport, which is managed by the Indian Air Force (IAF).Senior inspector Govind Jadhav of the Airport police told TOI, “The incident took place around afternoon on Jan 22. The man was admitted to…

Pune: Special Inspector General of Police, State CID, Sudhir Hiremath and several other police officers from Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune rural, and state ACB were among the recipients of the President’s Police Medal declared by the Centre on the eve of Republic Day on Sunday.A total of 75 Maharashtra police personnel will be conferred the medals…

Pune: A Dhayari resident, Bhima Rajendra Jadhav (27), died, while the car driver, Shubham Dumble (27), suffered injuries after their vehicle rammed a slow-moving truck from the rear around 2.45am on Saturday on the Katraj–Navale Bridge road.Senior inspector Sharad Zine of the Ambegaon police said Jadhav and Dumble had visited a temple in Dive Ghat….