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GIIS Chinchwad loses international affiliation

3 hours ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 23, 2019)..

H1N1 case count rises to 144 in Pune

4 hours ago

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Two more persons, including a 59-year-old woman from Pimple Gurav, succumbed to swine flu-induced complications at different hospital in the city in the last two days, taking the count of H1N1 casualties to 47 in Pune this year so far...

Ex-accounts exec of software firm shoots self

7 hours ago

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A 28-year-old former accounts executive of a software firm shot himself dead at his Pimple Gurav residence on Sunday evening...

Pune capt, 2 merchant navy officers held in Iran

7 hours ago

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A captain from Pune is among three Indian merchant navy officers who have been held by the Iranian government since July 13 on charges of smuggling oil...

PCMC for 100% waste segregation by 2020

8 hours ago

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The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is making a renewed effort for 100% garbage segregation for cleanliness survey in 2020 under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan...

Negligible rainfall in Pune till Wednesday

10 hours ago

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The city will receive negligible rainfall over the next two days, but the Regional Meteorological Centre in Mumbai sounded a “very heavy rain” warning from June 25 for the ghat areas of Pune, Solapur, Satara and Sangli...

Female leopard rescued from Nashik Road

yesterday

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A five-year-old female leopard was rescued from Chadegaon village, in the Nashik Road area of the city, on Sunday morning...

SPPU to axe 30 trees to shift school

yesterday

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 22, 2019)..

4 held for ‘toll collection’ on new bridge

yesterday

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The Faraskhana police arrested four youths for collecting “toll” on the newly constructed Chhatrapati Shahu bridge in Shivajinagar on Sunday...

Trio held in two separate incidents with weapons

yesterday

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Pistol, bullets, gold stolen from cop's home

yesterday

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A service pistol, 10 bullets and gold jewellery were stolen from the house of police sub- inspector in Akola in Maharashtra, an official said Sunday...

Pune couple transforms diesel delivery

2 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 21, 2019)..

Pune: Nine students killed in road mishap

2 days ago

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Nine students died in the early hours of Saturday after the Ertiga multi-utility vehicle they were travelling in jumped the road median and collided head-on with a truck on Pune-Solapur highway at Kadamwak Vasti near Loni Kalbhor, about 23km from the city...

9 youths gone on picnic killed in road mishap

3 days ago

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Nine passengers of a multi-utility vehicle (MUV) died after their MUV and a truck collided head on at the Pune-Solapur highway during wee hours of Saturday...

Burglars target 4 flats at hsg society in Pune

3 days ago

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Two persons jumped over the compound wall of ‘Leela Garden’, a gated housing society in the Kalyaninagar area, around 2.21am on Thursday and took the stairs for striking at four locked flats before decamping with cash and silver utensils, collectively worth Rs 26,100, from the two...

Youth hangs self as part of online game 'task'

3 days ago

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A 20-year-old man allegedly hanged himself in Pune in his bid to complete a task in a Blue Whale-like online game, police said on Friday...

Forex valued at Rs 38.5L seized from Pune airport

4 days ago

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The customs authorities arrested two persons on the charge of trying to smuggle out forex, valued at Rs 35.41 lakh in Indian currency, from the city airport to Dubai on a SpiceJet flight on Tuesday...

Heavy showers alert for ghats, travel cautiously

4 days ago

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Avoid travelling on the highways this weekend, beginning Friday evening, as the Met department has once again put the ghats in Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra on a heavy rain alert. Heavy rains are expected over the next few days in these places, increasing the chances of landslides and flash floods...

Long distance train derails near Igatpuri

5 days ago

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Leopard rescued from well in Ambegaon taluka

5 days ago

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Chief conservator of forests, Pune, Vivek Khandekar confirmed that the forest department rescued a three-year-old female leopard from an open well in Chas-Kadewadi village in Ambegaon taluka on Tuesday evening...

Maha: Kharif crop sowing only 54% done

5 days ago

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Maharashtra received only 85% of average rainfall up to July 12, impacting the kharif crop, its main crop for the year. Latest data shows that sowing was only 54% up to Friday. This has triggered fears of lower output, especially for moong and urad, this year as sowing for most pulses is supposed to end by mid-July...

Over 77k seats vacant, 2nd FYJC list on Monday

5 days ago

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As many as 77,480 seats remained vacant after the first round admissions of the first year junior college (FYJC, std XI) in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad...

Satara youth held for harassing women online

6 days ago

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The Khadak police on Monday arrested an unemployed youth from Satara for posing as a woman on social media and harassing several women online..

Parking dispute: 1 assaulted, 6 vehicles damaged

6 days ago

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A dispute over parking of tempos took an ugly turn when five men attacked the tempo owner and damaged six vehicles on DP Road at Malwadi in Hadapsar late on Sunday night..

Sinhagad fort: Cars banned after 2pm on Sundays

6 days ago

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To combat traffic snarls in the ghat section of Sinhagad fort in the weekends, the Pune rural police on Monday decided to ban the entry of vehicles at the historic site after 2pm on Sundays till the end of monsoon..

4-time increase in aid to martyrs' kin okayed

6 days ago

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Ahead of the state elections, the Maharashtra cabinet on Monday approved a four-time increase in the financial aid given to the families of martyred soldiers and a similar increase was approved for injured soldiers as well...

Lady tapes gold bars to her feet, held by customs

7 days ago

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Customs officials at the Lohegaon airport recently caught a woman - suspected to be a part of an international syndicate - trying to smuggle half-a- kilogram of gold on-board a domestic flight...

Mumbai: Maha CM inaugurates digital dashboard

7 days ago

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With an eye on the upcoming state election, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated a digital dashboard which allows him and the public to review projects and government schemes...

Pune Cantonment risk lives in old buildings

8 days ago

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At least 50 residents from Pune Cantonment area continue to risk their lives in unsafe buildings despite being served eviction notices by the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB)...

Marathwada: Sugarcane cultivation in 1.9L hectare

8 days ago

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Sugar cane is expected to have huge 1.9 lakh hectare area under its cultivation in Marathwada during the current kharif season...

Pune: Debt-ridden man kills woman for jewellery

8 days ago

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A debt-ridden tea stall owner operating in the Chatushrungi area befriended a married woman on a social media site some months ago. On June 22, he got her to wear all her costly ornaments, saying he wanted to take nice pictures of her at Tamhini ghat..

Pune: Four stolen two-wheelers recovered

8 days ago

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It's a curtain call for Wikimedia India Chapter

9 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 14, 2019)..

Mumbai duo in net for cheating firm of Rs 2.02cr

9 days ago

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The Economics Offenses’ Wing (EOW) of Pune police on Saturday nabbed two office bearers of a Mumbai-based finance firm for cheating a city-based company to the tune of Rs2.02crore by promising loan of Rs45crore...

Pune: 3,276 patients screened for swine flu

9 days ago

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PCB approves 60-100% rise in vehicle entry tax

10 days ago

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The vehicle entry tax (VET) in Pune Cantonment limits is set for a 60-100% rise for different commercial vehicles...

Girl missing for 2 yrs, man alleges police apathy

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

A 60-year old man from Parbhani has been running from pillar to post to get his daughter back, alleging that she’s been kidnapped by a youth from an influential family of his locality in Jintur tehsil of the district...

Aurangabad: Teen gets HC nod to end pregnancy

10 days ago

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The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court (HC) on Thursday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor from the district to medically terminate her 23-week pregnancy. The girl's father had approached the HC for its permission to end the pregnancy...

People halting on eway to face action this monsoon

10 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

Stopping vehicles on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway to take a peek at cascading waterfalls in monsoon would pinch pockets of drivers...

Landslide on e-way, flooding hits Goa highway

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

Around 4pm, mud and boulders fell on a parked tempo near Adoshi, blocking two lanes of the Expressway to remain shut for over four hours...

Elderly couple not given food at home for 17 yrs

11 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 12, 2019)..

No vehicles to Lonavla spots after 4pm

11 days ago

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No vehicles will be allowed on the roads leading to Bhaje Caves and the waterfalls along Lohagad and Visapur forts after 4pm on Saturday and Sunday...

Bridge washed away after heavy rain in Palghar

12 days ago

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A major portion of a bridge across a river was washed away on Thursday following heavy rains in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said..

Residents of Baner society fear wall crash

12 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 11, 2019)..

Pune: 10pm deadline for indoor music if it flouts noise norms

12 days ago

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Bars and lounges will have to stop outdoor music by 10pm and the same deadline applies to indoor entertainment hubs, if the noise creates a public nuisance...

Maharashtra: Travel companies sound caution over visit to rainy tourist spots

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

Tourist spots in the state such as Matheran, Mahabaleshwar, Karjat, Mulshi and several forts have been experiencing heavy rains during the last couple of days. Travel companies have been cautioning people against visiting these places...

Wagholi awaits tragedy

13 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 10, 2019)..

Body of techie recovered from Mulshi dam waters

13 days ago

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The body of 29-year old techie Pranav Mishra, who had gone to Mulshi dam for a picnic on Monday, was recovered on Tuesday evening from the dam waters...

RSS history in BA syllabus of NU draws flak

13 days ago

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Nagpur University courted controversy after it came to fore that it had introduced history of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) into its BA (History) second year (fourth semester) syllabus...

Hosp continues to treat poor despite Rs 13cr loss

14 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 9, 2019)..

Man found dead with bullet wound in Pune

15 hours ago

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Pune: Man held for bludgeoning wife to death

yesterday

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A 40-year-old man assaulted his wife with an iron rod following a domestic dispute between them, late on Friday night at their residence in Vishrantwadi. The woman succumbed to her injuries late on Saturday night at Sassoon General Hospital...

Chopped moustache: Barbers to boycott customer

yesterday

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A barber's association here has decided not to provide its services to a local resident who filed a police complaint against a barber for shaving off his moustache allegedly without consent...

More rainfall for Maharashtra by Thursday: Met

yesterday

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The India Metrological Department (IMD) on Sunday said the monsoon will become more active across the state by Thursday. Over the next two days, the city is expected to receive light rainfall — 2.5-15.mm per day. The rainfall activity in the city will intensify slightly from July 23, with “light-to-moderate” rainfall — 15.6-64.4mm — expected...

Free parking at malls: NGO fears misuse

yesterday

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Gadkari, Pankaja absent from Maha BJP exec meet

yesterday

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Women and Children Development minister Pankaja Munde were Sunday absent from the executive meeting of the state unit of the BJP...

Dry spell reduces tourist flow to Lonavla

2 days ago

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The number of tourists reaching Lonavla and surrounding areas has reduced by 25%, thanks to the three-day dry spell this week...

IMD sounds downpour alert in ghats till Monday

2 days ago

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rain in ghat areas of Pune, Kolhapur and Satara districts till June 22...

90% speed bumps in twin towns flout road norms

3 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 20, 2019)..

Nagpur: NMC razes three illegal temples

3 days ago

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The anti-encroachment squad of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Friday razed three illegal religious structures across the city...

Strays poisoned, builder says ‘sorry’

4 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 19, 2019)..

Firm loses Rs 3.4cr to scam, get refund after a mnth

4 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

A month after it was duped of Rs3.41 crore, a private company in the city got its money back on Wednesday...

Two held for possessing ganja in Pune

4 days ago

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Nigerian national held with cocaine worth Rs 90L

5 days ago

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The city crime branch seized cocaine worth Rs89.96 lakh following the arrest of a Nigerian national from his rented flat in Undri on Tuesday...

Nashik toddler’s throat slit, mother held

5 days ago

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A woman who alleged that a thief attacked her in her house and also killed her 14-month-old daughter by slitting her throat on Tuesday afternoon was arrested by the police on Wednesday on charges of murdering the toddler...

Water cut in Sinhagad Road, Katraj today

5 days ago

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The water supply in most areas around Sinhagad Road, Satara Road and pockets of Kondhwa Budruk, Katraj and Dhankawadi will remain shut on Thursday due to urgent repairs and maintenance work at Wadgaon water works...

Pune: Shortage of anti-rabies vaccine grips pvt hosps, med stores

5 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

Acute shortage of the anti-rabies vaccine has gripped private hospitals and medical stores in the city following limited supply by manufacturers and most of the stock being acquired by the state- and civic-run hospitals...

Follow traffic rules, get food discount

6 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 17, 2019)..

Pune: Woman loses Rs 35K to fake scooter advt

6 days ago

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A 24-year-old software engineer from Hinjewadi was duped of Rs35,000 by a fraudster who promised to sell her a used scooter on an online shopping platform..

Silver crown, donation box stolen from temple

6 days ago

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PCMC to make Pavana free of water hyacinth

7 days ago

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on July 16, 2019)..

Man pushes wife into valley at pilgrimage site

7 days ago

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A man allegedly pushed his 20-year-old wife into an 800-foot-deep valley following an argument at a peak near pilgrimage site Saptashrungi Gad in Kalwan taluka, 60km from here, on Monday morning...

Don't misuse ID cards at toll booths: Maha MLA

7 days ago

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New rly line between Nanded and Bidar on cards

8 days ago

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The Indian Railways has sanctioned a new railway line of around 155km from Nanded to Bidar. The infrastructural project will have a financial outlay of Rs5,112 crore, stated an official release by the South Central Railway (SCR)...

Pune: Marijuana worth Rs 15.16L seized, 1 held

8 days ago

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The Bhosari police on Saturday night arrested a man in Indrayaninagar and seized 101kg marijuana worth Rs15.16 lakh from him. His accomplice is absconding, the police said..

Scant rainfall in Pune for next five days: IMD

8 days ago

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast less rainfall in the city for the next five days as there is no strong weather system prevalent...

Pune cops reunites elderly woman with family

8 days ago

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Vajrai waterfall a feast for nature lover's eyes

9 days ago

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If you are a nature lover and looking for some adventurous spots to visit this monsoon, Vajrai waterfall is your destination.The waterfall comes from a linear cliff in three steps, making it a breathtaking sight...

65% of Maha to have weak monsoon till Wed

9 days ago

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Weak monsoon conditions are likely to affect 60-65 % of the state till July 17, which is expected to impact Kharif sowing in some districts of Marathwada and Vidarbha...

Pune: 3 swine flu patients on ventilator support

9 days ago

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Maharashtra: Panchganga water rises to 37.9ft

10 days ago

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The Panchganga river has reached close to its warning level due to the heavy rains. Officials from the district disaster management cell said the river level has reached 37.9ft by Friday evening. The warning level of the river is 39ft, while the danger level stands at 43ft...

Aurangabad: Bad roads make life miserable

10 days ago

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“The place has a rich heritage but I may not recommend it to my friends back home. The roads need some work,” said US citizen Javier Santos during his visit to Aurangabad recently...

Drone survey to spot illegal properties in Pune

10 days ago

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In a bid to curb illegal constructions and property disputes, the aerial land survey could be introduced in urban areas, too..

6 held for Rs 24.60L-electricity material theft

10 days ago

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Dam levels in Maharashtra interiors still low

11 days ago

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The usable or live water storage levels in all dams in Maharashtra on Thursday touched 17.52% as against 28.77% on the same day last year, despite the ongoing heavy spells of rain in the state...

Excavation work on Pashan hill resumes

11 days ago

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Residents staying near Pashan hill were alarmed after excavation work into the hill was suddenly resumed near the Pancard Club road recently...

12 TMC water in 4 dams, stock enough for 8 months

11 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

The collective water stock of Panshet, Varasgaon, Temghar and Khadakwasla dams on Thursday climbed up to 12.03 TMC — as much as 1.31 TMC more compared to the same period last year — following heavy rainfall in their catchment areas...

Pune telecaller defrauds man of Rs 6.26 lakh

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

A fraudster posing as an official from an insurance company duped a 36-year-old resident of Chinchwad of over Rs6 lakh between May 2018 and January this year...

Maha takes its time to start cloud seeding

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

Though the monsoon continues to evade parts of Marathwada and Vidarbha, the state government is in no hurry to commence cloud seeding experiments...

Fraudsters dupe Pune biz firm of Rs 7.2L

12 days ago

News / Times Of India/ Pune

A city-based business firm has fallen prey to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack and lost Rs7.2 lakh to some fraudsters with an account in a Hong Kong-based bank between April and June this year...

Woman killed by falling branch on Ghole road

12 days ago

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A 48-year-old physically-challenged woman died of severe head injuries after the branch of a mango tree fell on her near the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) Ghole road ward office on Wednesday afternoon...

Ward boy poses as doc, woman delivers stillborn

13 days ago

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The Chandannagar police on Tuesday booked a ward boy of a private hospital at Vadgaonsheri for cheating after he posed as a doctor and handled the delivery procedure of a woman in advanced labour. The woman later delivered a stillborn baby...