Pune

Police said the duo also surveyed multiple locations, including Tiger Point in Lonavala and Visapur Fort, before choosing Lohagad Fort. PUNE: The accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case allegedly researched multiple ways to kill him, including poisoning, watched murder conspiracy films and studied ways to avoid getting caught before allegedly executing the crime, Pune…

Pune city and nearby ghat areas saw a sharp rise in rainfall activity on Tuesday. PUNE: The city and nearby ghat areas saw a sharp rise in rainfall activity on Tuesday, ending a 10-day stretch of mostly light showers. With the shift in weather, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has upgraded its city forecast from…

Pune: A 30-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the terrace of the 11th floor of a residential building in Kondhwa at around noon on Monday.Kondhwa police have registered an accidental death report (ADR).Officer Santosh Khetmalas said, “We studied the sequence of the incident and also spoke to his family members. We suspect…

Pune: The body of a 22-year-old man from Ambegaon taluka who had fallen off a cliff at Nane Ghat plateau, 125km from Pune, on Monday, was recovered on Tuesday.The victim, Datta Londhe of Ambegaon taluka, and his three friends had gone trekking to the ‘Nanacha Angatha’ point in the Nane Ghat section. Inspector Sanket Chaudahri…

The NIT-Bhopal study is expected to guide the city’s heat action plan Pune: The state has approved Rs 2.1 crore for an NIT-Bhopal research project on how to make the city cooler and more resilient to extreme heat.Instead of treating the entire city as a uniform entity, the study will explore its small pockets because…

Clinics across the city are recording dozens of new cases weekly, with children, the elderly, and the immunocompromised proving particularly vulnerable Pune: Hospitals across the city are reporting a significant surge in eye infections—primarily viral conjunctivitis—this monsoon.Clinics across the region are recording dozens of new cases weekly, with children, the elderly, and the immunocompromised proving…

State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharne on Tuesday said the benefit under the farm loan waiver scheme would be passed on to farmers before July 30 Pune: The state govt would release the preliminary list of farmers eligible for the farm loan waiver on the birth anniversary of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday,…

Pune: The Bombay high court rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of three women accused of abetting a 19-year-old first-year BJ Medical College (BJMC) student’s death by suicide on March 9 in their shared rented flat under the jurisdiction of Chandannagar police.The victim was pursuing her BSc (Nursing) course. One of the accused women is a…

An AI-generated illustration of consumers buying legal country liquor at a liquor shop following a government crackdown on illicit alcohol Pune: Sales of state-regulated country liquor rose sharply following the crackdown on spurious liquor after a recent hooch tragedy, with traders claiming that many consumers have shifted to legal products.“State-regulated country liquor sales have gone…

An AI-generated illustration shows a knife-wielding person. The illustration is a killing representation. Pune: The Bharati Vidyapeeth police on Tuesday morning detained four minor boys for allegedly hacking a 17-year-old, who was also in conflict with the law, to death near Katraj Lake around 10pm on Monday.The detained minors and the deceased, who are all…