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Sowing activity in Maharashtra Pune: The state agriculture department has registered 56 FIRs against seed companies within a fortnight over complaints of poor soybean germination across the state. Officials further plan to introduce the Maharashtra Seeds Act, 2026, to tighten regulation and ensure compensation for affected farmers.State agriculture commissioner Suraj Mandhare told TOI on Sunday,…

The central government has launched Operation Mule Hunt across the country to identify and book mule bank account operators Pune: The Pune city police on Saturday registered 23 FIRs at different police stations against mule bank account holders for facilitating cyber frauds involving transactions together worth Rs11.5 crore.The move follows the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal…

Accounts frozen for suspicious links may be activated if the investigating officer finds the recipient innocent Pune: The Pune city police have implemented a new grievance redressal module to restore bank accounts of innocent people who have received funds from bank accounts linked to cyber fraudsters. The move follows directives from the Union home ministry.It…

Pune: A 30-year-old farmer from Karade village in Shirur taluka narrowly escaped an alleged murder bid after a group of men opened fire on him in the early hours of Saturday. He saved himself by jumping into a nearby lake, swimming to the opposite bank and alerting the police.The Shirur police have registered a case…

Pune: A 38-year-old fund accounting professional from Moshi allegedly lost Rs 8 lakh to cyber fraudsters after falling prey to an online task scam while searching for a new job following a layoff.The fraud took place between July 9 and 14, during which the victim transferred money to multiple bank accounts on the instructions of…

Pune: The Wakad police on Sunday claimed to have solved five recent burglary cases with the arrest of a history-sheeter and his three associates. Stolen valuables worth Rs 10.34 lakh were recovered from the accused, police said.The alleged kingpin, Atul Chandrakant Amale (30), a resident of Karve Road in Pune, has 44 criminal cases registered…

Pune: A gang of five men allegedly attempted to rob a businessman of Rs 1 crore by intercepting his car and trying to snatch the bags with the cash on Saturday. The Narhe police registered a case against all five and have launched an investigation after a complaint was filed.Police investigations show that the conspiracy…

People gathered at Balgandharva Chowk in Pune to support the activist’s protest against the NEET paper leaks Pune: A signature campaign in support of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s protest over the alleged NEET paper leak drew a large number of students and youths to Balgandharva Chowk on Sunday, a day after the Delhi police shifted…

Pune: Though NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule has indicated that the party could support the Centre’s proposed delimitation bill if it guarantees a uniform 50% increase in parliamentary seats for all states, her nephew and party MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed, Rohit Pawar, struck a more cautious note.On the eve of Parliament’s monsoon…

After a brief respite of a few days, the rains have made a comeback in and around Pune Pune: Rainfall activity is expected to intensify across parts of Maharashtra, including Pune, over the coming week, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) bulletin issued on July 19.The Met department has forecast fairly widespread to widespread…