The court rejected suspended sub-registrar Ravindra Balkrishna Taru’s plea for parity with co-accused Sheetal Kishanchand Tejwani Pune: Additional sessions judge D S Deshmukh earlier this week rejected the second bail application of suspended sub-registrar Ravindra Balkrishna Taru in Mundhwa govt land deal case.The court on Aug 17 observed that Taru had failed to show any…
Pune: Five members of a family from Shirur taluka allegedly sold “fortune-in-a-flash” dreams to at least 39 people and duped them collectively of Rs20.34 crore on the promise of doubling their money in chit fund schemes within a year.The accused collected money from the victims between 2020 and Nov 2024, but allegedly failed to return…
Pune: Four persons were booked for allegedly duping six aspirants of Rs67 lakh in exchange for securing them jobs with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).A 22-year-old man from Nandoshi village in the Khadakwasla area lodged a complaint with Sinhagad Road police. Based on his complaint, a case has been registered against the four accused under Sections…
Pune: A director and three office-bearers of a finance consultancy firm allegedly duped 53 people of Rs3.5 crore on the promise of providing high returns on their investments.Pimpri Chinchwad police have registered a case of cheating under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act. The suspects…
Pune: Students at Vidya Valley School turned an interhouse competition into a world of puzzles and clues in the Mystery Room Challenge for classes VI to X.The Challenge saw students transform eight classrooms into themed spaces, with each of the four houses creating one junior and one senior mystery room. Instead of just solving puzzles,…
Pune: A 21-year-old man was arrested and his 17-year-old accomplice detained by Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Wednesday for extorting Rs13 lakh from a student by blackmailing and threatening to kill him.It took place between July and Nov 2024. The student, who is now 19, approached the crime branch after the minor recently threatened him…
Pune: PMC staff deployed for BLO duties cannot return to their core duties yet due to an extension of the SIR process. According to civic officials, the manpower crunch has severely impacted water supply and property tax departments, delaying daily operations and assessments.“Many day-to-day works as well as the recovery of property tax have been…
Sailesh Mehta, CMD of Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd Pune: Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation expects its investments to securing the supply chain and adding new capacities will contribute additionally around Rs 2,500 crore to its revenue by FY28, CMD Sailesh Mehta said. The company reported a consolidated revenue increase of 22% to Rs…
BLOs at work in a Ravet gurdwara Pune: A staggering 2.07 crore electors in the uncollected category, which includes voters marked absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others in the state, have set off a string of questions.Could diligent house visits by BLOs have kept this number low? Was there enough awareness about the SIR drive?…
Deemed conveyance enables a housing society to secure legal ownership of land and buildings when a developer fails or refuses to execute a conveyance deed Pune: State govt has directed the cooperation, revenue, land records and registration departments to work together to accelerate deemed conveyance for nearly 67,000 cooperative housing societies, ensuring ownership transfers are…
