Pune: A Baramati court held that sniffer-dog evidence cannot be used to prove a murder charge and acquitted a 37-year-old casual worker accused of killing a loan recovery agent (54) in Daund in 2024.The court also found that DNA reports could not establish a link between alleged blood stains on the trousers of the accused…
Police have taken the 25-year-old accused into custody in connection with the case (AI Image) PUNE: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered by a man in Pimpalwadi village in Maharashtra’s Pune district, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in Junnar tehsil.Police have taken the 25-year-old accused into custody…
Tukaram Mundhe (File Photo) MUMBAI: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has said the department stands by its action against a Pune-based sweet shop after the Bombay high court directed the FDA to pay the establishment Rs 5 lakh and allowed it to resume operations.Mundhe said the FDA was awaiting the written…
Cabs lined up at Pune airport Screenshot Pune: Operations of cabs registered under Bharat Taxi have begun at Pune airport in a controlled manner, with the driver-owned ride-hailing platform preparing to establish a dedicated kiosk and supporting infrastructure at the AeroMall within the next two months.A key advantage of the service for commuters is the…
The Army Institute of Thoracic Sciences Pune: The Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences (AICTS) has opened a first-of-its-kind dedicated smoking cessation outpatient department (OPD) to help serving armed forces personnel, ex-servicemen and their dependents quit smoking.The initiative was started after doctors noticed that several patients visiting the hospital with complaints of persistent cough and…
Police personnel investigate the accident spot on Tuesday, where broken spectacles of the deceased and his father’s footwear can be seen in a pothole near Durga Cafe, in front of Green Cove Society, on the Nande-Mahalunge Road Pune: Residents’ demand to repair the battered Nande-Mhalunge Road gained tragic urgency when a 10-year-old boy died after…
Pune: The city has already received more rain than its normal quota for the entire June-Sept monsoon season, recording 655.6mm till Tuesday morning as against the seasonal average of 647.2mm.The excess, however, has been driven largely by one exceptionally wet spell in July, while both June and Aug have recorded below-normal rainfall.The city has received…
Bikers cross large potholes on the Nande-Mhalunge Road, where a 10-year-old boy died on Monday after he came under a truck Pune: Shankar Mandekar, NCP’s Bhor MLA, on Tuesday sparked a controversy when he said that when there are roads, accidents do occur after he visited the accident spot on Nande-Mhalunge Road where a 10-year-old…
Pune: At one of its first presentations to the public, using a high-tech piece of software, city traffic police on Tuesday painted a rather grim picture of the state of infrastructure in Pune.The city’s municipal limits, data showed, has grown a whopping 330% in the last 30 years. Its road network now covers only 8%;…
BLOs at an SIR camp in Dynanada School in Karvenagar Pune: BLOs across the state face another demanding door-to-door exercise after the publication of the draft electoral roll on Aug 24. The State CEO’s office has directed them to personally serve hearing notices to voters flagged for anomalies or ‘no linkage’ during the Special Intensive…
