Artists have demanded that authorities establish an independent regulatory mechanism to prevent indecent lavani and DJ dance events with clear, strict rules Pune: Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal and other artists have demanded that govt authorities ban obscene music and groups that promote offensive dance performances during the Ganesh festival processions.Their demand aimed to deter…
Pune: A case of abetment of suicide has been registered by Pune Rural Police against the director of a private police training academy at Ale Phata on Monday, after a 23-year-old student committed suicide at her rented accommodation on Monday afternoon.The student’s sister, a police constable with the Nandurbar police, stated in her complaint, “She…
Pune: In order to curb the production of illicit liquor, Pune rural police have initiated a programme to provide alternative employment to persons and families involved. This comes on the back of the illicit hooch tragedy in Pune city and Pimpri Chinchwad, which claimed the lives of 22 people.Special Inspector General of Police (Kolhapur Range)…
Police said the cases involve substantial financial dealings and directly affect farmers Pune: Akola police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a coordinated probe into alleged irregularities in the sale and distribution of soybean seeds, following a spate of complaints from farmers during the ongoing kharif season.The SIT was formed on the…
SpiceJet has been sent a query regarding the incident, and its response is awaited. (Video grab- Social Media) PUNE: More than 100 passengers travelling from Delhi to Pune on a SpiceJet flight (SG-105) refused to continue their journey due to excessive heat and humidity inside the cabin, allegedly caused by a faulty air-conditioning system.A passenger…
Banned products worth more than Rs 41 lakh were seized and 12 licences in Pune and Sangli; Traffic on FC Road was affected Tuesday due to a BJP Tiranga Yatra (Representative Image) PUNE: Pune is in the news for a mix of developments related to policing, food safety and traffic. A major development in the…
Pune: A recorded criminal was arrested by Alandi police on Monday for allegedly assaulting and attempting to extort money from an elderly vegetable vendor at Alandi on Sunday.A police officer said, “Suspect and his accomplice visited the senior citizen’s vegetable stall and demanded Rs5,000 from him to allow him to run his stall in the…
Pune: Illegal construction, operating a business without a licence and unauthorised digging of public land within cantonments of the country will now attract civil penalties as the Centre’s ‘Jan Vishwas’ amendments to the Cantonments Act, 2006, come into force.The revised provisions, also applicable to Pune and Khadki cantonments, mark a shift from criminal prosecution to…
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at Tiranga Rally in Pune on Tuesday Pune: In response to Maratha activist Manoj Jarange’s call of agitation from Aug 29, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the govt will not work under anybody’s pressure and it will continue to take decisions as per the constitutional provisions.Accusing state govt of…
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the state will have to develop an ecosystem of cities beyond Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune for the sustainable and long-term growth of the global capability centres (GCCs). CM invited GCC leaders to look at Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as the next frontier to…
