PUNE: Supporters of actor Veer Pahariya, who is also the grandson of former Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, allegedly assaulted comedian Pranit More over jokes on the actor during his show in Shinde’s hometown, Solapur, on Sunday. The actor, through a social media post, condemned the attack and distanced himself from the incident. Poll Should…
Pune: The standout walking style of a burglar captured in CCTV footage helped the Mahalunge MIDC police crack a jewellery burglary case of September last year. The police not only arrested the burglar but also recovered the stolen 260g of gold ornaments he had sold to a jeweller in Bihar’s Motihari. The Mahalunge MIDC police…
NEW DELHI: Pune police have arrested three individuals who allegedly contacted aspirants preparing for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) examination and offered them the question paper for Rs 40 lakh, officials said on Sunday. However, there is no evidence to suggest that the paper had been leaked, they confirmed.According to an official, the Pune…
PUNE: Civic health authorities investigating the surge in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases in Pune are now checking if lapses in water chlorination in wells caused the diarrhoea spike in areas that reported GBS. Many patients in the city had bouts of diarrhoea days before experiencing GBS symptoms.The suspect wells include those from where municipal and…
PUNE: A man stabbed his wife to death with scissors in Pune’s Kharadi vicinity and recorded a video conveying his contrition, which he shared on his workplace social media group, police disclosed on Thursday.The tragic occurrence transpired at 4.30am on Wednesday following a heated altercation between Shivdas Gite (37) and his wife Jyoti Gite (27),…
NEW DELHI: At least nine people died on Friday morning in an accident on the Pune-Nashik Highway when a tempo collided with their minivan, which then crashed into a stationary bus, police said. The incident took place near Narayangaon around 10am.The minivan was traveling towards Narayangaon when it was struck from behind by the tempo,…
PUNE: A local pub in Pune has stirred controversy by allegedly distributing condoms and ORS packets alongside party invitations for their New Year’s Eve celebration. This unconventional invitation package has caused significant public backlash, leading to police involvement and subsequent questioning of the invited guests.Senior police inspector Nilkanth Jagtap at Mundhwa police station confirmed, “The…
Sepoy Solomon from Manipur, despite his home being destroyed by a mob, successfully passed the Army Cadet College exam and Services Selection Board interview. PUNE: Sepoy Solomon of the Indian Army, whose home was destroyed by a mob in his native village of Songgel in the Churachandpur district of Manipur in May 2023, showed remarkable…
PUNE: Markadwadi in Solapur, Maharashtra, where most voters are MVA supporters, will go to polls again, though unofficially, on Tuesday, this time using ballot papers to challenge EC’s data. Markadwadi falls under Malshiras assembly constituency in Solapur, where NCP (SP)’s Uttamrao Jankar defeated BJP’s former MLA Ram Satpute. Jankar won, but his MVA supporters from…
PUNE: Eleven assembly poll candidates, including NCP (SP)’s Baramati nominee Yugendra Pawar, have submitted applications to district administration seeking verification of microcontrollers of 137 EVM sets used in their constituencies during the recently concluded Maharashtra elections and have collectively paid Rs 66.6 lakh for the process. Among other key candidates who have applied for verification…
