Exactly a month ago, a 17-year-old boy rammed the Porsche Taycan car he was driving at an alleged speed of 160kmph into a bike at 2.30am in Kalyaninagar, killing two young techies on their way home. In the aftermath, various authorities — from the police to the civic body and state excise department — have…
PUNE: Devidas Saudagar won’t ring a bell even in Marathi literary circles, but his novel Usvan (Frayed Stitches) about the trials and tribulations of the tailoring community fetched him the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2024 award in Marathi on Saturday.The outpouring of a writer who dropped out of school after Std VII, took up tailoring…
<p>Sharad Pawar</p><p><br></p> PUNE: NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar sought on Wednesday four to six months to effect a change in the Maharashtra govt, reports Anurag Bende. The veteran leader is on a three-day tour of Baramati to review the drought situation in the tehsil.He was visiting a village on Wednesday where he told people that…
PUNE: A fire broke out in the early hours of Friday in a five-storey building located in Shanipar area of Pune city, Maharashtra. The incident, which occurred around 1.30 am, resulted in the tragic death of a watchman and the rescue of more than 40 girl students residing in the hostel on the second floor.According…
NEW DELHI: The 17-year-old who was allegedly involved in the fatal Porsche crash in Pune city’s Kalyani Nagar, has admitted that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, TV reports suggested.The reports, quoting the police, suggested that the accused teen while being interrogated by the police about the events…
PUNE: The mother of the Porsche car’s minor driver (17) was arrested late on Saturday afternoon on the charge of giving her blood sample in place of her son’s following the crash on May 19, after the crime branch personnel detained her around 6.30am from her Wadgaonsheri bungalow. Pune commissioner of police (CP) Amitesh Kumar…
NEW DELHI: A teenage boy from an influential family, who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, rammed his Porsche Taycan into a motorcycle, resulting in the deaths of two young IT professionals.The aftermath of the tragedy has been marred by a complex series of cover-ups, including the swapping of blood samples belonging to…
NEW DELHI: Pune police have arrested the mother of the teen in the Porsche car accident case after confirmation that his blood samples were replaced with those of his mother, the city police chief Amitesh Kumar said on Saturday.The police informed a local court that the juvenile’s blood samples had been swapped with those of…
NEW DELHI: In a shocking development in the Pune Porsche accident case that claimed the lives of two techies, according to TV reports, the blood sample of the accused teenager, which was meant for an alcohol test, was swapped with his mother’s sample.The crime branch on Monday arrested two doctors at govt-run Sassoon General Hospital…
NEW DELHI: Two young software engineers died on Sunday after a Porsche Taycan car, driven by a prominent builder’s 17-year-old son, hit their motorcycle from behind at around 2.30am in Pune. The car was being driven at 160kmph at the time of the crash. The cops identified the deceased as Aneesh Awadhia (24) and Ashwini…
