NEW DELHI: A case has been registered against four unidentified youths after a video showing them tricking a New Zealand national into speaking Marathi swear words went viral. According to news agency PTI, the incident occurred when the youths, reportedly from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra, encountered the man while he was visiting Sinhagad Fort near…
Pune: A comprehensive 34-year study tracking rainwater chemistry across India has found that Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) and Mohanbari (Assam) are increasingly experiencing acidic rainfall.Though true “acid rain” is not yet a major threat, scientists associated with the study — conducted by India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)…
PUNE: NCP (SP) state chief Jayant Patil on Saturday had a closed-door meeting with NCP chief Ajit Pawar at Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) at Manjari for 30 minutes in NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar‘s presence on the premises and the latter peeped into the room where the two were holding talks, sources said.Later, speaking to…
Pune: The alleged rape of a preoperative counsellor (26) by a criminal on police records in a Shivshahi bus parked at the MSRTC’s Swargate terminus on Tuesday morning has brought to the fore the lack of security at one of the largest state transport facilities in the city. Located at the key Jedhe junction and…
Pune police are searching for Datta Gade, a man with a criminal record, who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside an empty MSRTC bus at Swargate bus stand. NEW DELHI: Pune police have launched a manhunt for a man with a criminal record for raping a 26-year-old woman inside a stationary Maharashtra State Road Transport…
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),…
