Pune: Pune Rural police have arrested a 23-year-old CRPF personnel who deserted the force and allegedly took to stealing motorcycles.The police recovered 19 stolen motorcycles worth Rs30 lakh from the accused, Samadhan Kale (23), of Phaltan in Satara district. A local crime branch team led by inspector Pramod Kshirsagar traced and arrested Kale with the…
Pune: Election officials and booth-level officers (BLOs) in Pune district now have the additional exercise of verifying and updating the actual house number of every elector. The process, officials and field staff said, will be difficult to complete within the tight timeframe.The district administration has issued instructions to electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant EROs…
Supriya Sule backs Prashant Kishor, says Sunetra Pawar-led NCP’s choice is ‘internal matter’ NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday said whether the Sunetra Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party wanted to work with political strategist Prashant Kishor was an “internal matter” of the rival faction.Sule said Kishor had been her friend for several…
To facilitate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) set up registration desks at public places across the city, including the premises of a Gurudwara in Ravet Pune: Villages are racing ahead in digitisation of voter records under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with booth level officers (BLOs)…
Dark clouds continued to hover over Pune on Saturday Pune: Rain activity remained subdued across Pune city in the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Saturday, with Shivajinagar recording just 0.8mm of rainfall. Most parts of the city received trace to light showers, while rainfall was comparatively higher in some ghat areas.According to rainfall data for…
Pune: A man and his female partner allegedly duped a jeweller of nearly Rs15 lakh on pretext of purchasing gold jewellery. Chandannagar police are searching for them.The accused gained the confidence of the branch manager of the showroom and gave him a cheque, which subsequently bounced. The manager lodged a complaint with the police on…
Mula-Mutha in spate in Pune following the release of water from Khadakwasla, Pavana and Mulshi dams Pune: Several stations in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats logged triple-digit rainfall for yet another day on Monday, while rain-related incidents claimed two lives across the state in the past 24 hours.Tamhini in Pune district emerged as the wettest location with…
Pune: The Baramati taluka police have registered a case against two men for allegedly duping at least 117 candidates of Rs 3.7 crore by promising them jobs in various state govt departments and the Indian Railways.According to the police, the duo, through a labour contractor from Baramati, approached the candidates and collected money from them…
Speculations also continue to be rife that Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) may join hands with the NDA Pune: Veteran politician Sharad Pawar on Tuesday dismissed the possibility of a merger between the two NCP factions, following the recent spate of meetings between their senior members in New Delhi. Speculations also continued to be rife that…
Trustees of Vidya Pratishthan, an educational institution based in Baramati in Pune district, have urged NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate a newly built dome called Prerna Sthal. Pawar, who heads the institution, has assured the trustees that he will seek an appointment with the Prime Minister to…
