Pune: A 23-year-old civil engineer was arrested for stealing SIM cards from passengers’ cellphones kept for charging in waiting rooms of Pune railway station, the government railway police (GRP), Pune, said on Friday.The suspect is identified as Sanket Kulkarni, currently residing in Akurdi and originally from Dharashiv district. He is lodged in the Yerawada Central…
Pune: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate two new trains on Wednesday, including the Amrit Bharat Express train between Pune and Danapur in Bihar, railway officials said.A daily train connecting Pune and Sainagar Shirdi will also be inaugurated.Officials said the Pune–Danapur Amrit Bharat Express will originate from Hadapsar railway station. The train’s schedule is expected…
A deserted cab pick-up area at the AeroMall on Monday morning during the NOTAM period Pune: Passengers arriving at the city airport just before the daily NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) period are increasingly struggling to find cabs, with several flyers claiming that the problem has worsened over the last month.Last week, Hinjewadi resident Kaushik Pattanaik…
The double decker bus which had conducted trial runs in Pune last year. Pune: The city transport body has decided to revive the double-decker buses project almost eight months after conducting trial runs and putting the proposal on hold.Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) CMD Mahesh Awhad said the process would begin afresh, including the…
Pune: Officials of the Government Railway Police (GRP) have shifted 60 beggars from various platforms and entry and exit points at Pune railway station to a govt-run rehabilitation facility in the last two months as part of efforts to enhance passenger safety and improve cleanliness on the premises.“We have shifted these individuals to the Government…
Pune: The Pune city police, in a coordinated operation, rescued a one-year-old girl who was kidnapped from the Pune railway station area and detained three suspects within 16 hours in Daund.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Gauhar Hasan told TOI, “The child’s parents were asleep near the railway station when the incident occurred. They earn a…
Pune: Thousands of passengers arrive at the Pune railway station every day. Tricked by thieves operating on crowded trains and platforms, many among them lose their cellphones and the hopes to ever find it.Over the last few years, 410 people lodged complaints about their lost phones with the Government Railway Police (GRP)’s Pune railway police…
Pune: The Bund Garden police on Wednesday night arrested a 20-year-old youth near Belagavi in Karnataka after a girl (21) lodged a complaint stating that he allegedly threw an acid-like substance at her and her male friend on Tadiwala Road around 1.55 am on the same day.The suspect was brought to Pune on Thursday. The…
Pune: A lawyer lodged a complaint with the police on Monday morning saying two men, who were later joined by their two friends, sexually harassed her in a car in Koregaon Park around 11.30pm on SundayThe woman (30) stays in the Ghorpadi area and the complaint was filed with the Koregaon Park police.She alleged the…
