A city crime branch team in Pune has seized three 1kg gold bricks, worth Rs1.8 crore, from the Nashik home of Abhishek Balkawade, a close aide of fugitive drug haul undertrial Lalit Patil. Balkawade had delivered a mephedrone parcel worth Rs2.14 crore to Patil at a hospital, where Patil was undergoing treatment. Balkawade had...
Read MoreA 22-year-old Manipur resident has been arrested by a special investigation team of the CBI for allegedly masterminding the abduction and presumed murder of two missing Manipuri students. The suspect, Paolunmang, was apprehended in Pune with the help of the CBI’s anti-corruption unit. Photos of the victims’ bodies had emerged in September, sparking protests...
Read MoreUS intelligence assessments based on information shared by Israel warned the Biden administration about the growing risk of conflict between Palestinians and Israelis ahead of the recent Hamas attack. The assessments indicated that Hamas was preparing to escalate rocket attacks across the border. However, these assessments did not provide specific details about the scale...
Read MoreTwo welding workers from Shindevasti in Wanowrie, Pune, assaulted and robbed a bus driver after a quarrel over a minor accident. The incident occurred when the bus passed the friend of the attackers, causing him to fall from his bike. The trio has been arrested by the police, and the stolen cellphone has been...
Read MoreThe Pune Wastewater Surveillance project, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, is monitoring various strains of influenza-A viruses, including H1N1 and H3N2, as well as Covid-19 in the city. Scientists from various institutions are testing samples from wastewater treatment systems to detect the prevalence of these diseases. The project has been ongoing since August 2021...
Read MoreFrench antiterror prosecutors announced that they are taking over the investigation into a knife attack at a school Friday that killed a teacher and injured two other people in northern France. The opening of a probe by the national antiterror prosecution office pointed to a suspected terror motive for the attack
Read MoreThe Uttarakhand Waqf Board has issued notices to all madrassas in the state, following the closure of an illegally operating one in Nainital. The board has instructed madrassas to install CCTV cameras and ensure the health and safety of their students. They are required to submit a report on these measures within 15 days....
Read MoreThe entire Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC), spanning 1,337 km from Ludhiana to Sonnagar, is now complete. Freight trains can cover the stretch in 24 hours, with commercial operations set to begin next month. The project is expected to benefit thermal power plants in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and parts of Rajasthan by facilitating...
Read MoreG20 finance ministers and central bank governors, which met for a final time during India’s presidency, agreed to work on a global framework for regulating crypto assets apart from pushing for reform of multilateral development banks, such as the World Bank, so that developing and poor countries can get more funding, including for climate...
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