The Pune-Mumbai expressway experienced heavy traffic and long queues of vehicles on Sunday due to the large number of weekend travelers and picnickers visiting places like Lonavla and Khandala. The traffic was further worsened by the fact that Monday was a public holiday. Additional traffic police teams were deployed to clear the traffic, and...
Read MoreThe Hinjewadi police in Pune are searching for three individuals, including the managing director of a higher education consultancy, for allegedly scamming eight people out of Rs 2 crore. The victims were promised medical college seats for their children but later discovered that the consultancy’s office was locked and the staff uncontactable. The victims...
Read MoreNCP chief Sharad Pawar has urged that any controversy surrounding the ‘wagh nakh’, a weapon set to arrive in Maharashtra on loan, should be avoided. The state government claims it is the same weapon that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj used centuries ago. Pawar stated that experts’ differing opinions should be studied and no controversy should...
Read MoreAn undertrial prisoner in Pune used two cellphones to smuggle drugs worth Rs 2 crore into the city. The prisoner, Lalit Patil, who is undergoing treatment in a hospital, had the cellphones in his possession. The drugs were being transported by a courier, Subhas Mandal, who was intercepted by the police and found to...
Read MoreTamil Nadu BJP state president K Annamalai referred to the party president’s post as “an onion” with nothing inside. He stated that he is not interested in party postings and that the party’s national leadership will address the nature and composition of the NDA in Tamil Nadu. Annamalai also commented on the AIADMK severing...
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