Pune (Maharashtra): Hundreds of farmers on Tuesday emptied tankers and cans containing thousands of litres of milk on the streets in Sangli, Kolhapur, Jalna, Hingoli, Solapur and Pune demanding an increase in milk procurement prices. Hundreds of activists led by Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) President Raju Shetti took to the streets all over the state, […]
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Pune man gets Rs 19K earbuds instead of Rs 300 lotion ordered online
Pune: A man in Pune has earned the envy of social media users after he revealed that Amazon India sent him Bose earbuds costing Rs 19,000 when he ordered a skin lotion worth Rs 300 on the e-commerce platform. What is more, Amazon even refused to take the earbuds back when he reported the matter […]
Awaiting ambulance, Pune man dies in chair
Pune: In a shocker, a 54-year old man in Maharashtra died in a chair on a Pune road awaiting an ambulance during the lockdown early on Saturday, officials and family members said. The victim’s distraught wife, sister and other relatives sat around him in a circle, maintaining physical distance, as local social activists and volunteers […]
Two Army soldiers killed, five others injured during bridging exercise in Pune
New Delhi: Two Indian Army personnel were killed and five others injured on Thursday, while carrying out a bridging exercise at the College of Military Engineering (CME) at Dapodi in Pune. “Two combat engineers lost their lives during a training session while carrying out a bridging exercise,” a senior Indian Army officer said. The officers […]
Final decision on Maharashtra govt formation in next 2 days: NCP
Pune: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has said that a final decision on the formation of the next government in Maharashtra by the proposed Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena ally will be taken in the next couple of days. Nawab Malik, National spokesperson of the NCP, told mediapersons that NCP President Sharad Pawar will meet interim Congress President Sonia […]
21 killed as heavy rains pound Maharashtra, more in store
Pune: At least 21 persons were killed and nine missing in various rain-related incidents in Maharashtra’s Pune, Jalgaon and Nashik since late Wednesday, officials said here on Thursday. Of the total fatalities, 14 deaths took place in Pune district, six in Jalgaon and one in Nashik in the past 24 hours of rains, while the […]
12 killed as heavy rains lash Maharashtra
Pune: At least 12 persons have been killed and four more missing in various rain-related incidents in Pune and Nashik, and surrounding areas since late Wednesday, officials said here on Thursday. According to the State and District Disaster Controls, at least five persons were washed away in flood waters in Shivapur. Some bodies were recovered […]
Zomato, eatery fined Rs 55K for serving chicken instead of paneer
Pune: A consumer court here slapped a Rs 55,000 fine on food delivery platform Zomato along with a hotel for delivering non-vegetarian food to a lawyer who had ordered a vegetarian dish. According to media reports, the consumer court directed Zomato to pay the fine within 45 days to city-based lawyer Shanmukh Deshmukh who was delivered […]
Debt Recovery Tribunal orders Nirav Modi to pay Rs 7,200 cr to PNB, others
Pune/Mumbai: Giving relief to the Punjab National Bank, the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Pune has ordered absconding diamantaire and his group companies to pay Rs 7,200 crore to the PNB and others with interest, official sources said here on Saturday. The DRT’s final order came on a plea filed by the PNB in July 2018 […]
15 killed in Pune wall crash, builders booked
Pune: At least 15 people, mostly labourers hailing from West Bengal and Bihar, were killed and three others injured when a boundary wall of a posh building collapsed here early on Saturday, officials said. Taking a grim view of the tragedy, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered the Pune Collector to conduct a detailed probe into […]