Pune | In a freak accident, a speeding container truck rammed into 48 vehicles on a Pune road on Sunday, leaving at least three people injured, police said. The incident occurred at the busy Navale Bridge around 8.30 pm., leading to traffic chaos across the city. A container, with a suspected brake failure, rammed into […]
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Mercedes India CEO takes auto-rickshaw ride to evade Pune traffic
New Delhi | Even the top executive of a luxury car brand could require an auto-rickshaw to reach his destination — this came true for Martin Schwenk, the Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-Benz India, after he got stuck in Pune’s traffic jam recently. Stuck in traffic jam, Schwenk step out of his Mercedes S-Class car, walk […]
Farmer commits suicide after greeting PM on his birthday
Pune | In a shocker, a frustrated and broke farmer Dashrath L. Kedari, greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday (September 17) and then jumped into a pond to end his life, his family said here on Monday. According to his brother-in-law Arvind Waghmare, the incident took place in Bankarphata village where Kedari was working […]
Pune court orders police probe against Baba Ramdev’s ‘Coronil’ claims
Pune | In a New Year jolt to Baba Ramdev, a Pune court has ordered the police to investigate a criminal complaint against the yoga guru and his business associate Acharya Balkrishna, who is Chairman of the consumer giant, Patanjali Ayurved, for their claims on their Covid-19 cure medicine ‘Coronil’. Junnar Court’s Judicial Magistrate First Class […]
Pune: Wrestler shot dead inside vehicle in full public view
Pune (Maharashtra) | In a shocking case, a wrestler was shot multiple times leading to his death as he was preparing to sit in his vehicle, police said here on Friday. The incident happened around 10.40 p.m. on Thursday in Chakan on the outskirts of the city when the victim Nagesh S. Karale was getting into […]
Anna Hazare complains of chest pain, undergoes angiography
Pune | Veteran Gandhian and social crusader Kisan Baburao alias Anna Hazare, who was rushed to a hospital here on Thursday morning, underwent a successful angiography and his condition is reported to be stable, officials said. Following mild chest pain for the past 2-3 days, Hazare was admitted to the Ruby Hall Clinic here, said the […]
Pune teen’s stunning pics of moon wow social media
Pune (Maharashtra) | Stunning photographs of the Moon, painstakingly shot by a 16-year schoolboy from Pune have gone viral on social media platforms and earning him accolades from all over, here on Wednesday. The lad, Prathamesh Jaju is also an amateur astronomer and astro-photographer, studying in Vidya Bhavan High School in Class X. Last fortnight, on […]
Congress MP Rajeev Satav loses battle to Covid
Pune | Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, Rajiv Satav, passed away in a hospital here after a 23-day long battle with Covid-19, party officials said here on Sunday. He was 46, and belonged to the core team of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Satav had developed Covid symptoms on April 19 and a […]
Barring Assam, BJP may lose all states, predicts Pawar
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Sunday claimed that barring Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to lose the upcoming Assembly elections in the other three states and a Union Territory. Addressing the media in his hometown Baramati, Pawar said his assessment was based on the ground level situation and reports […]
Credit Suisse VP mowed down by drunk driver in Pune
Pune | The Vice President of global investment banking company Credit Suisse, Ankur Khandelwal, was killed here after being knocked down by a speeding car driven by a man in an allegedly drunken state, who has been arrested. The Deputy Commissioner of Police in Pune, Pankaj Deshmukh, told the media that the preliminary medical report of […]