Tag: Pune

Gorakhpur terror funding mastermind Ramesh Shah arrested in Pune

Gorakhpur terror funding mastermind Ramesh Shah has been arrested in a joint operation by the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, an official said on Thursday. The arrest was made from Pune on Tuesday and he is being brought to Lucknow on transit remand. Inspector General of ATS Aseem Arun said that …

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June 21, 2018

Bhima-Koregaon probe: Letter talks about ‘another Rajiv Gandhi incident’, police tell court

Pune Police has claimed before a court that among the seized documents, a letter has been discovered that mentions "another Rajiv Gandhi incident".

June 8, 2018

Mercedes-Benz rolls out its 100,000th car in India

The E-Class car was rolled out from the assembly line of Mercedes-Benz’s manufacturing facility at Chakan near Pune

May 28, 2018

NFAI to host Women’s Film Festival from March 9-11, pay tribute to Sridevi

All films at the Women's Film Festival will be screened with English subtitles. Entry is free

March 7, 2018

Homeless former Army Captain killed on Pune footpath

An ex-serviceman was beaten to death on a footpath opposite the officer’s mess, Southern Command, in Pune Cantonment. The man has been identified as Ravindra Kumar Bali. According to reports, the 67-year-old was a retired Captain of the Indian Army who had been living on the footpath in makeshift tent for the last five years. …

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February 4, 2018

Google installs 150 free internet ‘Google Station’ Wi-Fi hotspots in Pune

After bringing millions of Indians online with its RailTel Wi-Fi project, Google, in partnership with Larsen & Toubro, on Wednesday announced that the company has installed 150 “Google Station” hotspots in Pune. The development is part of the Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited’s “Smart City” project and this is the first time that the …

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February 3, 2018

Two killed after being hit by luggage door of bus

In a freak mishap, two persons were killed and another injured, after they were hit by a luggage door of a state-run ‘Shivneri’ AC bus, which opened automatically in Khadaki near here, police said on Tuesday. The mishap occurred on January 28, when the trio was standing near a bus stop on the old Mumbai-Pune …

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January 30, 2018

Pune woman, suspected to be suicide bomber, detained in J&K

A Pune-based woman, alleged to be a suicide bomber, was detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police last night from South Kashmir, police said. “We had an input about a suspect. Fortunately, after working on all the leads, we were able to apprehend the suspect late last night,” Additional Director General of Police Munir Khan told …

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January 26, 2018

Ideal chief minister award for Naveen Patnaik

Politics is not complicated. Politics is the most powerful instrument to bring about change in the lives of people. When you keep people first – it is good politics, when you keep people first there is no anti-incumbency, said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in his acceptance speech at Pune on Sunday. (His speech was …

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January 23, 2018

BJD gung-ho over Patnaik’s ‘Ideal CM’ credentials

The ruling BJD is gung-ho over chief minister Naveen Patnaik being adjudged as the ideal chief minister by a Pune based varsity. Mr Patnaik will receive the award at Pune on Sunday. BJD leaders here are quick to tell everyone that the CM had bagged the “ Best Administrator” award instituted by a national news …

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January 21, 2018

Pune: IT professional, wife, child found dead in home

A 35-year-old IT professional and his wife were allegedly found hanging, and their five-year-old son dead, inside their flat in Baner area here on Friday. Police suspect that the couple might have committed suicide but are uncertain about the cause of the child’s death, officials said. Police have identified the deceased as Jayesh Patel (35), …

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January 19, 2018

Senior BJP leader NS Pharande passes away

Senior BJP leader and former MLC Prof Narayan Sadashiv Pharande passed away in a private hospital here this morning after suffering a cardiac arrest, an official said. He was 78. Pharande was admitted to the city-based MJM Hospital about a fortnight ago after he suffered from intra-cranial bleeding (cerebral hemorrhage) which caused paralysis, the official …

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January 16, 2018

56-year-old builder shot dead in Pune

A 56-year-old builder was allegedly shot dead by two unidentified men outside his residence in Deccan-Gymkhana area here, police said on Sunday. The assailants fired five rounds at Devendra Shah in front of his son on the plush Prabhat Road around midnight last night. Two of the bullets hit Shah, an official said. Police have retrieved a …

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January 14, 2018

World needs India’s combination of modernity, knowledge: Dalai Lama

Highlighting that India has “great potential”, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday praised the country for possessing the combination of modernity and ancient knowledge. “India has great potential, combination of modernity and ancient Indian knowledge… This is what the world really needs,” the spiritual guru said in Pune after inaugurating the 2nd National Teachers’ …

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January 10, 2018

Whirlpool to lift fridge output capacity with Rs 182-cr outlay

Home appliance maker Whirlpool of India plans to invest Rs 182 crore to enhance production capacity of single door refrigerators. “The company is proposing to enhance its single door refrigerators’ existing capacity of 21 lakh by 6 lakh per annum from internal sources at an estimated cost of Rs 182 crore to be spent over …

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January 9, 2018

Senior sports scribe Shashikant Bhagwat no more

Senior sports journalist Shashikant Bhagwat passed away following a heart attack here today, said family sources. He was 61 and is survived by wife, a son and daughter. Bhagwat was associated with `Sakal’, a leading Marathi daily, for several years and retired from the newspaper, they added. He also served as president of the Pune …

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January 8, 2018

Mevani, Khalid booked for ‘inciting passions’ in Pune

Police have registered a FIR against Gujarat Dalit leader and MLA Jignesh Mevani and JNU student leader Umar Khalid for allegedly inciting passions between communities, an official said on Thursday. The FIR was lodged late on Wednesday following a complaint by a 22-year-old student, Akshay G. Bikkad, of Pune who took objections to the speeches …

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January 4, 2018