pune district

Pune, March 14 A couple working at a construction site were killed, while four other labourers were injured after a brick structure collapsed on them in the Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune district, Maharashtra, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred around 4:30 pm on Friday on an open...

Pune, March 13 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Rohit Pawar claimed that V K Singh, the owner of VSR Ventures, which operated the aircraft involved in the crash that killed former Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, was reportedly trying to alter the aircraft's "black box" data.He cautioned...

Mumbai, March 12 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Sunil Shelke demanded in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that a transparent and open discussion be held regarding the plane crash involving the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and the ongoing investigation into the incident...

Pune, March 9 NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar questioned whether VSR Ventures owner V K Singh was attempting to blame the Learjet pilot for the fatal crash that killed then Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and four others in January.The Crime Investigation Department had questioned Singh and recorded his...

Mumbai, March 9 Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Asim Azmi on Monday alleged that Muslims were facing injustice in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states and claimed that two members of the community were assaulted by right-wing activists in Pune district over the transportation of buffaloes...

Pune, March 9 A group of self-proclaimed vigilantes allegedly assaulted and forced a Muslim truck driver to eat cow dung in the Pune district after they intercepted a vehicle transporting buffaloes on the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway, police said on Monday.Police have filed an FIR against three...

While Pune district has received the highest overall allocation in the District Annual Plan (DAP) for the 2026-27 financial year, Nagpur – the district where Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis resides – has seen the most significant increase in funding.According to the Maharashtra Budget...

Thane, March 8 Police have arrested a man from the Thane district of Maharashtra for his suspected involvement in the murder of a driver-partner of a ride-hailing platform, officials said on Sunday.The victim, Nasir Ahmed, had been reported missing by his family earlier this week.The...

Beed, March 8 Police have arrested four individuals in connection with the alleged trafficking of a 21-year-old woman from the Latur district, who was forced to "marry" three different men by the accused, who earned lakhs of rupees in "commission," an officer said on Sunday.The matter came to...

Thane, March 7 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane, Maharashtra, has awarded a compensation of ₹37.55 lakh to the family of a 25-year-old man who died in a motorcycle accident in 2022.MACT member R V Mohite directed Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. to pay the compensation to...

Pune, March 4 As many as 111 residents from the Pune district, including students – who were stranded in Dubai due to the ongoing US-Israel-Iran military conflict – have returned safely, the local administration said on Wednesday.A total of 184 residents from the Pune district were stranded in...

Beed, March 4 Police investigating the alleged suicide of a GST department officer in Beed, Maharashtra, have arrested his superior from the Pune district on charges of abetting suicide, more than a month and a half after he went missing, an official said.Sachin Narayan Jadhavar, a Goods and...

Beed, March 2 A 22-year-old man died and three others were injured after their speeding car overturned and crashed into the protective wall of a well in Beed district, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Monday, police said.The accident occurred near Nagaryachiwadi in Shirur Kasar taluka, while...

Pune, March 2 Jay Pawar, the son of Maharashtra's late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, has shared a purported video on social media alleging that Rohit Singh, the owner of VSR Ventures, was seen dozing off in the chief pilot's seat during a flight, and has demanded his immediate arrest.He has also...

Mumbai, February 28 NCP leader Suraj Chavan stated on Saturday that he will meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to demand that the Navi Mumbai International Airport be named after Ajit Pawar.Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati, Pune district, on January 28.In a post on X...

Mumbai, February 28 Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Aditi Tatkare demanded on Saturday that all reports and findings related to the plane crash, in which Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was killed, be compiled and made available on a common platform for public scrutiny.The Aircraft...

Mumbai, February 28 On the first monthly death anniversary of then Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, his cousin and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule said on Saturday that the void created by his passing would "never be filled".In an emotional message posted on X, Sule wrote, "It is still difficult to accept that...

Mumbai, February 27 A total of 420 people were killed in attacks by wild animals in Maharashtra over the past five years, with 248 – more than half of these deaths – being caused solely by tigers, and another 104 by leopards, state Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.In a written reply...

Mumbai, February 27 A total of 420 people have died in attacks by wild animals in Maharashtra over the past five years, and 104 of these deaths were caused by tigers and leopards, state Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.In a written reply in the legislative council, he said that the...

Mumbai, February 27 Maharashtra Minister Jaykumar Rawal said on Friday that the process to clear pending dues for onion procurement is underway, acknowledging that delays in payments had triggered farmer protests in Nashik earlier this year.In a written reply at the legislative assembly...