Tag Archive | "Pune"

5/22/2013: FRONT PAGE: Sahara to pull out Pune team over fee row

Mumbai/Pune: The IPL drama took another dramatic turn on Tuesday with Sahara Pune Warriors, the league’s costliest franchise at $ 370m (approx Rs 1,700 crore), announcing it would pull out of the T20 extravaganza. Sahara announced that it would also… Full News here – The Times of India (Mumbai edition)

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Sanjay Dutt withdraws plea to surrender in Pune jail

Mumbai  :  In a sudden development, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt Wednesday withdrew his application seeking to surrender in Pune’s Yerawada Jail as he apprehended threats to his life in Mumbai. Sanjay, convicted for his role in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts will now surrender before a Mumbai TADA Special Court by 4 p.m. Thursday. [...]

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Pune has its zero-shadow moment under the sun

Punekars were witness to a rare celestial phenomenon yesterday, when their shadows disappeared exactly at 12.31 pm for a few moments. In this biannual zero-shadow spectacle, when the sun is exactly overhead and for a short span of time, the shadow of any vertical object will be right below the base, giving an impression that [...]

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IPL 2013: Pune Warriors India vs Mumbai Indians – Preview – Bombay Video

It will be the war of the two teams from Maharashtra when the Mumbai Indians travel to Pune to face the Pune Warriors India on Saturday by http://www.cricket… Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Fire in Pune mall, none hurt

The blaze occurred last night in Inorbit Mall at Vimannagar Chowk. However, there were no causalities, they said. Representational pic. Seven fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames. The cause of the fire is still unknown, a fire officer said.   Full News here – NEWS/NATIONAL

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Chikhlikar’s crores include factory, Pune plots

The Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) continuing investigation against suspended PWD executive engineer Satish Chikhlikar involved trawling through 78 personal files of his on Monday. Around 27 files were documents of properties spread across Pune, Navi Mumbai, Aurangabad and Nanded. The properties include flats, plots, a factory and an office worth crores. Most of the properties had [...]

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Mumbai brokers arested for killing Pune billionaire

Pune/Mumbai : Two Mumbai realty agents, nabbed in connection with the brutal murder of a Pune billionaire and his secretary for a property deal in Mumbai, were sent to police custody till Friday by a Pune magistrate here Sunday. Ibrahim Ismail Shaikh, 38, and Ravindra Shankar Shetty, 37, were arrested from Bandra suburb of Mumbai late [...]

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‘Pune autos lack hard tops, unfit for transporting schoolchildren’

In a startling revelation made by Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Arun Yeola, not a single auto rickshaw in the city can comply with the norms for ferrying school children due to absence of hard tops.   Yeola was speaking at the traffic police branch yesterday where he expressed disappointment over the fact that several schools [...]

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4/16/2013: FRONT PAGE: IM operative convicted in Pune German Bakery case

Pune: Indian Mujahideen operative Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig, the sole person arrested for the German Bakery blast that killed 17 and injured 64 three years ago, was convicted by a sessions on Monday for criminal conspiracy, murder and other charges. He… Full News here – The Times of India (Mumbai edition)

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Death penalty for Pune bus driver who mowed down 9

A rogue driver who hijacked a bus and went on a rampage, mowing down 9 people in January last year, was on Monday given the death penalty by a sessions court, which termed his crime a “rarest of rare” case. Additional Sessions Judge V K Shevale… Full News here – Top Stories: Mumbai Mirror

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Pune road rage driver found guilty of murder

A Pune court today convicted a state transport bus driver of murder. Santosh Mane killed eight people and injured 29 others as he sped recklessly through the streets here last year. The sentencing will take place April 8. Picture of Santosh Mane clicked on the day he killed and injured several persons (Courtesy Krunal Gosavi) [...]

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PIL alleges lack of facilities in Pune E-way

MUMBAI: MNS leader and member of legislative assembly from Dadar Nitin Sardesai and a businessman Sanjay Shirodkar on Monday filed a PIL in Bombay high court against the state for “violations” in the Mumbai-Pune Expressway project and failure to provide mandatory facilities as prescribed under the Central Manual that sets standards for national highways. Sardesai [...]

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3/3/2013: FRONT PAGE: Gas tanker explodes on Pune- Solapur highway

One person died when a gas tanker exploded on the Pune- Solapur highway on Saturday after a car collided with it. The tanker was waiting at a petrol pump at the time of the incident. Full News here – DNA Sunday (Mumbai)

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Similarities with Pune blasts go beyond the use of bicycles

The modus operandi used to execute Thursday’s terror attack in Hyderabad bears remarkable similarity to the July 13, 2011 triple blasts in Mumbai and the Pune blasts of August 1, last year. While scooters were used to plant the explosives… Full News here – City : Mumbai Mirror

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Diesel adulteration activitiesnot lucrative in Pune any more

The Food Distribution Department in the city, which also looks into incidents of chemical adulteration of petroleum products, has observed a remarkable reduction in diesel adulteration practices since the beginning of the year. Representation Pic Adulteration practices became pointless after the Union Petroleum Ministry hiked the price of Light Diesel Oil (a substance commonly used [...]

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