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Bombay HC quashes one-year detention order against Pune teen under MPDA

India, Oct. 6 -- The Bombay High Court on October 3 quashed a one-year preventive detention order issued by the Pune police against a 19-year-old man under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Acti... Read More


539 posts vacant, Pune Cantonment residents bear brunt of staff shortage

India, Oct. 6 -- The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) is functioning with barely half of its sanctioned workforce, with 580 employees in place against 1,119 sanctioned posts, leaving 539 vacancies and affe... Read More


Not accused's meter, says MSEDCL witness; court acquits man in 17-yr-old electricity theft case

India, Oct. 5 -- A Pune court acquitted a 29-year-old man in a 17-year-old electricity theft case after the prosecution's own witness admitted during cross-examination that the disputed electricity me... Read More


PMC commences demolition drive against encroachments in Kausar Baug after HC directions

India, Oct. 2 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) anti-encroachment squad on Thursday demolished at least 100 illegal structures in a drive against alleged encroachments by hotels and other establ... Read More


Flavoured tobacco raw material worth rRs.r31.91 lakh seized; two held

India, Oct. 2 -- The crime branch raided an alleged illegal manufacturing unit producing flavoured tobacco and seized raw material, packing equipment and finished products collectively valued at Rs.31... Read More


Three held for robbing couple near Katraj tunnel

India, Oct. 2 -- Ambegaon police arrested three habitual offenders after they allegedly threatened and robbed a couple travelling on a two-wheeler to visit the Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temp... Read More


Ghaywal, five others acquitted in 2019 jeep theft case

India, Sept. 30 -- Gangster Nilesh Ghaywal, who was declared an absconder by a Pune court in a separate case after allegedly fleeing to the UK, and five others were acquitted by a special MCOCA court ... Read More


15 cops transferred after FIRs over alleged parading of minors

India, Sept. 29 -- Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar has transferred 15 personnel attached to the Bharati Vidyapeeth police station following registration of two FIRs by the criminal investigatio... Read More


POCSO court acquits labourer in rape, sexual assault case

India, Sept. 27 -- A Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Pune on Thursday acquitted a 20-year-old labourer accused of stalking a 16-year-old girl and committing rape a... Read More


Pune MACT awards rRs.r24 lakh to parents of teen killed in tanker crash

India, Sept. 27 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Pune, has awarded Rs.24.01 lakh compensation with 7% annual interest to the parents of a 16-year-old girl who died after a water tanker hi... Read More