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Police crack down on motorcycles with illegal modifications; 400 riders booked in three days

India, Aug. 9 -- In a bid to curb noise pollution and reckless riding, the Pune police have launched 'Operation Modification', a citywide crackdown on motorcycles fitted with modified silencers, press... Read More


Developer directed to refund rRs.r2.36 lakh to disabled plot buyer

India, Aug. 9 -- Holding a developer guilty of unfair trade practice and deficiency in service, the Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Pune, has directed Shree Balaji Develope... Read More


Pune court awards 10 years' RI for attempt to rape minor

India, Aug. 8 -- A special POCSO (Protection of Children against Sexual Offences) Court in Pimpri-Chinchwad has sentenced a 33-year-old labourer to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) for attempting ... Read More


Citizens lose rRs.r98 lakh in four online frauds in a single day

India, Aug. 7 -- Cyber fraudsters allegedly cheated four residents of nearly Rs.98.37 lakh in separate incidents reported across the city on Wednesday. The cases, registered at Faraskhana, Bibvewadi, ... Read More


Used vehicle dealer duped of rRs.r1.10 lakh in online deal

India, Aug. 7 -- A used vehicle dealer was allegedly cheated of Rs.1.10 lakh by a man who promised to help him purchase a Royal Enfield Bullet at a good price after responding to an advertisement on o... Read More


Youth held for bursting fireworks outside Yerawada jail

India, Aug. 7 -- Police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old for allegedly bursting aerial fireworks outside Yerawada Central Jail to celebrate the birthday of an undertrial lodged inside the prison. ... Read More


Senior inspector transferred after rights panel intervention over juveniles' bonnet parade

India, Aug. 7 -- Senior inspector Mansingh Patil of the Bharati Vidyapeeth Police Station was transferred to the special branch on Thursday, days after the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (M... Read More


Sessions Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of accused in rRs.r1.05 crore PMC job fraud

India, Aug. 7 -- A sessions court here has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Rajendra Babanrao Khedekar, an accused in an allegedly fake Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) recruitment case in which... Read More


Fact-finding panel visits Bharti Vidyapeeth police station as MSHRC probes accused parade on vehicle bonnet

India, Aug. 6 -- A fact-finding committee appointed by the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) on Wednesday visited the Bharti Vidyapeeth police station, examined records related to the ... Read More


Pune court convicts man in 2017 Budhwar Peth murder of partner, awards life imprisonment

India, Aug. 4 -- Nearly nine years after a woman was fatally stabbed in Pune's red-light area, Budhwar Peth, a sessions court has convicted her live-in partner, holding that the prosecution proved bey... Read More