Amid the outrage over the recent gangrape in the national capital and calls for enhanced safety and security of women, in a shocking crime in Maharashtra, a minor was allegedly raped on the New Year's day in Hadapsar in Pune. ...
04:37 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Pune: The prime accused in the kidnap and murder case of Pune boy Shubh Rawal has been sent to police custody till October 1. The accused, 19-year-old Parminder Singh, is a hotel management student. In the gruesome incident, the five-year-old victim was kidnapped and strangled to death after being held for a ransom on Sunday. While Parminder has been sent to police custody, another accused, a 15-year-old class 10 student,...
04:22 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Pune: The father of murder victim Juhi Prasad has decided to approach the Bombay High Court after calling the Pune Police Crime Branch's investigations into the case "tardy and lopsided". AN Prasad, who is a Patna-based advocate, said that the Crime Branch was trying to protect his daughter's boyfriend, Nimesh Sinha, who was present at the time of the crime. Juhi was allegedly set on fire by Sinha's former girlfriend...
10:25 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Pune: After receiving several complaints from parents of teenagers about their children attending parties where alcoholic drinks flow freely, the Social Security Cell of the police on Saturday night busted a booze binge at a well-known lounge in Koregaon Park and found 700 to 800 underage partygoers. The police said the children were aged between 15 and 19 years and were from various schools in the city. They said some...
04:42 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Pune: Nine people were arrested on Tuesday in Pune for allegedly assaulting some North Eastern students in the city over the past week. Reports said that students and working professionals from the North East were scared to venture out of their homes and had appealed to the police to provide the protection. The students also formed an association, the police said. The police say that the attacks could be a...
02:40 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday met the investigators probing into the Pune blasts. He said all the material collected from the blast sites has been sent for forensic testing and all CCTV footages are being examined. Chavan said he has also discussed about the maintenance of the CCTV cameras with Mayor. The CCTV cameras at two of the blast sites were found to be non-functional. This has...
04:04 PM, Aug 04, 2012
New Delhi: Investigations into the Pune blasts hit their first hurdle on Thursday as the police found that the CCTV cameras at two of the blast sites were not working. The CCTV cameras at the Dena Bank and the Mc Donald's restaurant were found to be non-functional. Before the German Bakery blasts in February 2010, the Pune Municipal Corporation had identified 70 key locations for the installation of CCTVs. That...
03:05 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Central Government for failing to prevent Wednesday's serial bomb blasts in Pune and said that there should be zero-tolerance towards terror. "This is not an issue of how much or how little damage was done. The terrorists are sending us a message that they have the power to spread fear. I hope the government responds appropriately with a zero tolerance...
12:23 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Pune: Two of the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that did not explode in Pune have been sent for forensic examination, Home Secretary RK Singh said on Thursday. He added, "Investigations are still in the preliminary stage. The initial investigation is being done by the NSG post-blast team." The NIA and the CFSL teams reached the explosion site at 3:30 am, he said, adding, "If planning has happened, that means there...
11:34 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Pune: Officials of the Dehu Road police station have come under heavy criticism for allegedly turning down a 15-year-olds plea to register a complaint of domestic violence against her husband and in-laws. In addition, they allegedly asked the girl to go back to her husbands home, and gave her Rs 20 for medical treatment. Local Child Rights Activists have now demanded action against the officials. According to the complainant, unable...
02:26 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Pune: The Pune police have claimed that the German bakery blast accused has been killed in the Yerawada jail. The police said that Mohammed Siddique was strangled to death after a brawl inside the jail. Siddique had been arrested by the Delhi Police in 2011 in connection with various blasts. He was a close aide of Yasin Bhatkal. The blast that ripped through the German Bakery in Pune on February...
01:48 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Pune: A policeman has been caught on camera allegedly stealing a motorbike from a residential society compound in Pune. The bike owner, Avinash Deshmukh, filed a police complaint after finding his two-wheeler missing on Tuesday morning. He also decided to have a look at the footage of the CCTV camera installed in the compound. "In the footage of last night, I saw a policeman removing the bike from the parking...
09:32 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Pune: The parents of Shubham Shirke, who was abducted and murdered here allegedly by three of his friends for ransom, have demanded justice for their son and stringent punishment for the killers. "My son was innocent and friendly with everybody. The suspects tortured him before strangulating him to death for no reason. We want justice," said Sunita Shirke, the mother of the 15-year-old, who was killed by his classmate and...
11:25 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Pune: A clash broke out between army officers from the College of Military Engineering and traffic policemen in Pune on Tuesday night. According to the police, constables were roughed up and civilians and media personnel were also assaulted. The army also ordered an inquiry into the incident. The clashes broke out reportedly after traffic policemen apprehended two College of Military Engineering officers for a traffic violation. Following this, nearly 30...
07:59 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Pune: Tension prevailed in a central area of the city on Tuesday evening as a group of army jawans clashed with police following an altercation over traffic violation. According to the police, the trouble started when a jawan attached to the College of Military Engineering (CME), riding a motorbike, was stopped by a traffic constable at Sambhaji Bridge for running into no-entry. The jawan then returned with his friends and...
11:05 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Pune: The bus driver who had killed nine people and injured 27 in Pune on Wednesday morning was on Saturday sent to the Yerawada mental hospital till February 1. A local court had directed the police to send the driver, Santosh Mane, to the mental hospital for observation. The bus driver ran berserk in Pune on Wednesday morning, driving his vehicle in almost a murderous rage running over pedestrians, school...
09:15 PM, Jan 28, 2012
2 foreigners among people who died in attack on bakery. ...
05:42 PM, Feb 14, 2010
Pune police warns against any overt Valentine's Day celebrations. ...
10:09 AM, Feb 03, 2010
Pune police act after a Citizen Journalist report on land grabbing by a politician ...
06:28 PM, Jul 07, 2009
Cash worth Rs 55 lakh was also seized from the site. ...
09:22 PM, Aug 27, 2008
