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Topic: Pune

2024 Pune Porsche crash case: Cops file plea against JJB order refusing to try 17-yr-old as adult

The 17-year-old had crashed into a motorcycle resulting in immediate death of the two riders. Juvenile Justice Board refused to try the accused as an adult.

Mob demands ‘citizenship proof’ from Kargil war veteran’s family in Pune, probe launched

Hakimuddin Shaikh’s family says a mob of 70, including Bajrang Dal members and plainclothes police, stormed their home, called them Bangladeshi, and demanded Aadhaar proof.

Three weeks after assault, Pune journalist Sneha Barve gets fresh threats. ‘No real action taken’

Scribe was attacked by a group of men on 4 July while reporting on land grab activity in Nighotwadi village. Accused out on bail & allegedly threatening her with death.

Former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse’s ex-son-in-law & 6 others detained after raid at Pune party

NCP (SP) leader Khadse said a probe should be conducted to find out if there was a political motive behind the police action after a raid based on a tip-off about a 'rave party'.

Attack on Pune journalist Sneha Barve: She was beaten with rods for reporting on land grab, says father

New Delhi: Sneha Barve, a 27-year-old journalist, was reporting on land grab and illegal construction of tin sheds in Nighotwadi village in Ambegaon taluka...

NIA makes 11th arrest in Islamic State’s Pune sleeper cell case

The agency issued a non-bailable warrant against the 11th key conspirator Rizwan Ali alias Mola, actively involved in the recce of various locations for use as terrorist hideouts.

4 dead, 32 injured in bridge collapse over Indrayani River near Pune, 10-15 people feared swept away

The incident took place near Kundamala, a tourist spot about 30 km from Pune. Deputy CM Ajit Pawar says many tourists were on the bridge at the time, some with motorcycles.

Iron bridge over the Indrayani river in Pune collapses, rescue ops underway

NDRF teams are conducting rescue operations, 3 persons have been rescued so far, say police.

Pimpri Chinchwad shows how to put people before vehicles. It’s a model for urban India

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has launched several people-first mobility initiatives, including India’s first 15-minute city pilot, which is redesigning key corridors for walkers and cyclists.

Pune doctor accused in Porsche case arrested in connection with kidney transplant racket

Dr Ajay Taware, now lodged in Yerwada jail, was accused of tampering with blood samples of 17-yr-old accused of crashing a Porsche car into a motorbike in Pune’s Kalyani Nagar last year.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?