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Topic: Pune

Fadnavis floors the pedal, wants network of new roads and tunnels in Pune ready by 2028

High Capacity Mass Rapid Transit projects in Maharashtra’s second-largest city include elevated roads, metro lines & tunnels to decongest traffic & enhance efficiency of transport.

Return of the matchmaker. Why young Indians are reviving arranged marriage

Pune's Siya Goyal-Ketan Agarwal case has revived the debate around arranged marriages. For some young Indians, the institution is now a search for certainty and commitment.

How Siya Goyal case has shaken Pune’s Marwaris

A community elder traced the roots of the case to the shrinking joint family and the erosion of the everyday social oversight that used to come with it.

Why Pune court felt even death penalty wasn’t enough for 65-year-old Nasrapur rape-murder convict

Special POCSO court said there was ‘concrete evidence’ to prove sexual assault and medical findings establish 3-yr-old girl was ‘brutally raped, sexually assaulted and then killed’.

Death for father of 7 girls, who raped & killed 3-year-old. Hear child’s last scream, says Pune court

'Court shall perceive by its senses, 18 injuries on small child... suffering when she was sexually assaulted... leggings stuffed in her mouth... child walking with accused reposing trust,' court said.

Arranged marriage, Gen Z and a hair patch—the twisted Ketan Agarwal murder case

I want to put myself in Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam’s shoes. Our man has been handpicked by the Maharashtra Chief Minister to lead the investigation in the sensational Lohagad murder case.

A fiancée, her lover, and a 400-ft gorge: How a trekking accident turned into Pune fort murder case

Siya Goyal was allegedly in a relationship with Chetan Chaudhary and wanted to eliminate her fiance Ketan, seeing him as an obstacle in her relationship.

At least 18 dead in 48 hrs in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad after suspected consumption of illicit liquor

Police in Pune have arrested a suspected bootlegger who authorities claim ‘supplied liquor to both Phugewadi and Hadapsar’.

I am an Army wife, and I feel a personal debt to Pune’s Artificial Limb Centre

The Artificial Limb Centre in Pune just celebrated its 82nd anniversary. It is a place where soldiers’ lives are rebuilt physically, psychologically, socially, and economically.

3-yr-old raped, murdered in Pune: Accused charged with sexual assault twice before & acquitted, police say

Bhimrao Kamble, a 65-year-old labourer, was arrested after he allegedly raped the girl and smashed her head with a stone.

On Camera

Delhi police facial recognition gear vs protesters and their phones. Who was more powerful

The police know that the media and public are usually on their side, so they don’t worry too much about being brutal. But there is one rule for the poor and another for the middle class.

NH toll revenue doubles in five years to over Rs 70,000 crore as number of plazas rises sharply

Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.