Major blast averted by arrests: ATS 5 hours ago
ATS sources have told Mirror that a bomb blast similar to the German Bakery bomb explosion has been averted with the arrest of Lashkar-e-Toiba members Mirza Himayat Baig and Sheikh Lalbaba Farid, alias Bilal, on Tuesday. Bilal, 27, a native of Ghodgi in Solapur district who now lives in Satpur, Nasik, was arrested last night for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack in Nasik. He has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and ....
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Baig has links with IM, LeT: ATS5 hours ago
Even as speculation ran rife over arrested German Bakery blast suspect Yusuf Baig’s reason for visiting Pune, chief among them being a link to Camp-based educational institution Azam Campus (Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society), the institution’s chairman has denied that Baig was ever a student at his institution. In a statement issued to media on Wednesday, Azam Campus Chairman P A Inamdar, said, “Baig is not from our ....
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Fake ` 500 notes deposited in bank5 hours ago
Another case of fake currency being deposited in banks has emerged after Shashank Sawant, manager of HDFC Bank’s Kalyaninagar Branch, lodged an FIR with the Yerawada police station on Tuesday. The bank found four counterfeit notes of the denomination of Rs 500 deposited with them during the month of August. The bank however has failed to identify the customer who deposited these notes at their branch. Sub-inspector BD Raut, ....
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Rahul urges youth to join politics1 day ago
Gandhi was in the city for an interactive session organised by the National Students Union of India (NSUI) with 1,200 students from various city colleges at the Ramkrishna More auditorium in Chinchwad. Even the Chief Minister had not been invited, as he was to interact only with the students, NSUI activists were announcing to people who wanted entry into the auditorium. They were at pains to explain to them that only students who had ....
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Parents unite to take fee hike fight further1 day ago
It’s been a year now. First, there was a commitee, then its report, four Government Resolutions, and finally, all four Grs getting vacated after a court battle. The end result: parents left at the mercy of school managements, as the latter can decide their own fees now. This is how the story of the government exercise to control fees of unaided schools has unfolded so far. Now, parents are up in arms to raise the battle to get justice. Parents’ organisations are ....
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PMC to conduct spot check of road work1 day ago
A public hearing called by the garden department of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to conduct a spot check to know the environmental impact of a roadwork being done in Vitthalwadi without obtaining necessary approvals. At the hearing attended by environment activists it became evident that the civic body had undertaken the construction of a road connecting the national highway to Vitthalwadi without requisite environmental ....
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‘Before closing my eyes, I want the culprits... brought to justice’ 1 day ago
The plight of 33-year-old Shyamala (name changed to protect her identity) would move even the stone-hearted. Her tragedy began to unfold when she went for a routine medical check-up when she was three-months pregnant. She received the first major shock of her life when the test report showed that she was HIV positive. Soon she came to know that she contracted the dreaded AIDS virus from her husband. More was in store for her, as her ....
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‘I got no response to my RTI application’1 day ago
The Right To Information Act (RTI) has helped the common man to know his rights. When a citizen files an application s/he is supposed to get a response in 30 days. However, Sunanda Patil, a resident of Kothrud filed an RTI application regarding the enrolling the names of property cards in Mauje, Chinchwad with the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation(PCMC) in February. Till date, she has not received any reply. She had sent the ....
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Helmet-less ride costs youth his life1 day ago
Twenty-year-old Swapnil Gokule lost his life after his bike skidded on Mundhwa Road on Sunday night. Had he worn a helmet on that day, this wouldn’t have been the last ride of his life. Gokule, a resident of Navaratna Housing Society in Wadgaon Sheri, was the proprietor of an optical shop in the area. A case of ‘causing death by negligence’ has been lodged at the Yerwada police station. Sub-inspector S P Mali, who is investigating the case....
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City’s road to perdition1 day ago
The Pune-Ahmednagar Road is a killer stretch. And by that, we are not referring to the structure of the road. And the statistics provided by the police are fatal: 28 people have died in accidents in the period from February to August 2010. That makes it roughly four deaths in a month. Three years ago, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had begun work on widening the road. Till date, work on the stretch between Gunjan chowk and Shastri Nagar ....
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Bridge these gaps 2 days ago
This bridge could be trouble for pedestrians. In fact, one life has already been lost due to the lack of barriers on either side of the bridge. Vishnu Parakhe, who worked in the wireless department of the Pune police, fell and drowned in the Mula river while walking on the Baba Bhide Bridge on Sunday evening. Four citizens who were also present on the bridge when Parakhe fell, tried to save him, but their efforts ....
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Politician accused of raping minor2 days ago
The city was shaken on Sunday evening when the allegedly former deputy president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Pimpri-Chinchwad was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl. The accused, identified as Suraj alias Sawata Bhagwan Ranpise (45), a resident of Trimurti Housing Society at Yamunanagar, Nigdi, was beaten up with the help of angry local residents who also set his shop on fire. The accused ....
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On Saturday, February 13, a powerful bomb ripped through German Bakery in Koregaon Park at approximately 7.30 pm. Nine people, including five women and a foreigner, were killed and 32 others injured. This was the first major attack since the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai. The improvised explosive device, kept in an unattended packet outside the kitchen of the German Bakery, exploded when a waiter attempted to open it. While some ....
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