Pune News

Shridhar Chillal, an octogenarian from India, finally cut his nails after 66 years but his record of having the world's longest fingernails measuring over 31 feet has left his hand permanently handicapped.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City project in Maharashtra was awarded to international consultants KPMG, in partnership with Surbana Jurong, by Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Limited, a special purpose vehicle set up at city level to implement its smart city mission.

Mohan Patil, a jailer, was allegedly shot at by two unidentified bike-borne assailants outside the Yerawada central prison today in Pune, police said.

After a furore, a prominent private co-education school here withdrew a bizarre order mandating all girl students to wear only white or beige underwear on campus, an official said today.

Parents and student of Pune's Maeer's MIT School on Wednesday staged a protest against the school's diktat asking the girls student to wear specific colour innerwear.

With 160 feet diameter and 263 feet height, this would be the largest dome of the world, said founder of Pune's Maharashtra Institute of Technology.

Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers said that popcorn worth Rs 5 are being sold at Rs. 250 in movie theatres despite Bombay High Court saying that the price needs to be reduced.

A software engineer in Pune has filed a complaint with the labour commissioner's office alleging that he was forced to resign for following "religious practice" inside office.

A worker was killed and another injured in a blast while handling explosive material at a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory in Pune's Hinjawadi area, an official said today.

The Crime Branch of Pune police today arrested a suspected aide of underworld don Chhota Rajan from New Delhi in the builder Deven Shah murder case.

The travel time between Mumbai and Pune, which now is around four hours, will get reduced to just 25 minutes if a high-tech transportation system being explored by the Maharashtra government is implemented.

A one-year-old girl, asleep next to her parents in Pune's Loni Kalbhor area was allegedly picked up and taken to a nearby place by a 22-year-old man who then raped her and smashed her head to the ground, police said on Friday.

The parents said the school management was overcharging them.

The homeless and beggars in Pune have one thing less to worry about -- medical care. They get free medicines, weekly check-ups and necessary treatment on the streets. And if they need special care or even surgeries, they are taken to hospitals and all the expenses are taken care of by a doctor.

Swapnil Sable and his wife Tejal are happy that they could save a few lakhs of rupees by tying the knot at a 'mass wedding' instead of throwing a private lavish celebration. Both Mr Sable and his wife come from poor farming families. They are happy that they had a "big, royal mass wedding".