Pune News

A 23-year-old woman doctor died after she was hit by a speeding water tanker near Magarapatta in Pune's Hadapsar area this morning, police said.

A woman who has accused Congress leader Rohit Tilak, the great-grandson of Bal Gangadhar Tilak of raping her, has complained to the police that two men have threatened to throw acid on her if she does not withdraw the case.

The Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has suffered revenue loss of nearly Rs 12 crore on account of students not completing their courses on time and overstaying in hostels without paying any fee or charges, the CAG said today.

The cyber cell of Pune Police has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly creating a fake account in the name of a Maharashtra minister on a social networking site and posting objectionable content on it.

The last rites of a 33-year-old man were today performed on the roadside in Hinjewadi-Maan MIDC area in Pune with some locals alleging they do not have a proper cremation ground.

A green corridor was on Thursday created in the city to transport three vital organs of a 35-year-old man, who was declared brain-dead after a road accident in Nashik.

A four-year-old was brutally kidnapped, burnt and later buried away, all because her kidnapper - one Shubham Jamnik - bought a car on a loan that he couldn't repay. So in a bid to do some fundraising, Rs 5 lakh to be precise, on June 28, he kidnapped the daughter of his landlord Amol Arude from their Chaholi home in Dighi. The body was found in Akola, and Jamnik, along with his accomplice and friend, Pratik Satale, were arrested and charged by the police.

Four people have been arrested for allegedly killing a 40-year-old woman in Pune after her family's pet cat sneaked into a neighbour's house.

Dr Bharat Maruthi Lote knows what he's asking for drives a wedge through the medical community, but to him, there's no other way out. The medical officer in the state health department, who has been battling pancreatic cancer, released a video last week, requesting euthanasia.

Pune lad Akshat Chugh surpassed all expectations when he ranked second across India in the JEE. Here's a look at those who willed themselves to study harder, focus better and ultimately, reach for their best potential in the JEE-A results

A 75-year-old farmer divided his land worth crores between his three sons, on the promise they would give him Rs 5,000 each as monthly maintenance, but is now left to work in other farms and beg on the streets for daily living

Swine flu has claimed as many as 221 lives in Maharashtra so far this year with Pune accounting for more than one-fourth of the fatalities, a government official said today.

The software engineer allegedly committed suicide by jumping off an eight-story building in Rahatani area near here.

Marathi film producer Atul B Tapkir was found dead at a luxury hotel in Pune on Sunday morning, police said. He was 35. A post on Tapkir's Facebook page indicates he was disturbed over financial loss in filmmaking and a troubled family life. Police had to break open the hotel room where they found Tapkir's body.

Three men found guilty of a 28-year-old software engineer's gang-rape and murder in Pune eight years ago, were sentenced to death today.