Ashish Jadhav Dna

• Cellphone to trigger Pune blast was bought in Mumbai, says ATS

  The 30-year-old mastermind in the German Bakery blast, Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig, had purchased a Nokia cell phone and a sack from Mumbai. While the cell phone was used by Baig to trigger the blast, the sack was used to keep the explosives used in the blast. In its 2,405-page charge sheet against the seven accused, including Baig, the state anti-te...

• Three-day rare coin exhibition takes off in Pune

  The three-day rare coin exhibition, Coinex 2010, was inaugurated here on Friday by renowned numismatist from Mumbai, Shauheen Daya. The event is being held at Sonal Hall on Karve Road.Rare coins from the ancient, Moghul, medieval, Maratha and pre-Independence era have been put up on display. There are 100 frames containing the coins, including mode...

• Pune men get 3 years in prison for stealing Rs 160

  The court of judicial magistrate (first class) Umeshchandra More on Thursday sentenced Govind Ankush Sagar (32) and Jitendra Ramchandra Dhamale (22) of Swargate to three years of rigorous imprisonment for robbing a man of Rs160.The victim, Sunil Amarnath Jaiswal (28) of Swargate, filed a complaint against the duo on September 23 last year.On the da...

• Hazare fined Rs 500 for staying away from court

  Noted social worker, Anna Hazare, on Tuesday was ordered by a city court to pay a fine of Rs 500 for repeatedly not appearing before it. President of Rashtriya Bhrashtachar Virodhi Janashakti, Hemant Patil, filed a private complaint in 2005 against Hazare for allegedly misusing Rs 2.6 lakh of public money from the Hind Swaraj Trust, for celebrating...

• Pune: A month to go for exams, law students still don't have books

  Around 500 law graduates from the city, who will be appearing for the All India Bar Examination to be held on December 5, are a frustrated lot. They allege that although the examination is approaching, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has failed to provide the books based on the syllabus.The examination is based on 20 different laws/acts and the BCI ...

• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology inks pact with Pennsylvania State University

  City-based Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) on Tuesday signed a pact with the Pennsylvania State University of the US. Addressing the media on Wednesday, the vice-president of Vishwakarma Group of Institute, Hemant Abhyankar, said the tie-up would prove beneficial to the students of the institute. "Being an autonomous institute we have dec...

• Pune: Job aspirant duped of Rs 10 lakh

  Two residents of Mumbai, Shailendra Ramesh Soni (24) and Naresh Shubhkaran Sharma (27) were arrested on Saturday by the Warje police for allegedly cheating a job seeker of over Rs 10 lakh through Internet fraud. They were remanded in police custody for seven days on Sunday.Abhishek Girish Choudhari (28) of Warje had filed a complaint against the du...

• Pune: Farmer pleads his own case, and wins it too

  In a rare case, a farmer from Dive village of Purandar taluka pleaded his own case and won it. Dnyaneshwar Gaikwad (49), a former sarpanch, decided to plead his own 9-year-old case against the Pune-based finance company, Ferry Industries, after getting disenchanted with both the lawyers he had appointed over the course of the litigation. Gaikwad ha...

• Jeweller's wife was killed for money

  The city police on Thursday said three suspects in the murder of the city jeweller's wife, Jayanti Nagaraj Chhajed (55), carried out the task in a well-planned manner.The police nabbed two suspects, Bharat Polaji Ghanchi (22) and Bharat Kaluram Ghanchi (20) from Sirohi in Rajasthan on Wednesday. The duo was later brought to the city. Deputy commiss...

• Pune: Autorickshaw owners threaten stir over LPG, CNG shortage

  The Rickshaw Panchayat has threatened to start an agitation if there is no improvement in the supply of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) to the city.Rickshaw Panchayat chief Baba Adhav told reporters on Thursday autorickshaw drivers are facing problems in getting LPG and CNG to run their vehicles. There are over 12...

• Pune: One held for possessing hashish

  The Anti-terrorism squad (ATS) arrested one more suspect for allegedly possessing 5kg hashish valued at Rs3.5 lakh on Wednesday.The accused, Deepak alias Vasudev Kashinath Sankhe (48), of Kalyan in Mumbai was produced before the court by the ATS for seeking 10-day police custody. Yusuf Mohammad Shaikh alias Sundar Mani Pilley (48) of Mumbai is alre...

• Pune: Two in police custody for duping woman of Rs 10 lakh by using 'witchcraft'

  An unmarried woman was duped of over Rs10 lakh by 'witchcraft' allegedly by two Mumbai-based persons. The Kothrud police arrested the duo and the court on Wednesday remanded them in police custody until Friday. The suspects were identified as Vaishnavi Sandip Ketkar and Nilesh Anant Moghe. The victim, Chitra Madhusudan Agashe (50) of Karvenagar, ha...