The Latest Breaking News from Pune

Elderly make up 60% of Pune’s Covid deaths in January

PUNE: Senior citizens with one or more pre-existing ailments accounted for 60% of Pune’s total 158 Covid deaths from January 1-27, the latest report of the district administration has revealed.

The Times of India · Jan 28, 2022

Pune: After 45 days on ventilator, 4-year-old boy defeats adult-like Covid-ARDS

PUNE: “I like to play and eat chocolates,” says Prem, grinning from ear to ear. It’s hard to believe that just 10 days ago, the bubbly four-year-old had overcome severe Covid-linked pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that had kept him strapped to an invasive ventilator for 45 days.

The Times of India · Jan 28, 2022

Pune past 3rd wave peak, say hospitals; patient inflow drops

PUNE: A majority of hospitals in the city have recorded a gradual drop in Covid admissions in the last 48 hours, raising hopes of the third wave already past its peak here and beginning to slowly ebb now.

The Times of India · Jan 28, 2022

Want to sing till my last breath, says Prabha Atre

PUNE: For the Kirana gharana exponent, prolific author, and Hindustani classical music legend Prabha Atre, receiving the Padma Vibhushan is a tribute to all her gurus from Sureshbabu Mane to Hirabai Barodekar and her listeners. In a year where she will turn 91, her dedication remains to her craft.

The Times of India · Jan 26, 2022

Maharashtra: 'Prepare for cases peaking in rural areas'

PUNE: Public health expert Dr Subhash Salunkhe on Tuesday advised the state to prepare for managing the peak of Covid-19 cases in rural areas, after most of the cities passed through it.

The Times of India · Jan 26, 2022

Pune: Trio arrested for stealing phones & TV worth Rs 61 lakh

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Monday arrested three construction workers from Thane for breaking into two electronic equipment showrooms in Bhosari earlier this month and stealing 244 cellphones and an LED TV, collectively worth Rs61 lakh.

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

Seven held on charge of 29-year-old man’s murder

PUNE: The crime branch of the Pimpri Chinchwad police on Tuesday claimed to have detected the murder of an unknown man, whose body was found in an unused room at Chandkhede village in Maval on January 19.

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

Civic body to focus on public outreach for Swachh survey

PUNE: The civic body has planned an outreach programme to boost public participation in the Swachh survey.

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

President honour for 6 policemen, 3 fire officers

PUNE: Inspector Chandrakant Gundade from the Police Training Centre at Nanveej in Daund has been honoured with the prestigious President’s police medal for distinguished services.

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022

Duo behind cheating, sexually exploiting women in Pune held

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police have arrested two men, who are suspected to have cheated several women in Pune, Bengaluru and Gurugram on the promise of marriage after meeting them through a matrimonial site, and sexually exploiting some of them.

The Times of India · Jan 25, 2022