In a shocker, some unknown scamsters have cheated the vaccine giant Serum Institute of India (SII) over at least Rs 1 crore by sending fraudulent messages in the name of its CEO Adar Poonawala seeking money transfers, an official of Bundgarden Police Station said here on Saturday.
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J&K Marathis irked by Pune groups' plan to intrude on Ganeshotsav fest in Kashmir
A move by seven leading Ganesh Mandals from Pune to organise Ganeshotsav 2023 in the Kashmir valley has piqued the local Marathi community of around 150 families living there since over four decades.
Inside Droupadi Murmu's world: Passionate teacher, disciplinarian, vegetarian
President-designate of India Droupadi S. Murmu is not new to records and several are already to her credit in a dizzying political career spanning barely a quarter century, zooming from a Municipal Councillor in 1997 to the country's First Citizen in 2022, for which she will take the oath on Monday (July 25).
India embarking on world's largest film restoration project: Anurag Thakur
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced on Thursday that India is embarking on the world's largest film restoration project under the National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) with a budget of Rs 363 crore.
Humara Bajaj, the original Make in India champion, passes away
Renowned industrialist Rahul Bajaj -- the doyen of the Bajaj Group, who made his two-wheelers a household name with the catchy slogan 'Hamara Bajaj' -- passed away in Pune following a prolonged illness. He was 83.
RTI: Pandemic hurt banks too, with NPAs' write-offs zooming
The malady affected almost with equal force all public sector banks, private, foreign, NBFCs and urban cooperative banks, as per the recent figures provided under RTI to Pune businessman Prafful Sarda.
Acclaimed historian, author Babasaheb Purandare passes away at 100
Renowned historian, authority on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, celebrated writer and theatre personality Balwant Moreshwar 'Babasaheb Purandare' passed away in a private hospital following a brief illness early on Monday, his family sources said.
Meet the Pune man with the 'golden mask'
A Pune businessman and connoisseur of the yellow metal has got himself a "gold mask" in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic raging across Maharashtra.
Pune company develops rapid diagnostic kits for COVID-19
A two-year old Pune-based start-up, funded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), has developed rapid diagnostic kits for screening of COVID-19, an official said here on Wednesday.
Mumbai, Pune pvt hospitals isolated as 130 staff test Covid-19 positive
Since such a large number of cases have come from a single location, the BMC has ordered a probe to ascertain if Covid-19 protocols were adhered to or not while dealing with the two patients and two suspects admitted there last month.
Veteran actor Shreeram Lagoo passes away
Veteran actor Shreeram Lagoo, who worked on stage, Bollywood and Marathi films, passed away at a private hospital here late on Tuesday following age-related health issues, family sources said.
PM visits 'Param Brahma' supercomputer facility at IISER
The IISER scientists made a detailed presentation on varied topics ranging from new materials and devices for clean energy application to agricultural biotechnology to natural resource mapping.
11 killed as heavy rain lashes Pune
In view of rising water levels, flooding in many areas, Pune Collector Naval Kishore Ram has declared a precaution holiday for Thursday in the Pune city and neighbouring areas of Purandar, Baramati, Bhor and Haveli.
Zomato, eatery fined Rs 55K for serving chicken instead of paneer
According to media reports, the consumer court directed Zomato to pay the fine within 45 days to city-based lawyer Shanmukh Deshmukh who was delivered non-veg food not just once, but twice.
Hackers transfer Rs 94 crore from Pune's Cosmos Bank
Suspected hackers siphoned off Rs 94.42 crore from the Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd -- the second oldest and second biggest cooperative bank in India -- to various foreign and domestic bank accounts, police said on Tuesday.
Bank Of Maharashtra CMD arrested in Rs 3,000 cr fake loans case
All the arrested accused have been charged under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and other laws pertaining to cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and breach of trust.
Congress in Tripura blocks rail stations to protest police fired-killing of 5 farmers in MP
The firing on Tuesday came during raucous protests to demand better crop prices in the drought-ravaged region that saw one farmer suicide every five hours in the past two years.
DMs, SPs of violence-hit MP districts transferred
The farmers agitation entered its eighth day on Thursday. The peasants have been on strike since June 1, demanding loan waiver and fair price for their produce.
Indian American selected among 12 NASA astronaut candidates
He continued on to earn a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from the US Naval Test Pilot School.
World's oldest human species' fossils found in Morocco
The institute said the remains of the Homo sapiens, which were found in a remote village called Jbel Irhoud, date back to over 300,000 years ago, Xinhua reported.
Yechury manhandled by two Hindu Sena activists at press meet
The Hindu Sena activists entered the CPI-M office premises in Gole Market area of central Delhi chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and slogans against Yechury, a police official said.
SBI, Belonia Branch felicitates Akash and Rakesh
Besides, the bank authority felicitated Rakesh Goldar who passed Madhyamik this year by scoring 82 percent marks.
BJP organizes Sabka Sath Sabka Bikash meeting
Among others Prabhari of State BJP Sunil Deodhar, Asset Manager of ONGC, Tripura Satya Prakash Soni and Woman leader of BJP Pratima Bhowmik were present in the meeting.
Meeting for Third Division football to be held tomorrow
In this regard all the club representatives along with the TFA officials will discuss about the start of the tournament with 7 teams.
Kajal Memorial Football Tournament: Tripura Sports School to face Mungiakami School in final
Tripura Sports school once again played with lots of dominance and continued their good record in this tournament as previously they won the title for three times.