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Night curfew, online Masses: Pune civic body issues guidelines for Christmas celebration

A Pune mall is decked up for Christmas. (Express photo: Pavan Khengre)
To check the spread of Covid-19 in the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday issued guidelines for Christmas celebration, asking citizens to ring in the festival in a subdued manner.
Municipal commissioner Vikram Kumar issued specific directives for celebration of Christmas in the city. “Maximum of 50 citizens are allowed to attend the prayers in church during Christmas. It should be ensured that there is no crowding in the church and social distancing norm is followed properly,” the list of guidelines said.
The advisory added that churches should be disinfected frequently and attention to be given to the use of face masks and hand sanitizers by citizens on the premises. “Appropriate measures should be taken while handling things on decoration depicting the life of Jesus Christ and the Christmas Tree. There should be social distancing and cleanliness at the location,” it said.

Pune , Maharashtra , India , Vikram-kumar , Jesus-christ , Pavan-khengre , Express , Pune-municipal-corporation , News-service-pune , Express-news-service , Thanksgiving-mass , புனே

Pune news: Flesh trade racket busted at Koregaon Park spa; 1 arrested for 'kidnap and rape of 27-year-old woman'

Pune news: Flesh trade racket busted at Koregaon Park spa; 1 arrested for 'kidnap and rape of 27-year-old woman'
Pune news: Flesh trade racket busted at Koregaon Park spa; 1 arrested for ‘kidnap and rape of 27-year-old woman’
Pune news: Pretending to be a cop, hospital security guard molests patient; arrested
December 24, 2020 8:23:31 pm
One person was arrested and two more booked for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 27-year-old woman, the daughter of a policeman.
Pune City Police busted a flesh trade racket at a spa in Koregaon Park area on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the spa, and arrested spa manager Ravi Jamadar (25) at the spot. Police also arrested a woman, identified as Nutan Dhawan, a resident of Keshavnagar, for allegedly operating the flesh trade racket under the guise of a spa.

Pune , Maharashtra , India , Koregaon , Ahmednagar , Chinchwad , Pimpri , Ravi-jamadar , Ganesh-londhe , Sagar-patil , Nutan-dhawan , Facebook

Pune: District collector issues prohibitory order, no outsider allowed to visit Jaystambh on Jan 1

Pune: District collector issues prohibitory order, no outsider allowed to visit Jaystambh on Jan 1
The order mentions that a 'symbolic' programme, to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon, will be held at the Jaystambh that day. Only those with passes issued by Pune Rural Police would be allowed to attend the programme.
Updated: December 25, 2020 9:20:27 am
On January 1, 2020, an estimated 8 lakh people had visited the war memorial. (Express file photo by Arul Horizon)
After an appeal to local residents and a government notification urging people to not visit the Jaystambh on January 1 next year, Pune District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh on Thursday issued a prohibitory order under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973, as per which no outsider would be allowed to visit the war memorial in Perne village between 12 pm on December 30 to 6 pm of January 2, 2021.

Wadegaon , Maharashtra , India , Koregaon-bhima , Dongargaon , Rajasthan , United-kingdom , Pune , British , Wadhu-khurd , Vadhu-budruk , Elgaar-parishad

59 officer trainees at INS Shivaji complete marine engg course

59 officer trainees at INS Shivaji complete marine engg course
The two-year-long training of these officers involved understanding the finer aspects of marine engineering and a wide array of co-curricular activities directed towards their overall grooming.
Updated: December 24, 2020 10:53:13 pm
The passing out parade was reviewed by Commanding Officer at INS Shivaji, Commodore Ravnish Seth, who is also the station commander at Lonavala.
Following the completion of 105 weeks of professional training, 59 officer trainees from the 90th batch of the Marine Engineering Specialisation Course (MESC), including 44 from the Indian Navy and 15 from friendly foreign countries Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, graduated from INS Shivaji on Thursday.

Bangladesh , Lonavala , Maharashtra , India , Sri-lanka , Pune , Pijush-kanti-saha , Commodore-ravnish-seth , Naveen-george , Vadm-sarma , Karan-dilip-chellani , Indian-navy

CBI files chargesheet against NDA principal accused of malpractices in selection, appointment

Building of National Defence Academy. (Express archive photo)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against the Principal of the National Defence Academy (NDA) in connection with a case registered by the agency against five faculty members in 2018 under charges of malpractices, including submitting false certificates and documents for selection and appointment at the tri-services academy.
The CBI had on May 8, 2018, booked five senior academic faculty members of the NDA, including the Principal Om Prakash Shukla, on the charges of cheating, forgery and criminal misconduct, among others. A month after the offence was registered, the CBI had conducted searches on the premises of the NDA and houses of the accused faculty members. The FIR in the case had also mentioned the suspected involvement of unidentified officials from the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which facilitates the recruitment of the faculty members, and those from the Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), in conspiracy to recruit these persons based on false documents and exaggerated claims of the experience.

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NIA arrests 'Khalistan operative' upon deportation from Cyprus | India News,The Indian Express

NIA arrests ‘Khalistan operative’ upon deportation from Cyprus
Nijjar, along with his alleged accomplices, has been accused of trying to “revive Sikh militancy” by “motivating Sikh youths on social media platforms”.
December 24, 2020 3:05:59 am
NIA officials said their investigation revealed that Nijjar, who is from village Pandori Sukha Singh in Amritsar district, left India in October 2017 for Cyprus.
Gurjeet Singh Nijjar, an alleged Khalistani terror operative who was reportedly hiding in Cyprus, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the Delhi airport on Tuesday, in connection with a case in which another “Khalistani separatist”, who was a resident of Pune, had been arrested in December 2018 by the Maharashtra Police.

Delhi , India , Mumbai , Maharashtra , Amritsar , Punjab , Cyprus , Pune , Gurjeet-singh-nijjar , Beant-singh , Moin-khan , Jagtar-singh-hawara

GM Motors plant in Talegaon shut: former MLA asks state to intervene to prevent job loss of thousands of employees

GM Motors plant in Talegaon shut: former MLA asks state to intervene to prevent job loss of thousands of employees
GM Motors plant in Talegaon shut: former MLA asks state to intervene to prevent job loss of thousands of employees
State Labour Minister Dilip Walse Patil is also expected to hear a case challenging the closure notice issued by the company.
December 23, 2020 9:35:37 pm
In November, the company had served a closure notice, citing poor financial conditions, which came as a shock for workers.
Former MLA from Maval and BJP leader, Bala Begde, has urged the Maharashtra government to intervene and prevent the job loss of over 3,000 employees of the Talegaon plant of General Motors.

Talegaon , Maharashtra , India , Pune , Bala-begde , Dilip-walse-patil , News-service-pune , Express-news-service , Great-wall-motors , Labour-minister-dilip-walse-patil , டேல்கான் , மகாராஷ்டிரா

Pune: Sing along as Christmas carols go online from 7 pm today

A Pune mall is decked up for Christmas. (Express photo: Pavan Khengre)
To bring some much-needed Christmas cheer as Pune goes under another night curfew, the city’s popular choir group and music academies have prepared virtual programmes, which begin this evening.
“We could all use the joy and magic of music, especially during this season,” said organisers at The Silver Bells. The holiday choir will present ‘Three Glimpses of Christmas’, a programme that will be streamed on their YouTube channel on Dec 23 at 7 pm.
“This virtual programme is a true labour of love for all of us, one that has been contributed to by 33 of our choir members from across five Indian cities, including Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Malvan, and Mumbai, and six countries — Australia, Canada, Mauritius, UAE, UK, and USA,” said an organiser at The Silver Bells.

Australia , Mumbai , Maharashtra , India , Malvan , United-states , United-kingdom , Pune , Mauritius , Canada , Bengaluru , Karnataka

Pune: 37 arrested for providing fake documents to criminals for securing bail

Pune: 37 arrested for providing fake documents to criminals for securing bail
All accused persons were produced before a court, on Wednesday, which remanded them in police custody till December 26.
Updated: December 24, 2020 1:22:16 am
The Vadodara city police has set up an inquiry into the death of a 45-year-old man in custody, who was detained at the Jawaharnagar police station over “harassment of a woman” in the area early on Tuesday. (Representational Image)
Pune Police have arrested 37 persons from at least five groups that had allegedly been providing various types of fake documents required by criminals to secure bail.
Following multiple raids near Shivajinagar court and other spots in the city, police arrested 37 persons, including six women, on Tuesday. The accused were booked in seven separate offences lodged at Shivajinagar police station.

Pune , Maharashtra , India , Amitabh-gupta , Express , Pune-police , News-service-pune , Express-news-service , Pune-police-commissioner-amitabh-gupta , புனே , மகாராஷ்டிரா , இந்தியா

Thousands of fish found dead in Kolhapur river, angry villagers tie up pollution board official

Thousands of fish found dead in Panchganga river.
After thousands of fish were found dead in Panchganga river near Terwad village in Kolhapur district, angry villagers on Wednesday tied up a senior official of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), claiming nothing had been done in the matter despite repeated complaints by them. The official was released only after the MPCB promised action against officials of the Ichalkaranji civic body.
MPCB regional officer Sachin Harbad, who visited the village on Wednesday to inspect the riverbed where the fish were found, was accosted by the villagers, led by members of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, and tied up to a stone structure. He was released an hour later, only after MPCB officials promised, in writing, to probe the incident and take action against the guilty, including civic officials.

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