It was ‘people magic' at work at the three-day ‘Indo-Pak People-to-People dialogue for peace and prosperity', organised by the USA-based Foundation for Human and Economic Development (FHED) and the Pune-based Pragati Foundation, which concluded at Panchgani on Saturday. More >> In a bizarre blood transfusion mix-up, a 20-year-old patient was administered a bottle of the wrong blood group at t he prestigious city-based Jehangir hospital. The youth, Kartik Vishwanathan, had to be rushed to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital, where emergency treatment was administered by a team of doctors. More >> The pain is still visible in 74-year-old Sundar Hegde's eyes. Twenty-two years after his oldest son Prakash (20), was killed by the infamous serial killers Jakkal, Sutar, Jagtap and Shah of Pune. Hegde is unable to hid his emotions. More >> His tormented, bandaged face, pleading for his life and those of his near and dear ones made the front pages of most newspapers across the globe. Gujarat riot victim, Qutubuddin Ansari (29), who was in Pune recently with his family tells us his horror story in his own words. More >> The nightmare has turned real. With the arrest of the driver-cleaner duo of a private Matador minibus which was being used as an unofficial ‘school bus' to ferry children to a prominent English-medium school in the city, the shocking reality of child sexual abuse has come out of dark corners to haunt parents and teachers alike in Pune. More >> Ill-equipped Central Railway loco-sheds with untrained maintenance staff, led to 104 electric locomotive breakdowns between August and November 1998, resulting in passenger and goods train delays. More >> Linen belonging to the prestigious Inlaks and Budhrani Hospital is washed on the banks of the Mula-Mutha, opposite Bund Garden every month. More >> If you are a flyer and live in a city where a gliding club exists with all the necessary gliders and equipment, but you aren’t allowed to make full use of these, your frustration level would be understandably high. More >> Cellular phone connections obtained under forged identities. Calls to Gulf countries that leave no trace on billing records. A multi-crore telecom fraud that’s bleeding state-owned incumbent Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) of crores every month. Enter the shadowy, tech-driven world of “telecom fraud”, a new line in crime that the Pune police are trying to crack down on. More >>