Chandan Haygunde
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- 6
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- Jul 27, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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19-year-old NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Maharashtra after falling short of cutoff (opens the original)
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Chandan Haygunde is an Assistant Editor at The Indian Express, based in Pune. With over 20 years of experience in journalism, he is one of the region's most authoritative voices on crime, national security, and legal affairs. Professional Profile Specialization: He specialises covering issues related to Crime, Courts, National Security and Human Rights. He has done investigative reporting on incidents of terrorism, left wing extremism, espionage cases, wildlife crimes, narcotics racket, cyber cr
Pune police arrest 2 for illegal possession of ‘lucky’ Sand Boa snake (opens the original)
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The Pune city police Wednesday arrested two youngsters for possessing a Sand Boa, commonly known as Mandul in Maharashtra, a non-venomous snake listed under Schedule IV of the 1972 Wildlife Protection Act. The police said there is a popular belief that possessing a Sand Boa can make a person rich, destroy enemies, find hidden wealth and much more. So, some people are willing to pay lakhs of rupees to illegally buy these snakes. The police added that they got a tip-off that the two arrested perso
How a Snapchat ‘friend’ burgled Pune teacher’s house on their first meet (opens the original)
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A 25-year-old Pune school teacher’s two-year social media friendship with an MBA graduate ‘settled in the United States’ ended on an unexpected note last month when he allegedly stole gold ornaments worth Rs 14 lakh from her house during their first meeting. The Pune police arrested Yash Bhulchandani, 24, from Mehsana, Gujarat, on July 21 on charges of theft. According to the First Information Report (FIR), the victim works as a teacher at an international preschool and stays in Pune’s Kondhwa a
‘Moscow RAW officer’ cheats Pune techie of Rs 4 lakh on matrimonial site (opens the original)
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A cyber fraudster posing as a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) operative in Moscow cheated a Pune-based IT engineer out of Rs 4.35 lakh after contacting her via a popular matrimonial website, the police said. According to the 25-year-old woman’s complaint to Chandan Nagar police, she received a request on the site on February 12 from a person identifying himself as Vinit Kumar, who said he liked her profile. He claimed to be an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer posted in Russia. He started ca
Nehru executed pro-British policies, Savarkar’s grandnephew tells Pune court (opens the original)
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Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of freedom fighter and right-wing ideologue V D Savarkar, on Tuesday told a Pune special court hearing a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru was against Subhash Chandra Bose and implemented policies favourable to the British. During his cross-examination by Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer, Milind Pawar, Satyaki told the Special MP/MLA Court that it was his personal opinion that his granduncle would have been
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