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How Pune IT firm duped nearly 700 techies before vanishing | Pune News

How Pune IT firm duped nearly 700 techies before vanishing | Pune News

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The office looked like a prospering tech start-up in a gleaming complex in Hinjewadi Phase 2 in Pune. A dedicated HR team, a training department, and polished offer letters with the company letterhead. A wall of colourful product logos that promised an ambitious ecosystem of apps, from a news platform to a dairy delivery service to a taxi-hailing app. For hundreds of young engineering graduates from across Maharashtra, like from Nashik, Yavatmal, Jalgaon, and also from Pune’s most reputed colleges, ThynkTech India OPC Pvt Ltd seemed exactly like the break they had been waiting for until it wasn’t. On April 22, when IT employees and interns arrived at the office, they were shocked to find the doors sealed. Taped to the glass entrance was a notice from the property owner, demanding payment of unpaid rent, maintenance charges, and electricity bills. The CEO, Harshal Thakre, was unreachable. Dream that was sold ThynkTech India was registered in Noida but operated a divisional branch out of Hinjewadi, Pune. It launched around April 2025 and quickly established a presence …

Kavitha urges Centre to provide tax relief in severance to techies| India News

Kavitha urges Centre to provide tax relief in severance to techies| India News

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Telangana Jagruthi president and former state legislative council member Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Friday appealed the Centre to provide total temporary relief, rather than a partial or enhanced exemption of tax on the severance packages being offered by tech companies to their employees while laying them off. Kavitha urges Centre to provide tax relief in severance to techies “I urge the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman to examine this issue with urgency and adopt a compassionate and pragmatic approach by providing total temporary relief, rather than a partial or enhanced exemption,” Kavitha said, taking to X. She said severance packages are currently taxed under the head, “profits in lieu of salary” as per the Income Tax Act, 1961. In effect, this results in employees being taxed at the very moment they lose their source of income—when financial vulnerability is at its peak. “While existing provisions provide limited exemptions depending on how severance is structured, they are neither adequate nor responsive to the realities of sudden and large-scale layoffs,” Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K …

Video Shows Noida Techie’s Final SOS From Water-Filled Pit, Failed Rescue Attempt | India News

Video Shows Noida Techie’s Final SOS From Water-Filled Pit, Failed Rescue Attempt | India News

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Last Updated:January 22, 2026, 20:28 IST The footage shows Yuvraj Mehta sitting atop his partially submerged car inside a storm-water drain. Yuvraj Mehta’s car was retrieved on Tuesday, four days after the accident. A newly surfaced video showed the final, desperate moments of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who died after his car plunged into an 80-foot-deep, water-filled abandoned construction pit near his apartment in Noida. The footage shows Yuvraj Mehta sitting atop his partially submerged car inside a storm-water drain, repeatedly flashing his mobile phone’s torch for nearly two hours in an apparent SOS. The signals went unnoticed as thick fog and poor visibility hampered rescue efforts. As the investigation widened, police arrested two more builders- Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karnwal- linked to Lotus Greens Construction Pvt Ltd. A case had earlier been registered against five builders in connection with the incident. Abhay Kumar of MZ Wiztown Planners Pvt Ltd has already been sent to jail. Police said action against those found negligent was continuing. Yuvraj Mehta’s car was retrieved on Tuesday, four days …

Video shows Noida techie’s last-ditch attempts to call for help with flashlight before drowning| India News

Video shows Noida techie’s last-ditch attempts to call for help with flashlight before drowning| India News

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A newly surfaced video appears to show the last moments of 27-year-old Yuvraj Mehta, the Noida techie who drowned after his car plunged into a water-filled pit last Saturday. NDRF teams retrieve the car of deceased Yuvraj Mehta from a water-filled pit at the construction site in Sector 150 of Greater Noida, after the accident on the intervening night of January 16-17, in Greater Noida on Tuesday. (ANI Video Grab) The footage, widely circulating on social media and reported by news channels, shows rescue teams at work, with the dim glow of Mehta’s phone torch visible on the water’s surface through thick fog. Voices from the rescuers can be heard telling him to remain calm. HT has not independently verified the video. It also showed the rescue teams struggling to enter the water pit in low visibility despite multiple attempts. The clip has emerged amid ongoing investigations into the incident that claimed the Noida techie’s life on the night of January 16. Noida techie’s death: A tragedy, and civic failure Software engineer Yuvraj Mehta was …

‘Lapses By Authorities Led To Death’: NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Noida Techie’s Death | India News

‘Lapses By Authorities Led To Death’: NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Noida Techie’s Death | India News

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Last Updated:January 22, 2026, 18:10 IST NGT took suo motu action after Yuvraj Mehta drowned in a waterlogged trench, issuing notices to Noida Authority and others over lapses in storm water management. 27-year-old software professional, Yuvraj Mehta, plunged into a flooded pit, on Friday midnight, dug up for a project. Mehta, who did not know swimming, fought for his life for almost two hours. (PTI) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of the death of a 27-year-old tech professional who drowned in a waterlogged trench in Noida and issued notice to various authorities including Noida administrative authority, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and district magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar. According to LiveLaw, a Bench headed by Justice Prakash Shrivastava as chairperson, with A Senthil Vel, expert member, recorded that a storm water management plan prepared by the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department in 2015 remained unimplemented despite multiple surveys and site inspections. A 27-year-old software professional, Yuvraj Mehta, plunged into a flooded pit, on Friday midnight, dug up for a project in …

`TINA- There Is No Accountability`: Rahul Gandhi on UP techie`s death

`TINA- There Is No Accountability`: Rahul Gandhi on UP techie`s death

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Days after the death of a software engineer whose car plunged into a water-filled pit in Noida, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said India`s urban collapse is not about lack of money, technology, or solutions but about the lack of accountability. Yuvraj Mehta (27), who worked in Gurugram, was returning to his home in Noida Sector 150 when his car fell into a deep, water-filled pit near an under-construction site on the night of January 16. He died after frantically pleading for help for around two hours. In a post on X, Gandhi said, “Roads kill, bridges kill, fires kill, water kills, pollution kills, corruption kills, indifference kills.” “India`s urban collapse isn`t about lack of money, technology, or solutions. It`s about lack of accountability.TINA m: There Is No Accountability,” the Leader of Opposition said in a post on X. Gandhi shared a video carrying the remarks of an eyewitness, who said timely action could have saved the man, and that of the deceased`s father, who lamented that there were several people there with some …

‘Lapses By Authorities Led To Death’: NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Noida Techie’s Death | India News

Noida Techie’s Car Pulled Out Of Ditch 4 Days After His Death, Family Seeks Meeting With CM Yogi | Noida News

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Last Updated:January 20, 2026, 19:22 IST Yuvraj Mehta’s death in Greater Noida sparks calls for accountability. Noida Authority CEO removed, builder arrested, SIT probing negligence, Kiran Bedi demands strict punishment. Yuvraj Mehta’s death in Greater Noida sparks calls for accountability. Noida Authority CEO removed, builder arrested, SIT probing negligence, Kiran Bedi demands strict punishment. (PTI) Four days after 27-year-old techie Yuvraj Mehta drowned when his SUV plunged into a fog-hidden, waterlogged construction pit in Noida on the night of 16 January. Authorities on Monday recovered the vehicle from the ditch, as the Special Investigation Team continued its probe into alleged safety lapses and administrative negligence at the site. As the probe into his death gathers pace, Mehta’s family and political leaders have called for strict accountability, citing what they describe as grave administrative and criminal negligence. Speaking to the media in Greater Noida, Yuvraj’s father Rajkumar Mehta said the family wants to meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. “We would like to meet CM Yogi once. It would give us peace of mind,” he …

Before Noida techie’s death in Sector 150 pit, a close shave for truck driver| India News

Before Noida techie’s death in Sector 150 pit, a close shave for truck driver| India News

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Amid the row over the death of a 27-year-old man from Noida who drowned after his car fell into a water-filled ditch in Sector 150, a similar incident at the same spot has come to light. Noida: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team commences operations in a water-filled pit at a construction site following the death of a 27-year-old engineer who drowned there, in Noida, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_20_2026_000133A) (PTI) Two weeks before the tragic death of Yuvraj Mehta, a truck driver found himself in a similar situation near the same pit. Speaking to NDTV, Gurvinder Singh revealed that he fell into the ditch after his truck hit the drain wall and overshot. Also Read | ‘Roads kill, bridges kill’: Rahul Gandhi’s fiery attack on Noida techie’s death in freak mishap “The front tyres were in the air, and the middle ones got stuck on the wall. I jumped off the truck and landed in neck-deep water,” he told the media house. Singh added that he fell into the ditch at around 12:30 …

Greater Noida Authority orders road safety overhaul after techie’s death

Greater Noida Authority orders road safety overhaul after techie’s death

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Barricades at the drain at the Sector-150 intersection, where a car fell in after it broke through the boundary wall, resulting in the death of Yuvraj, age 27, resident of Sector-150, Noida, in Noida on January 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has ordered an immediate overhaul of road safety measures across its jurisdiction in the wake of the death of a software engineer in neighbouring Noida after his car plunged into a water-filled pit. GNIDA Chief Executive Officer N.G. Ravi Kumar directed officials to identify and promptly fill all potholes on or near roads and to mark accident-prone “black spots” without delay, according to an official statement issued Monday (January 19, 2026) evening. He also instructed that essential safety measures, including directional signage, reflectors and barricading, be implemented on all roads within three days. The directions come in the wake of the January 16 incident in Noida’s Sector 150, where a 27-year-old software engineer died after his vehicle fell into an unbarricaded, water-filled excavation near an under-construction …

Heartbreaking details of Noida techie’s death as helpless father watched| India News

Heartbreaking details of Noida techie’s death as helpless father watched| India News

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What was supposed to be a regular commute to home turned out to be a gut-wrenching incident that ended in the tragic death of a 27-year-old software engineer in Noida. The incident has raised questions about the safety of citizens in cities that boast of state-of-the-art infrastructure. Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel conduct a search operation after a 27-year-old software engineer died on Saturday after his car went out of control and fell into a 20-feet-deep water-filled pit that was dug for the basement of an under-construction building, in Noida. (PTI) Twenty-seven-year-old Yuvraj Mehta’s car early on Saturday plunged into a water-filled pit of a construction site in Noida, and he died nearly after two hours of calling and screaming for help as his father watched helplessly from the road, trying to help but failing without resources. Yuvraj worked in a software company in Gurugram and lived with his father, Raj Kumar Mehta, in a high-rise in Sector 150. Also read: BJP ‘unhappy’ with BMC results despite historic sweep, reviewing what went …