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Pune: Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will intensify monitoring of repair work on 95km Pune-Mumbai Expressway and 701km Samruddhi Mahamarg, with mandatory barricading and signages while carrying out maintenance on high-speed stretches.The decision was taken at a review meeting on Wednesday, where officials resolved to impose tougher penalties on contractors for lapses. “Contractors are…

Pune: An advocate from Nigdi and a Kolhapur resident were arrested on Tuesday on the charge of duping a building contractor (59) from Moshi of Rs2.65 crore after offering to deposit Rs112 crore in his bank account for 10 years and he could enjoy a part of the interest on the sum for personal use.The…

Pune: Minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam said on Thursday that the state govt is working on hiring professional ethical hackers, besides taking the help of private firms, to counter cyber criminals. He said that a team of 5,000 police personnel is being trained in the state to exclusively tackle cyber cases.Maharashtra is among…

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Thursday demolished 43 structures spread over 38,750sqft at Kala Khadak in Wakad to facilitate the widening of the proposed 18-metre-wide development plan (DP) road connecting Bhumkar Chowk to Tathawade. A senior PCMC official stated that around 200 metres of the stretch had been encroached upon by slum…