Pune:The PMC is exploring the possibility of installing breathalysers at all water filling stations following the recent accidents to ensure that tanker drivers are sober while hitting roads,“Breathalyser tests will be conducted on tanker drivers before every trip. Legal action will be taken if any driver is found to be intoxicated,” said Nandkishor Jagtap, the…
Pune:Residents in the vicinity described a proposed Development Plan road connecting NIBM Road to Kondhwa Road as a death trap, citing its steep gradient and multiple blind spots.NIBM and Undri residents recently intensified their opposition to the road passing via the internal stretch adjacent to Clover Pinnacle Ridge. They feared reckless tanker drivers could cause…
Pune: The Nigdi police on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man from Jalgaon on the charge of attempting to extort Rs 1 lakh from an eatery owner. A 23-year-old woman, who runs the eatery, lodged a complaint with the police.An officer from the Nigdi police said that the woman runs an eatery at Yamunagar in Nigdi….
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi has ordered an inquiry into allegations of procedural violations involving the clearance of bills worth Rs52 crore. The move follows a formal complaint by standing committee chairman Abhishek Barne, who also alleged irregularities in the transfer of civic funds between bank accounts.In an order issued on Thursday, Suryawanshi…
Sunetra Pawar (File photo) PUNE: With just an hour left for withdrawal of nominations, Congress on Thursday responded to requests from the Pawar family and Mahayuti partners, and dropped its candidate against NCP chief Sunetra Pawar in Baramati. However, 22 independents remained in the fray. Polling is on April 23 and the votes will be…
Pune: Residents of many small standalone houses and some slums in Sant Tukaramnagar, Nigdi Pradhikaran, Landewadi and Chikhali areas of Pimpri Chinchwad have complained that the civic water being supplied is either muddy, yellow or mixed with sewage with alleged presence of blood worms in certain cases.The problem has mainly persisted since the last few…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only PUNE: A 27-year-old woman and her live-in partner killed former’s son (6) by banging his head to a bathroom wall and drowning him in a bucket on April 4 at her partner’s apartment at Kuruli village in Khed.The woman and her partner then took the boy’s body to her…
Pune: The online admission process for First Year Junior College (FYJC, Std XI) will begin on April 10.Like the last year, the Directorate of Secondary Education will implement a centralised online admission process for all junior colleges across the state.Students will be able to fill out the first part of the online application form by…
Pune: A special Pocso court on Wednesday convicted a 31-year-old worker and sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for stalking a 15-year-old girl and holding her hand despite her refusal, ruling that the act amounted to sexual assault.Special public prosecutor Nitin Konghe told…
Pune: A sessions court has quashed and set aside Pune chief judicial magistrate (CJM)’s order of Dec 7, 2015, against a realty firm and its partner for alleged violation of environmental clearance norms required for construction involving more than 20,000 sqm built up area.MPCB had filed a complaint before the CJM on the grounds that…
