Pune: The city experienced a noticeable rise in minimum temperatures on Tuesday, with the readings climbing sharply across several parts of the city as compared to the previous day. Weather experts attributed the increase to higher moisture levels and cloud cover, with some areas also witnessing light rainfall in the evening.According to India Meteorological Department…
Pune: Experts have said the transport utility’s infrastructure should be upgraded before anything else in response to deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar’s announcement regarding free PMPML and Metro rides if his party wins the corporation elections.The announcement drew reactions from all quarters. CM Devendra Fadnavis called the idea impractical, while criticising Pawar….
Pune: A magisterial court in Paud on Tuesday rejected the bail application of power of attorney (PoA)-holder Sheetal Tejwani in the Mundhwa govt land parcel sale deed registration case being investigated by the Bavdhan police.Tejwani is facing charges of conspiring with co-accused suspended sub registrar Ravindra B Taru and Amadea Enterprises LLP partner Digvijay Patil…
Pune: A soldier from the 115 Engineer Regiment of the Bombay Sappers, Vikas Gawade, serving with the Indian Army under the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), attained martyrdom while on operational duty earlier this month, leaving his family and people of his native village in Satara district devastated.Gawade hailed from Barad village…
Pune: BJP will win 120-125 seats in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election and retain power, as it is fighting the poll battle on the agenda of development, said Pune MP and Union minister of state for civic aviation Muralidhar Mohol on Tuesday.Speaking to media persons before the campaigning for the Jan 15 poll concluded,…
Pune: Senior election officials on Tuesday directed municipal commissioners to ensure that electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the municipal corporation polls were handed over to district collectors within two days of the counting to ensure smooth conduct of zilla parishad (ZP) and panchayat samiti (PS) elections. SEC on Tuesday announced that voting to 12…
Pune: In this year’s civic elections in PMC and PCMC areas, a peculiar brand of confusion is playing out at the ballot box. It isn’t about conflicting party symbols or shifting alliances, but rather a clash of identical surnames.In several wards, voters are finding themselves staring at panels where rival candidates share the same family…
Pune: A private insurance firm officer (37) lost Rs 21.6 lakh in an online share-trading fraud in Nov last year.The Phursungi police registered a case on Monday. An officer from the Phursungi police said last year in Nov, the victim was added to a group of investors on a mobile messaging app. He was promised…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge, D K Anbhule, at Vadgaon Maval on Tuesday convicted and sentenced 10 accused to rigorous life imprisonment for the murder of an elderly farmer couple and their son at their farmhouse in Dhamane village near Talegaon, about 35km from the city, in the early hours of April 25,…
Pune: Police on Tuesday visited the office of a private election campaign management firm in the city, providing its services to NCP. Naresh Arora, the firm’s founder, told reporters, “The police personnel sought details about what type of work is done in the office and what work pertaining to NCP is carried out. My senior…
