Pune: Campaigning for the elections to the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic bodies, along with 27 other municipal corporations of Maharashtra, ended on Tuesday after two high-voltage weeks marked by rallies, roadshows and door-to-door drives by aspiring corporators.The loudest talking point came from the NCP manifesto for Pune which promised free Metro and PMPML bus…
Pune: Most of the aspiring corporators have grand plans to develop the cities’ infra, including solutions to traffic congestions, but their rallies on the last day of electioneering stalled vehicular movement on several roads on Tuesday.Different parts of the city were chock-a-block in the afternoon because of a rally of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief…
Pune: An Akasa Air flight to Bengaluru was delayed by over four hours on Tuesday morning because of a technical glitch, leaving flyers seated in the cabin for around one-and-a-half hours before they were deboarded.The flight QP1312 was scheduled to take off from Pune at 8.50am and land in Bengaluru by 10.30am. A source said…
Pune: The defence lawyer, Milind Pawar, on Tuesday filed a written objection before a special MP/MLA court in the city against the court allowing new material to be introduced at the evidence stage, without it forming part of the original record, in an ongoing defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of…
Pune: Residents of Gharpure Colony have been facing frequent and prolonged power outages since the Hinjewadi–Shivajinagar Metro Line 3 work began three years ago. The most recent outage, which started around midnight last Friday, continued for nearly 18 hours, causing hundreds of residents — many of them elderly — to suffer. The colony in Shivajinagar…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, while addressing a concluding rally on Tuesday in the runup to the PMC polls on Jan 15, said the BJP is preparing a holistic development plan for the city for the next 20 years. The senior BJP functionary claimed that around 220 projects worth Rs35,000 crore were executed in the…
PUNE: Crime Branch officials visited the Pune office of a political campaign management company working for Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar-led NCP on Tuesday, following information about purported suspicious activity.However, nothing objectionable was found, police said.Pawar and the Pune Police Commissioner have separately confirmed the visit of police officials to the office of Designboxed in…
Pune: The personal and official correspondence of social activist and anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare will be preserved at the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library (PMML). A team from the library visited Ralegan Siddhi from Monday to Thursday this week to collect the documents. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories You Shouldn’t Miss. “The PMML archives…
Pune: A day before campaigning ends for the municipal elections at 5pm on Tuesday, NCP (SP) functionaries — who largely remained away from the campaign trail in Pimpri Chinchwad — stepped in and addressed a series of rallies and held road shows on Monday. NCP (SP) state president Shashikant Shinde, MLA Rohit Pawar, as well…
Pune: The Stree Mukti Andolan Sampark Samiti has released a detailed women’s manifesto, laying out a wide-ranging set of civic, social and governance demands for Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and other cities heading to the polls scheduled for Jan 15.The manifesto, prepared through consultations with women’s organisations, trade unions and grassroots activists, raises sharp concerns about…
