Pune: The 23km Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro Line is now 94% complete, with trial runs already in progress, senior PMRDA officials told TOI on Saturday. The officials said they are working to meet the April operations target, though the final go-ahead letter from the concessionaire was still awaited. “Work across the corridor’s 23 stations had been accelerated…
Pune: Baner ramp of the double-decker flyover at University Junction will open on Sunday, nearly six months after the Aundh ramp became operational last Aug. The structure forms a key part of the integrated flyover along the 23km Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro corridor and is expected to ease congestion on the busy Baner-Ganeshkhind Road stretch, PMRDA officials…
Pune: Panic gripped visitors at the historic Shivneri Fort on Friday after a swarm of bees attacked them suddenly during celebrations marking the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. At least four people were injured in the incident, the forest officials informed.According to officials, thousands of people had gathered at the hill fort in Junnar…
Pune: The Chakan–Talegaon industrial belt, which hosts a large cluster of automobile manufacturing units, accounted for nearly 80% of Pune’s total warehouse leasing transactions, according to a report by Knight Frank India.This growth comes as the total warehousing space leased by manufacturers in Pune rose sharply to 1.6 crore sqft in 2025, up from 86…
Pune: The city has experienced a sharp rise in daytime temperatures during the first week of March, as dry air, calm winds and anti-cyclonic conditions have pushed up the mercury across the region.Weather data on Saturday showed maximum temperatures reaching 38.5°C in Lohegaon and Koregaon Park, 36.8°C in Chinchwad, 37.1°C in Lavale and 36.6°C in…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation is gearing up to revive its ‘street pay-and-park’ initiative with a fresh round of bids for six of the city’s most chaotic and high-traffic stretches — FC Road, JM Road, Laxmi Road, Vimannagar, Balewadi High Street and Bibvewadi. After the earlier tenders drew a lukewarm response, the civic administration has…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The district administration’s civil supplies department has directed oil marketing companies to ensure adequate stocks of petrol and diesel are kept aside for govt vehicles providing essential services.Pravin Phulari, the district supply officer, on Thursday, wrote to the retail sales officers of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and…
Pune: A gang of nine men, most of them criminals on police records from a settlement near Dias Plot, chased an old rival from Kondhwa on three motorcycles and fired two rounds at him near Gangadham Chowk around midnight on Friday.The Market Yard police identified the victim as Moses Shekhapure (22). He suffered a bullet…
Pune: The announcement of a farm loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh in the state budget will provide immediate relief to distressed farmers across the state, said farmers and agriculture activists on Friday. At the same time, they said the implementation of this decision should happen on priority to achieve the desired results.Presenting…
Pune: Come Sunday, Metro rakes operating on both the routes in the city would have reserved seats for women and senior citizens. A total of 46 seats would be reserved in each rake for women and eight for senior citizens. The initiative would be flagged off on theoccasion of International Women’s Day on March 8….
