Pune: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said Pune is leading the state in attracting global capability centres (GCCs) or captive technology centres of multinational companies as the govt is expecting an investment of 400 new GCC units. “The Maharashtra Global Capability Centre (GCC) Policy, 2025, has been preparedand through this policy, 400 new GCC units…
Pune: More than 50 aspirants from Maharashtra have cleared the civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and have found a place on the final merit list. Sayali Pagar is on rank 87, which is probably the highest secured by a candidate from Maharashtra. Pune: Metro Expansion Push, Investment Boom, Highway…
Pune: Two youngsters were killed after a car jumped the median and hit their motorcycle at Naigaon near Kamshet, about 45km from the city, on Pune-Mumbai highway in the early hours of Friday. The accident occurred when the victims, Omkar Arde (22) and Darshan Shinde (15) from Vadeshwar village in Maval taluka, were going to…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police on Friday claimed to have arrested seven people from Pune, Kolhapur, Mumbai and Rajasthan in connection with an online share fraud in which a former director (58) of a private company in Pimpri Chinchwad lost Rs11 crore.Their main job of the suspects was to supply mule bank accounts to…
Pune: The crime branch on Thursday arrested a supervisor working with a private company on the charge of murdering an unknown woman whose body was found on March 3 in an open plot at Wadki along the Hadapsar-Saswad Road. Police took action within 3 days of the alleged crime. The accused, identified as Prakash Mane…
Pune: The city police rescued four Bangladeshi women from a brothel in Budhwar Peth on Thursday night. They were brought to Pune with the promise of jobs and then forced into prostitution. Police arrested one person and registered a case against a Bangladeshi agent and a woman who owned the property at Budhwar Peth. Acting…
Pune: Joint district registrar Santosh Hingane’s office has directed all city sub-registrar offices with over 100 pending documents to remain operational on Saturday to clear the backlog of pending leave and licence applications. Hingane issued the order following repeated complaints from citizens and associations about delays in processing registrations. In a letter sent on Friday,…
Pune: Key Metro stretches in and around Pune under phase-II expansion are likely to get further push with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announcing plans for expanding the transit system’s reach in several cities, including Mumbai and Nagpur. The Khadakwasla-Swargate-Hadapsar-Kharadi is a key line proposed in the phase-II expansion besides construction of Metro lines from Hadapsar…
Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday said he would be traveling to Delhi on Saturday to meet the national convener of AAP, Arvind Kejriwal, and other key members of the INDIA bloc, and urge them to raise the issue of Baramati plane crash — in which his uncle and former deputy chief minister…
Pune: The ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Friday clarified that there is no ban on commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder supply after a recent order triggered widespread confusion among LPG distributors and hospitality industry bodies in Maharashtra, with some interpreting it as a directive to halt supplies to establishments such as restaurants…
