Pune: Civic body elections are on Thursday and not only are candidates engrossed in door-to-door campaigning, but they are also meeting residents via ‘Know Your Candidate’ events, and Q&A sessions organised by residents’ forums and federations.All these events are being held with the sole purpose of getting to know the aspiring corporators better, understand their…
Pune: In a joint operation by the forest department and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday, authorities arrested three persons who were illegally selling protected species of parakeets in the Tingrenagar area of the city.Five Alexandrine Parakeets and one Nose-Ringed Parakeets were recovered from these people. Senior forest department officials told TOI, “These…
Pune: The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), which previously impacted the prospects of Congress and NCP in the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections, is posing a renewed challenge to several parties in the upcoming civic polls. After alliance talks with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) fell through, the VBA fielded candidates for 58 seats across…
Pune: The court of special judge (Pocso Act) Sumit G Joshi on Jan 8 convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old casual worker from Ghorpadi to five years of rigorous imprisonment for an aggravated sexual assault on a nine-year-old Std IV schoolgirl residing in his neighbourhood between June 1 and 4, 2024. The court found the accused…
Pune: A 74-year-old retired resident of Talegaon Dabhade became the latest victim of the digital arrest fraud. The crooks in Nov last year contacted him by posing as a police officer and threatened to arrest him in a fraud case. They then made him transfer Rs 34.80 lakh under the pretext of verification and duped…
Pune: Dighi police registered a case against the systems administrator of a private engineering college on the charge of shutting the entire college’s computer system and changing the website’s password over the issue of salary.“The college’s computer system was not operational since Jan 9. The college authorities are working on it,” an officer from the…
Pune: After months of delay and a series of complaints from people, the Local Military Authority (LMA) has finally commenced the long-pending repair work on roads across civil and military areas within the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) limits. Several key arterial and internal roads were damaged by excessive monsoon rainfall this year. Local residents and…
Pune: Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad witnessed a riot of colours, sound and movement for a week as the civic election campaign inched towards its final lap.With just 2 days remaining before campaigns will be stopped on Jan 13, Saturday and Sunday were packed from dawn to dusk with rallies, sabhas, parade marches, bike processions and…
Pune: The state registration department has warned of initiating coercive recovery proceedings against Amadea Enterprises LLP, linked to deputy CM Ajit pawar‘s son Parth, if the firm did not clear its pending stamp duty dues by Feb 10. The move follows the department’s final order rejecting the firm’s plea seeking exemption from stamp duty liability…
Pune: Union minister of state for civil aviation and Pune MP Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday expressed confidence that BJP would secure the mayor’s post in Pune Municipal Corporation.“BJP’s clear vision and strong leadership will ensure meaningful change in the city’s civic administration. Pune’s residents are looking for stable, development-oriented leadership. Going by the encouraging response…
