Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class, AC Bagal, on Friday reserved its order on power of attorney (PoA) holder Sheetal Tejwani’s bail application in the Mundhwa govt land parcel deal case registered with the Khadak police, after hearing arguments from either side.“The court is likely to pass an order on Saturday,” district govt…
Pune: Candidates from across party lines in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal elections have hit the ground with intensive outreach campaigns to attract voters ahead of a packed weekend.While a few candidates flagged off their campaigns on New Year’s Day, many formally began on Friday, setting the tone for a demanding schedule aimed at…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The probe into the murder of Aslam Shabbir Sheikh alias Bunty Jagirdar (53) — one of the accused in the 2012 Pune’s JM Road bomb blasts case — revealed that two country-made pistols of different calibres were used to kill him, police said on Friday.Empty cartridges recovered from the crime scene in Shrirampur…
Pune: BJP and Shiv Sena — alliance partners at the Centre and in Maharashtra — have locked horns in most of the state’s 29 municipal corporations going to the polls on Jan 15.The saffron parties are going solo in over 15 municipal corporations after the last attempt for an alliance between the number one and…
Pune: Farmers across Junnar and Ambegaon tehsils in Pune district and parts of Ahilyanagar (Nagar) and Solapur districts had for decades been demanding repairs to the 250-km-long Kukadi left-bank canal. The state water resources department has now sanctioned Rs240 crore for restoration work and concrete lining on multiple vulnerable stretches of the network, with renovation…
Pune: Thieves stole three gold chains worth Rs87,000 from three devotees who came to ‘Jai Stambh’ at Perne Phata on January 1 to pay their tributes at Koregaon Bhima on the Pune-Nagar highway.Three separate cases were registered with the Lonikand police.An officer from the Lonikand police said that a large number of people came to…
Pune: Once the curtains fell after weeks of lobbying for nominations, several days of filing of papers and the withdrawal of 969 candidatures on two days, as many as 1,165 candidates remained in the fray for the PMC polls from 41 wards. Friday was the last day for the candidates to pull out from the…
Pune: A specialised running camp-cum-workshop titled “Surviving the Marathon Season” would be held at I-Sport Hospital in Balewadi from 10 am to 1pm on Sunday.The programme is aimed at helping runners train smartly, prevent injuries, and maintain both physical and mental well-being during the demanding marathon season. The expert-led sessions will include Varun Pujar on…
Pune: Aspirants of the police sub-inspector exam conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) held a protest around 1am on Thursday in the Shastri Road area to protest the delay in publication of the recruitment advertisement and the resulting problem of age limit preventing many from attempting the test.The protesters have demanded the state…
PUNE: Nationalist Congress Party leader and former corporator Amol Balwadkar contesting from ward no 9 (Sus-Baner-Pashan) on Friday cautioned political opponents against making derogatory or misleading remarks about senior NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Speaking at an event in the city, Balwadkar said that leaders who, in his view, are associated with…
