Pune: A motorcycle rider, Bhushan Ahirrao (35) of Manjari Budruk, died while his younger brother, Pankaj (32), who was riding pillion, suffered minor injuries after a dumper truck hit their motorcycle on the Manjari-Mundhwa road in Keshavnagar around 10.30pm on Monday.Pankaj lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday.Senior inspector Smita Wasnik of the Mundhwa…
PUNE:That signature smile of netas, the usual “namaskars” and umpteen vows seem outdated to win voters’ favour. The run-up to the PMC polls is witnessing a redefined way to entice voters — offering Paithani saris, highend vehicles, plots of land and even holiday trips to Thailand in lucky draws.With the local polls in Maharashtra taking…
Pune: Registration of vehicles in the city during this year’s festive months (Aug-Nov) has been the highest compared to the corresponding period in the last four years. Generally, the festive season begins in Aug and continues until Nov covering Ganeshotsav, Dasara, Dhanteras and Diwali. A total of 128,947 vehicles were registered with the Pune Regional…
Pune: That signature smile of netas, the usual “namaskars” and umpteen vows seem outdated to win voters’ favour. The run-up to the PMC polls is witnessing a redefined way to entice voters — offering Paithani saris, high-end vehicles, plots of land and even foreign trips in lucky draws.With the local polls in Maharashtra taking place…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar has issued show-cause notices to 1,329 polling staff members for failing to attend the mandatory training programme organised ahead of the upcoming civic elections.Most of the notices have been served to teachers appointed for various election-related duties on polling day.The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) conducted a two-day…
Pune: A sessions court in Baramati has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for brutally killing a young woman, Shital Barate and her father, Ramesh, at Hinganigada near Baramati on March 22, 2016.Additional sessions judge SR Patil accepted the prosecution’s case that the murder motive arose from accused Vishal Vatre’s interest in marrying Shital, a…
Pune: A washing centre worker, Javed Pathan (34) of Bhokar in Nanded, died on Tuesday early morning after he was assaulted by his two neighbours at Gaymukh Chowk in Ambegaon around 6.45pm on Monday.Pathan’s brother, Rauf (34), lodged a complaint of murder with the Ambegaon police. A police team took Pathan to a private hospital…
Pune: The city recorded 13 days of sub-10°C temperature this Dec — the highest in a decade — as the mercury dipped to single-digit in Shivajinagar and Pashan again on Tuesday morning, the IMD data showed.The minimum temperature in Shivajinagar on Tuesday was 8.1°C. Pashan recorded 8.6°C. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories You Shouldn’t…
Pune: The Shiv Sena (UBT) has a huge challenge in Pune as most former corporators have left to join other parties. The united Shiv Sena had 10 corporators in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in its previous tenure from 2017-2022. All these corporators remained with the Uddhav Thackeray (UBT) camp after the party’s split, barring Nana…
