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…
Pune: A section of members from the city unit of NCP (SP) has questioned the propriety of including party MLA Bapu Pathare in the committee interviewing aspirants for municipal corporation polls when his son is expected to contest Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections from BJP.Pathare is the sole MLA of Sharad Pawar‘s party from the…
Pune: A total of 5,098 nomination forms were collected by poll aspirants across Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits on the first day of form distribution and acceptance ahead of the civic elections. As many as 2,886 nomination forms were collected in PMC, while 2,212 forms were collected in PCMC…
Pune: A case of cheating and criminal breach of trust has been registered against the manager of a credit cooperative society for misappropriating funds of Rs1 crore between 2015 and 2019 from its Shivajinagar branch.A govt auditor lodged a complaint with the Shivajinagar police on Monday. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories You Shouldn’t Miss….
Pune: Three days after the inclusion of former corporators from both NCPs, the BJP on Tuesday welcomed two former corporators, Prithviraj Sutar and Sanjay Bhosale, from Shiv Sena (UBT) from the Kothrud and Yerawada areas into its fold.Prithviraj is the son of Shiv Sena’s senior leader from Kothrud and former state cabinet minister Shashikant Sutar….
Pune: A fire incident during a victory procession in Jejuri on Sunday, in which at least 10 people, including two newly elected corporators, sustained burn injuries, has once again brought into sharp focus the widespread use of chemical-laced bhandara (turmeric powder) at the revered Khandoba temple in Purandar tehsil, around 45km from the city. According…
Pune: NCP (SP) city unit chief and former Pune mayor Prashant Jagtap on Tuesday said he would declare his decision on leaving the party on Wednesday. Jagtap was in Mumbai on Tuesday to meet the party’s working president, Supriya Sule, amid reports he was unhappy over a possible alliance between NCP (SP) and NCP for…
Pune: The city’s oldest stone churches and newer parishes are brimming with anticipation this Christmas Eve as Midnight Mass draws near, and congregations prepare to welcome the season’s most cherished services. At St Patrick’s Cathedral in Camp, carols are traditionally expected from 10pm before the Midnight Mass, which then continues past midnight. The cathedral’s spacious…
Pune: Activists Anjali Damania and Vijay Kumbhar on Tuesday submitted applications to the Bavdhan police and the economic offences wing (EOW) of the Pune police, demanding the naming of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s elder son, Parth, in the two FIRs related to the Mundhwa land deal. They also demanded that the two FIRs —…
