Pune: Travellers are exercising caution with plans to destinations like Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong, fearing flight cancellations and quarantine rules amid Covid cases. However, most booked travellers are proceeding with their trips, with travel firms reporting no major cancellations.Ruchika Santosh, a working professional from Koregaon Park, has put her Singapore trip plans on hold…
Pune: The proposed uniformity in maintenance charges, transfer of share procedures, and quorum requirements for redevelopment meetings were among the key concerned raised by housing societies over the draft rules framed under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, officials said.The draft rules, which have been pending since the Act was amended in 2019, were published…
Pune: The transfer of 29 acres and 15 gunthas of reserved forest land from Richie Rich Cooperative Housing Society in Kondhwa Budruk will be completed within a month, Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi told TOI on Saturday.Following a Supreme Court directive on May 15, Dudi instructed officials on May 17 to inspect the land and…
Pune: Police are investigating a complaint filed by a 48-year-old retired naval official that accused a coaching centre director and three staffers of duping him and 31 others of Rs42.33 lakh. This was over the issue of not refunding their fees paid between June 21 and July 2, 2024, after the centre closed down its…
Pune: After an intense summer of searing temperatures, city residents with a green thumb are looking forward to growing flourishing monsoon gardens in more salubrious weather conditions.Garden nurseries have already cited a surge in demand from individuals, housing complexes, and developers for rain-friendly, fast-growing plants. Businesses said customers are stocking up on saplings of flowering…
Pune: Associations and stakeholders in Maharashtra have called for urgent corrections to the online property registration system, as the Centre calls for suggestions to replace the 117-year-old Registration Act with a new digital framework.The department of land resources has invited inputs on a draft bill proposing complete online property registration and mandatory digital filing of…
Pune: The state home department on Friday transferred special inspector general of police (prisons) Jalindar Supekar as deputy commandant general of Home Guards in Mumbai in the wake of allegations that the IPS officer tried to shield the in-laws of alleged dowry death victim Vaishnavi Hagawane and played a role in securing gun licences for…
Pune: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will soon begin taking action against unregistered safe-making units in Pune. This initiative follows a period of raising awareness among manufacturers and the public about the importance of BIS registration for home and commercial safes. BIS deputy director Nikhil Chandatre said that while few units have registered so…
Pune: Doctor’s in a city hospital recently performed a full endoscopic internal gibbectomy on a 12-year-old patient suffering from a rare spinal deformity.The boy could walk again within12 hours of surgery without needing any support.Twelve-year-old Divyansh* (name changed) started facing nagging backache, difficulty in walking and loss of bladder control almost three years ago. After…
Pune: The first batch of women cadets of the National Defence Academy (NDA), marching in perfect synchrony with male contingents, scripted a new chapter in the history of the Indian Armed Forces on May 30.The 17 trailblazing women cadets proudly crossed the ‘Antim Pag’ after going through three years of intense military and academic training,…
