Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday proved his hold over Baramati, the Pawar family’s traditional stronghold, as the municipal council elections delivered a clear win for his faction of NCP in the first civic contest after the party split. The Ajit Pawar-led NCP won 35 of the 41 seats, the same as the…
Pune: At least 16 people, including two newly elected members from Jejuri Municipal Council, suffered minor burns after a fire broke out at the foothills of the Jejuri Gadh Tirthkshetra.“All of them sustained minor burns. They were discharged from the hospital after preliminary treatment,” Rajendrasingh Gaud, deputy superintendent of police of Bhor division, Pune Rural…
Pune: Collector and district election officer Jitendra Dudi on Saturday said the counting of votes for 14 municipal councils and three nagar panchayats would start at 10am on Sunday.A total of 914 officers and staffers, including reserve personnel, have been deployed for the counting exercise. Adequate police force has been deployed to maintain law and…
Pune: Several members from NCP and NCP (SP), including former corporators from Khadakwasla, Wadgaonsheri and Pashan, on Saturday joined BJP in Mumbai, just a month before the upcoming PMC polls.Surendra Pathare, son of sitting NCP (SP) MLA from Wadgaonsheri Bapu Pathare, Sayli Wanjale, daughter of former Khadakwasla MLA Ramesh Wanjale, and Sachin Dodke, a close…
Pune: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) plans to build a 10-foot-wide stormwater pipeline across Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Hinjewadi IT Park as part of a major flood-mitigation push. The pipeline, to be laid at the base of the hillock and linked to a natural stream, is designed to stop run-off water…
Pune: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has refused to take back the Hinjewadi Metro corridor road unless it is restored to its original condition and not with patchwork repairs.Officials said the 7km stretch must be fully asphalted before handover. “We have made our position clear. After a meeting in Sept, the Pune Metropolitan Region…
Pune: Online fraudsters promised cheap cryptocurrency to a Wanowrie-based man (57) and cheated him for Rs 27.83 lakh between Sept and Nov.The victim, who works with a private company, lodged a complaint with the Wanowrie police on Friday.According to the police, the victim received a text message. He read the message and liked the details…
Pune: Online fraudsters siphoned off Rs 84.72 lakh from the accounts of a retired bank manager (68) in Oct.The crooks promised to upload his life certificate online for his pension after securing details of his bank account.The victim, a former manager with a public sector bank in Jharkhand, lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber…
Pune: A casual worker, Anteshwar Govind Sonkamble (45) of Lohegaon, died while his co-worker suffered injuries after a bus hit their motorcycle from behind around 6.15pm on Dec 10 at 509 Chowk in Vimannagar.Sub-inspector Kantilal Gund of the Airport police said, “We have registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the motorcycle rider…
Pune: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the current world order, where no country reigns supreme, is like the coalition politics prevalent earlier in India.“India had an era of coalition politics, and the world is today like that. Nobody has a majority. Constantly, combinations are formed, deals are struck, and somebody is up…
