Pune: Chancing upon an incomplete, ‘kachcha’ dirt road amid an otherwise smooth concrete stretch in a prime city area may just mean you’ve stumbled upon a ‘missing link’.Today, areas falling under Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits host 678 such missing links spanning across 459km, all mired in different stages of completion. By definition, this piece…
Pune: Another verified leopard sighting in the city has triggered a heightened alert among residents, this time in Keshavnagar-Mundhwa. The sighting during the intervening night between Wednesday and Thursday prompted a visit by forest department officials, who confirmed it to be a genuine instance among the many fake videos circulating on social media at the…
Pune: A 49-year-old pedestrian from Market Yard died after being run over by the front wheel of a PMPML bus near the Gadital bus stop on Pune-Solapur Road in Hadapsar around 11am on Wednesday, sparking widespread outrage among local residents, who highlighted growing concerns over the deteriorating traffic management and safety conditions in the area….
Pune: Grips Theatre India completes 40 years with a clear belief that children must be encouraged to ask questions rather than passively absorb answers. Founded in Pune by Mohan Agashe, the company took shape under the influence of the children’s theatre movement led in Berlin by German playwright Volker Ludwig, who was in the city…
Pune: A 12-year-old boy died after a tractor hit the scooter he was riding pillion with his mother in Shikrapur on Pune-Nagar highway, about 35km from Pune city, around 8pm on Tuesday.The victim’s mother suffered injuries to her legs in the accident. The tractor driver fled from the spot, Shikrapur police said.The police have identified…
Pune: An 18-year-old youth who works in a salon had to get 13 stitches on his head after he was assaulted by a trio with a blunt object outside a Kharadi multiplex for laughing loudly while watching blockbuster movie ‘Dhurandar’.The trio also beat up the friend of the victim — identified as Arjun Rajendrakumar Diwakar…
Pune: Bigger parties have no dearth of aspirants queuing up for tickets, but smaller and regional parties are finding it tough to find the right candidate. These parties see civic polls as the base for building their presence in Maharashtra. As of Wednesday, around 2,300 aspirants had reached out to the BJP for tickets, while…
Pune: AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, an incubation supported by the Union ministry of MSME, will host the third edition of the National IP Yatra 2025-26 in the city on Dec 19 and 20. The two-day national programme aims to build grassroots awareness of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and equip MSMEs, startups and innovators with the knowledge…
Pune: PMC-run Kamala Nehru Hospital (KNH) has received a major operational boost as the civic body has recruited 17 new specialist doctors, 50 nurses, and 60 sanitation workers to support the addition of 100 new beds to the facility.The expansion aligns with directives from the National Medical Commission (NMC), which mandated the Pune Municipal Corporation…
Pune: District collector and district disaster management authority chairman Jitendra Dudi has directed all local authorities, including Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations, to submit action-taken reports by Dec-end on bridges, culverts and other public structures found unsafe or in need of repairs. The move comes six months after the Kundmala bridge collapse over the…
