Pune: With chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the city on Monday to attend various events, the roadblocks imposed to facilitate smooth passage of his convoy caused massive traffic chaos on the route, resulting in a cascading effect across areas. “I travel from Baner to Fergusson College (FC) Road daily for work and it takes me…
Pune: About 35.51 lakh voters in the 41 wards of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) are set to exercise their franchise on Jan 15 to elect 165 corporators, who will be working to resolve a vast array of civic issues in the next five years. Lack of good public transport, frequent traffic chaos, pathetic condition…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad is likely to witness a high-stakes yet ‘friendly’ electoral battle among the Mahayuti partners, as the State Election Commission on Monday announced the schedule for civic polls in Maharashtra. The corporation’s previous term ended in March 2022, and since then it has been under the administrator’s rule.Nearly 17.13 lakh voters will elect…
PUNE: A 15-year-old Std X student stabbed to death his classmate in the presence of other students and a teacher in the classroom of a private coaching centre in Rajgurunagar, about 45km from Pune, around 9am on Monday.The attacker fled the spot immediately after the crime along with an accomplice, who is also a minor….
Pune: An eight-year-old boy died in a leopard attack at Pargaon village in Junnar tehsil, about 110 km from Pune, on Monday morning. This was the fourth human casualty in leopard attacks in the Junnar forest division since Oct.Forest officials said the leopard leapt out of a sugar cane farm, attacked Rohit Babu Kapre and…
Pune: City functionaries of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance — comprising Congress, NCP SP, and Shiv Sena (UBT) — on Monday declared that their respective parties will join hands for the upcoming PMC polls. The senior functionaries held a joint meeting on Monday to discuss the election plans and stated that MVA will make…
Pune: A magisterial court on Monday ordered power of attorney (PoA)-holder Sheetal Tejwani’s remand in judicial custody for 14 days after Pune police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) recommendation following her custodial interrogation between Dec 4 and 15 in the alleged illegal sale of a 40-acre govt land in Mundhwa. The case, arising from two illegal…
Pune: The city is likely to experience hazy conditions in the morning hours for at least the next two days, stated a Met department forecast.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) Pune will see mainly clear skies accompanied by hazy conditions during early hours, driven by low night temperatures and moisture incursion due to southeasterly winds.On…
Pune: At least five flights in total, both arrivals and departures, were cancelled, while several others were delayed in the city due to dense fog in Delhi and other parts of North India on Monday. The delays and their consequential effects continued until the afternoon, frustrating hundreds of flyers. Yogesh Rao, who was travelling from…
Pune: The Ravet police are investigating email threats sent to a construction company official (54), his software engineer son based in the US, and his daughter working with a private company in Pune, demanding US dollars in the range of $10,000 to $30,000 from them.“The email threat also aired resentment over native US citizens losing…
