Pune: As many as 42 IndiGo flights cancelled between midnight and 5am, wild goose chase for checked-in baggage — distressed flyers were stretched beyond the limit of their patience on Saturday.Of the cancelled flights, a total of 28 were departures. Hundreds of stranded flyers were clueless about the whereabouts of their checked in baggage. IndiGo…
Pune: The district administration will hold the final round of compensation talks with Purandar farmers for the proposed international airport on Monday. The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is planning to allocate nearly Rs 4,500 crore to acquire 1,285 hectares for the project.Pune collector Jitendra Dudi on Saturday told TOI that the compensation rate finalised…
Pune: Maha Metro has completed the pedestrian underpass connecting Swargate Metro station with the MSRTC bus terminus, fourteen months after the station was opened for commuters at Jedhe Chowk.The facility is considered crucial for providing seamless transfer between the Metro and the bus terminus, allowing commuters to bypass the chaotic road traffic above. The underpass…
Pune: The National Green Tribunal’s Western Zone Bench in Pune on Friday ordered a halt to construction activity at a residential project in Baner after the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) reported multiple violations of dust, noise and construction waste norms. The tribunal issued the direction while hearing a petition filed by Supreme Pallacio Cooperative…
Pune: Jayant Patil, former state president of NCP (SP), on Saturday said the delay of one year in appointing the leader of the opposition in the assembly by the speaker, Rahul Narwekar, is not right. He appealed to Narwekar to show a big heart and make the appointment in the upcoming winter session.A party with…
Pune: The civic administration is preparing to set up over 4,000 polling stations across 41 wards for the municipal elections. The preliminary voters’ list for these wards includes 35.51 lakh electors, and each polling station is expected to accommodate around 900 to 1,000 voters.Pune Municipal Corporation’s election department has already begun the process of finalising…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is set to recruit 25 specialist doctors for Kamala Nehru Hospital to address persistent manpower shortages and the inability of existing staff to meet patient needs. To counter the low response from specialists caused by previous salary structures, the civic body has announced a drastic hike in remuneration. Pune…
Pune: Vimannagar residents on Saturday criticised the organisers of a religious event held on Thursday after a key internal road was blocked for several hours, triggering massive traffic congestion during peak evening hours.Residents said the stretch between Datta Mandir and Kailash Super Market Chowk — an arterial link used by many commuters — came to…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday ruled out the possibility of an alliance with Ajit Pawar’s NCP for the PMC and PCMC polls in a meeting with the party’s Pune unit chief, Prashant Jagtap.Jagtap held a meeting with Pawar at the latter’s Pune residence on Saturday. “I presented my point of view over…
Pune: The Bibvewadi police recently arrested a criminal on the police records, Balu Chavan (38) of Junnar, and recovered two stolen motorcycles and 10 mobile handsets collectively worth Rs 1.80 lakh from him. Chavan stole those handsets from Jejuri and two-wheelers from the Bibvewadi and Jejuri areas, police said. TNN Source link
