Pune: A couple of weeks after Centre approved two key Metro lines in the city connecting Khadakwasla to Kharadi and Nal Stop to Warje, Member of Parliament (MP) Shrirang Barne met Union minister of housing and urban affairs, Manohar Lal Khattar, to push ahead similar projects in Pimpri Chinchwad areas. Barne’s meeting with the minister…
Pune: PCB has resumed garbage collection from Clover Centre, a prominent commercial and residential complex on Moledina Road in Pune Camp. The move follows a three-week standoff over waste segregation norms and additional collection charges, which resulted in a massive heap of uncollected waste piling up in busy JJ Garden lane. The accumulation sparked strong…
Pune: Traffic police have started implementing a series of long-pending measures aimed at easing congestion and improving road safety across the busy neighbourhood in Vimannagar.Officials said the upgrades — from restarting dead signals to adding new blinkers, speed breakers and pedestrian markings — are already showing results on the ground.Ravindra Kadam, traffic police inspector (airport…
Pune: A leopard was spotted moving through two adjacent housing societies in Pashan–Sutarwadi early on Friday morning, adding to a series of leopard sightings reported in the city in recent weeks. CCTV footage from the two societies showed the leopard climbing a gate and boundary wall. It was then seen strolling along an internal society…
Pune: A chartered accountant (61) from Hadapsar, who wanted to recharge his OTT service app, lost Rs 3.76 lakh to cybercrooks on Sept 20. Next day, he submitted a complaint application to Pune cyber police. After preliminary investigations, an FIR was registered at the Hadapsar police station on Wednesday.A police officer said the elderly man…
Pune: Two more cases of extortion attempts have been registered against a Kothrud-based woman (42) with Mundhwa and Uttamnagar on Wednesday and Thursday, after the Kothrud police had earlier registered a Rs 2 lakh extortion case against her.Inspector Anil Mane of the Kothrud police said three cases have so far been registered against the woman….
Pune: A special MP/MLA court in Pune on Friday directed Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer to file a written response by Dec 11 on a plea seeking its directions to a US-based social media and video sharing platform and an Indian newspaper to furnish the original video link and a news report of the Congress MP’s speech…
Pune: The state animal husbandry department will file a civil suit in the Pune court early next week to cancel the sale deed of 6.32 hectares of govt land in Tathawade which was illegally transferred by a sub-registrar to a private party without mandatory approval from the state. Senior officials confirmed that the department approached…
Pune: The installation of a new height barrier at the Sasanenagar underpass in Hadapsar by PMC has triggered traffic chaos due to inadequate warning signs. The original barrier was damaged on Nov 20 after it was hit by a dumper. The underpass, located below the railway tracks, is a crucial link for commuters travelling from…
Pune: Unknown men broke into Kharpudi Khandoba temple at Kharpudi village in Khed taluka, about 50 km from the city, early on Friday and made off with a donation box, silver idols, and ornaments collectively worth Rs14.50 lakh. The temple is located on a hillock near Rajgurunagar and is a prominent pilgrimage site for devotees….
