Pune: The state govt has decided to constitute district-level vigilance committees to monitor the Secondary School Certificate (SSC, std X) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC, std XII) examinations scheduled to be held in Feb-March, 2026. The members will include administrators and educators, and their names will soon be announced, the education department said in a…
Pune: A series of accidents this year involving ready mix concrete (RMC) trucks in and around the Hinjewadi IT Park area has prompted the Pimpri Chinchwad police, RTO, PMRDA and other agencies to contemplate a slew of fresh measures to curb violations and improve road safety.A senior traffic department official told TOI that a proposal…
Pune: Conducting a public parade of an accused is neither contemplated under the law nor is it desirable when the accused is in the custody of the police, a Pune special court has said.In-charge special judge (MCOCA) S R Salunkhe said on Nov 25 the custody ought to be utilised for the purpose for which…
Pune: The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Pune, on Tuesday arrested a constable attached to the Wagholi police while accepting a bribe of Rs5,000 to serve a warrant for the recovery of alimony in a divorce case.The ACB team, led by inspector Sarvada Sawale, caught the constable, Parmeshwar Pakhare (37), outside the police station while accepting…
PUNE: Expressing disappointment over politicians linking the flow of funds with votes, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that votes should be sought based on work and not by promising funds.Speaking to reporters at his hometown Baramati, Pawar said, “In the ongoing civic polls, I came across some campaign speeches where politicians linked…
Pune: PMRDA aims to finalise a comprehensive economic growth plan for the region within three to four months. The plan aims to leverage Pune’s existing strengths in the industrial and technological sectors to drive rapid growth, Yogesh Mhase, commissioner, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) said. “PMRDA has sought applications from private entities, semi-government institutions,…
Pune: A 55-year-old private tuition teacher from Yerawada lost Rs 27.50 lakh in a digital fraud, which occurred in April this year. The crooks contacted her by posing as officials from the Telecom department and claimed that her bank account was misused for money laundering. After preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Yerawada…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is likely to publish within a week a red zone map, demarcating areas where construction is prohibited around the ordnance depot on Dehu Road and the magazine depot in Dighi. This will offer a long-pending clarity to nearly 4,000 property owners near these defence establishments.The map was sent…
Union cabinet approves two new Metro lines for Pune covering 31.6km PUNE: The city is set to witness an expansion of Metro services to more areas after a Union cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the new Kharadi–Hadapsar–Swargate–Khadakwasla (Line 4) and Nal Stop–Warje–Manik Baug (Line 4A) lines under Phase 2…
Attempts to release these leopards into forests have proved futile as they return to the sugarcane belt (Representative Photo) PUNE: You would imagine the only place where whispering ‘Sugar’ to a predator cub wouldn’t sound out of place is a Walt Disney film. Think again. In Maharashtra’s Junnar, forest officers have nicknamed leopards prowling the…
