Pune: Frustrated by persistent traffic congestion, residents of Dhayari and Wadgaon have approached the traffic police and PMC with a proposal to establish a 500-metre no-parking zone surrounding the bustling Pasalkar Chowk, a critical intersection of Sinhagad Road and Katraj-Dehu Road bypass. In a letter to the authorities, residents said recent measures over the past…
Pune: What happens when dignitaries from over 30 countries, each carrying thier own heritage, religion and cultural identity gather in Ellora? They arrive at a place that has already answered the question for more than a millennium. Ellora in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar stands as a proof that when generations of artisans, working across centuries and faiths,…
Pune: The big cat is back. It’s on the prowl again at the airport, after a three-month hiatus.Trap cameras are back in action. So will be cages… For the pricey catch.The forest department officials on Saturday confirmed that the leopard was sighted again near the airport’s taxiway this week. A source said the animal was…
Pune: The disbursement of compensation against land for the proposed international airport in Purandar is likely to begin next month. Pune collector Jitendra Dudi said the process would commence after securing mandatory clearance from the State Election Commissioner because the model code of conduct was in force for the council and nagar panchayat elections. “If…
PUNE: The driver of a Mumbai-bound container truck and a passenger in a Pune-bound SUV died on the spot after the truck crossed the median and collided head-on with the SUV at Kamshet on the Pune–Mumbai Expressway around 3.45am on Sunday. Four others were injured, including the truck cleaner and three SUV occupants. Traffic on…
Pune: A fresh low-pressure area forming over the Strait of Malacca and adjoining south Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal around Nov 24.India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its first Special Message on Saturday, a protocol followed only when the likelihood of cyclogenesis (cyclone formation) is significant….
Pune: Come Tuesday, the maximum speed limit will be 30km per hour for all vehicles plying on the New Katraj Tunnel to Navale Bridge stretch of Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass.The Pune traffic police on Saturday issued a notification restricting the speed limit. Additional commissioner of police Manoj Patil confirmed the development. “The new speed limit will…
Pune: The civic body, which suffered revenue loss in the 2024-25 fiscal due to legal tangles over property tax recovery in merged areas, may face the same situation in the 2025-26 financial year as the state govt continued the ban on tax recovery.In 2024, the state directed the cessation of property tax recovery from merged…
Pune: A 70-year-old woman from Sadashiv Peth lost Rs 34.85 lakh to online fraudsters who posed as police officers and threatened to arrest her in a money laundering case. The cheating occurred between Nov 11 and 14 this year.The woman’s husband runs a small homoeopathy clinic in Sadashiv Peth.The victim submitted a complaint application, and…
Pune: The long-pending proposal for a dedicated cancer hospital in Pune, first introduced in 2016, is finally moving forward. The facility, affiliated with the Sassoon General Hospital, would operate under a public-private partnership (PPP) model, with 25 of 125 beds managed by a private firm — meaning patients will bear treatment costs for those services.Dheeraj…
