Pune: Residents have joined hands to highlight the continued and rampant discharge of untreated sewage into the Ramnadi river, citing a lack of action despite repeated complaints and directives from regulatory authorities.To press their demands, a unique protest—dubbed the ‘Ramnadi Satyagraha’—will be held on Nov 28. Protesters plan to stand in the river water at…
Pune: A construction worker (35) was arrested on Thursday on the charge of stabbing his cousin to death on Nov 17 and dumping the body in the Katraj Ghat section. Police said the arrested worker suspected that his cousin had an illicit relationship with his wife and the murder was its fallout. The victim, hailing…
Pune: The letter of intent issued to Amadea Enterprises LLP, in which deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s son, Parth, is a partner, will be cancelled or withdrawn on grounds of the false declaration and affidavit by the applicant, officials from the state industries department told TOI on Friday.They said the letter of intent (LoI) has…
Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has secured an all-party approval for a major overhaul of stalled redevelopment policy for housing societies on govt land. The proposal would now be sent to the cabinet for final clearance, after which a govt resolution (GR) would be issued to operationalise the new framework, a senior official told TOI…
Pune: Back to back playoff losses could have become a mini jinx for any golfer, but for Yuvraj Sandhu they were yet another stepping stone to success.And success did come in spectacular fashion as the 28-year-old scripted a nine-stroke start-to-finish win at the Rs 1 crore India Oil Servo Masters in Digboi, Assam, on Friday…
Pune: A day after PMC published the draft voters’ list for 41 wards for the civic poll, aspirants and political parties from various areas raised concern about the shifting of names from one ward to neighbouring wards which could hamper their prospects. Aspirants are conducting detailed studies of the lists to identify instances where names…
Pune: A police patrol team in the early hours of Thursday foiled an attempt by four men to steal petrol, oil bottles and a vehicle from a fuel station in the Camp area, after the assailants had locked the pump’s two employees in the office cabin. A patrolling team of the Pune Cantonment police, led…
Pune: A sessions court has rejected the bail plea of Yugandhar Hadge, an accused arrested in an alleged Rs8.37 crore cyber fraud committed on US citizens by way of an illegal call centre on Magarpatta Road, which was busted by police on Oct 1.Hadge was among the three key people operating the call centre. Police’s…
PUNE: Pune forest department officials on Saturday confirmed that a leopard had been seen at the Pune airport near the taxiway yet again. Mangesh Tate, the assistant conservator of forests, told TOI that they had got a message from the Pune airport authorities a couple of days back on the same. “However, they (airport authorities)…
PUNE: Residents of the Pimparkhed village in Pune, Maharashtra, wear spiked collars while working in the fields to protect themselves from fatal leopard attacks.With leopards still at large, villagers continue to face daily disruptions due to repeated attacks in the area.Villager Vitthal Rangnath Jadhav described the farmers’ plight, noting that leopards can enter the fields…
