Pune: Residents of Ambegaon and surrounding areas expressed frustration on Friday over the severe water shortage plaguing the area for the past eight years, despite their inclusion within the PMC limits since 2017.Unhappy with the slow progress of infrastructure projects, the residents urged the civic body to expedite the works of pending pipelines and overhead…
Pune: A leading animal welfare organisation has written to the district collector seeking immediate action against those involved in using two donkeys to pull an SUV on city roads — an incident that has drawn sharp criticism from citizens. In a letter to Pune collector Jitendra Dudi, who also heads the district SPCA, Humane World…
Pune: NCP (SP)’s Pune unit has objected to the draft voters’ list put out by PMC. While civic officials admitted that there are around three lakh voters whose names appear twice in the list, the party has demanded that officials approach State Election Commission for the deletion of all duplicate names to ensure fair polling.Municipal…
NAVI MUMBAI/PUNE: Six friends from Uttamnagar in Pune, aged between 18 and 24 and on a trip to Diveagar in Konkan, were killed after their SUV fell 500-ft into a Tamhini Ghat gorge at Mangaon in Raigad district sometime on the night intervening Nov 17 and 18. Based on a preliminary assessment of the accident…
Pune: The Regional Transport Office (RTO), Pune, on Thursday said the trailer truck involved in Nov 13 accident on Navale Bridge was overspeeding, possibly because it was running in neutral.The RTO officials said the accident was not an outcome of drunk driving. A source said these were the findings in the final report of the…
Pune: Aghast by the Nov 15 assault on a cabbie, taxi drivers’ associations have threatened that they will not accept rides to the picturesque Lonavla if incidents of violence against their members in the hill town don’t stop immediately.Keshav Kshirsagar, president of Maharashtra Kamgar Sabha and Indian Gig Workers Front, met Pune rural SP Sandeep…
Pune: A 51-year-old domestic help was fatally run over by a dumper in Sus on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred when the victim was on her way to her workplace in Baner from Sus on a scooter. The Bavdhan police identified the deceased as Vaishali Pakhare (51), a resident of Sus. The dumper driver was…
Chased by dog, electrician falls to death from 3rd-floor of Pune building (AI image) PUNE: A 45-year-old electrician died falling from the third floor of a residential building in Kasba Peth around 1.15pm on November 1, after a pet dog chased him.The deceased electrician was identified as Ramesh Gaikwad of Kasba Peth. Police booked the…
Pune: Shiv Sena leader and state minister Uday Samant on Thursday said govt is committed to finding a permanent solution to the recurring accidents at Navale Bridge, stressing the need for a detailed study by technical experts to prevent such incidents in the future.Samant, who inspected the accident spot, said deputy CM Eknath Shinde will…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police will effect traffic diversions from Friday to Sunday to manage three different events — a yatra at Koyali near Alandi, a river cyclothon in Bhosari and a music concert in Gahunje — to minimise congestion.Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Vivek Patil said over 2,00,000 devotees were expected for the yatra…
