Pune: The state govt on Saturday announced in the assembly that ward officers would face strict action for hawkers’ encroachments on footpaths in their jurisdiction, admitting that illegal vendors were causing traffic jams on the city’s arterial roads. The govt’s stand against illegal hawkers came after some MLAs from Pune raised the issue in the…
Pune: The Maharashtra govt on Friday cleared a Rs6,000 crore loan for land acquisition for the proposed Purandar international airport, while imposing strict financial riders on the approval.In a govt resolution (GR) issued by principal secretary (industries) P. Anbalagan, the industries department granted the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) approval and a state guarantee to…
Kolhapur: The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, western Maharashtra’s lone tiger reserve spread across Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Ratnagiri districts, has been enjoying a wildlife tourism since the arrival of tigresses Chanda, Tara and Hirkani.The tourist count has increased rapidly at the Chandoli National Park, part of the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, where the Chanda and Tara were…
Pune: Concerns have emerged over a significant fare hike expected in popular flights from the city to Bangkok in Thailand, following the discontinuation of one of only two direct international flights from here to the destination from April onwards. Sources in the IndiGo airline, which began the Bangkok flight just last year, confirmed that it…
Pune: The state govt will roll out 60 property registration offices across Maharashtra, which will be operated by private institutions, in a bid to ease the process, improve efficiency and cut waiting time — albeit at an additional cost to people, officials told TOI on Friday.The proposed facilities, modelled on passport service centres, will function…
Pune: The PMC has decided to intensify land acquisition for the pending section of the Kharadi-Shivane Road project. To take this forward, the civic body’s road department held a meeting on Thursday with landowners likely to be affected by the activity in the Karvenagar area.According to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials, stalled work for the…
Pune: The R Vasudevan Centre of Research & Development was inaugurated at the CoEP Technological University on Friday. The newly established centre of excellence aims to strengthen academic research with industry-led innovation. It has been constructed by Vascon Engineers within a designated area on the CoEP campus — covering a total built-up area of 18,000sqft….
Pune: Minister of statefor public health Meghna Bordikar on Friday said that govt is preparing a 10-year roadmap to strengthenhealthcare facilities in every district to reduce the burden on Mumbai and Pune.The issue came up for discussion in the assemblyon Friday after BJP MLA from Pune Cantonment constituency Sunil Kamble spoke about a shortage of…
Pune: The court of Special Judge (Pocso) Sucheta M Takalikar on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 41-year-old casual worker to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl on an agri-tourism farm property under the Rajgad police area in rural Pune in Nov 2018. Police registered an FIR in this connection on March 30,…
Pune: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Dr Ajay Aniruddha Taware — the suspended head of forensic sciences department at Sassoon General Hospital — arrested on charges of conspiracy to swap the blood samples of the 17-year-old boy involved in the May 19, 2024, Porsche car crash in Kalyaninagar. “The appellant (Taware) shall…
