Pune: Delays in constructing the service roads at Narhe Y-junction near Navale Bridge continue to torment commuters who say they spend 30–40 minutes just to exit NH-48 during peak hours.The chaotic merging of local and highway traffic at this choke point is a daily ordeal with residents and motorists questioning why a solution identified years…
Pune: Residents pulled out their woollens on Saturday as the city recorded its coldest morning, with the minimum temperature dipping to the season’s lowest at 10.5°C in Pashan and 11.2°C in Shivajinagar.The nip in the air remained throughout the day in many parts of the city.Shivajinagar recorded 11.2°C — about 4°C below normal — while…
Pune: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a contempt petition by Sus Road Baner Vikas Manch against Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram and two others on the issue of “non-compliance” of its Sept 12, 2024, ruling that allowed the garbage processing plant to operate on the basis of fulfilment of a set of conditions…
Pune: Govt land transactions can no longer be registered under the amended Registration Act. Senior registration officials have directed all sub-registrars in Pune district to enforce this rule strictly, following the recent lapse in the Tathawade land registration that exposed major procedural violations and led to departmental action.The Registration (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2023, which was…
Pune: An FIR was registered against eight people — six policemen, a retired cop and an unidentified woman — with the Kothrud police station on Saturday, following a court direction, for allegedly abducting, assaulting, using casteist slurs and making sexually abusive remarks against three women.A sessions court in the city had on Tuesday directed the…
Pune: At a time when artificial intelligence platforms face global scrutiny over concerns of encouraging self-harm, an NGO in the city is observing a surprising positive development.Officials of the NGO, Connecting Trust, told TOI that over the past year, their distress helpline received approximately 9,000 calls, with a significant 900 referrals originating from AI platforms,…
Pune: The maximum speed for heavy vehicles on the downhill stretch between Dari Pul (Via Duct) and Wadgaon Bridge will soon be reduced to 30kmph as against the current limit of 50kmph. The move follows the Thursday evening accident near Navale Bridge on the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass that claimed eight lives.Senior representatives of the Pune…
Pune: The Dapodi police on Friday registered an FIR against 26 individuals for allegedly forging documents to illegally acquire 6.32 hectares of govt land belonging to the Maharashtra Livestock Development Board (MLDB) in Tathawade.According to the police, the accused are residents of Chinchwad, Sinhagad Road, Karvenagar, NIBM Road, Mumbai and other areas. They allegedly conspired…
Pune: A woman working on a farm in Junnar taluka’s Pimparkhed village was left shell-shocked on Friday afternoon when a leopard suddenly leapt from a tree, just a few metres away from her. The startled big cat immediately darted into a nearby sugar cane field, leaving the woman in a profound state of shock. Villagers…
Pune: The weekend rush to Lonavla and Khandala brought chaos to both new and old Mumbai-Pune highways as traffic slowed to a crawl from Friday night till Saturday morning, turning an otherwise breezy four-hour drive turned into an exhausting seven to eight hours ordeal. Before the commuters could heave a sigh of relief, the situation…
