Pune: In an effort to ensure proper functioning of its e-bus fleet, PMPML has mandated that all these vehicles with a completed operational age (six years) will have to undergo battery replacement. The transport body is also contemplating increasing charging points in seven of its e-bus depots, besides adding a few in other depots to…
Pune: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has announced plans to complete a 1.8km pending road stretch from Baner to Hinjewadi in two weeks. “The completion of this link is crucial to ease the traffic situation in Hinjewadi and ease access to Phase 1 and Phase 3 of the IT park, while reducing traffic burden…
Pune: A cyber crook, who posed as a bank officer, duped a 73-year-old retired Indian Air Force officer from Kondhwa of Rs 5 lakh, under the pretext of helping to submit the Life Certificate in his bank’s branch in New Delhi.A Life Certificate is an official document that confirms the pensioner is alive. Pensioners have…
A massive ball of fire resulting from the explosion of the CNG cylinder in the car gutted all three vehicles involved in the accident. Eighteen people have died in accidents on this stretch of Katraj-Dehu Road bypass this year PUNE: At least eight people were killed and 13 injured after a Mumbai-bound trailer truck ploughed…
Pune: A four-year-old boy from the city was successfully treated earlier this year for necrotising pneumonia, a rare and severe infection in which bacteria eat into lung tissue. The illness began with mild symptoms of fever and cough. But within days, the child developed swelling across multiple body parts, including his face, eyelids, neck, stomach,…
Pune: The fatal accident on the Navale Bridge stretch of Katraj-Dehu Road bypass on Thursday evening reinforced the commuters’ belief that it remained a virtual death trap despite several claims of plugging its design flaws.A steep descent (slope) on the approach from the new Katraj tunnel to the bridge is the prime cause of most…
Pune: They split up, then criticised and contested against each other in both Lok Sabha and assembly polls, but now both NCP and NCP (SP) are showing growing signs of setting the past aside and forming a coalition in many civic bodies for the upcoming civic polls. After formally announcing the alliance for Kolhapur’s Chandgad…
Pune: Authorities have taken a step to provide relief to commuters in the Sutarwadi, Pashan, and Sus areas by resolving a long-pending missing link near Sutarwadi bus depot. “Acquisition of land for the 24m stretch was completed last week and road construction works will be completed soon. The road is crucial for the fast-developing Baner,…
Pune: The Sangvi police on Wednesday detained a minor and arrested his father on the charge of attempting to kill a man over the suspicion of the latter’s relationship with their relative.The victim lodged a complaint with the police.An officer from the Sangvi police said the victim, who is a cab driver, is in a…
Pune: Bird watchers have raised an alarm over the rampant habitat destruction at the foothills of Pashan Tekdi on the Baner–quarry side, where mounds of construction debris were dumped recently.Ranjeet Rane, a birdwatcher and member of the Vetal Tekdi Bachav Kruti Samiti, said the dumping activity has stopped for now, but the damage is visible….
