Pune: The cost and time for a chopper ride between Pune and Mumbai are set to soar once the Navi Mumbai International Airport becomes fully operational.Officials involved in the business said with some private landings and take-offs already happening in the new airport, which was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in Oct, the cost of…
Pune: The Pune police have written a letter to the enforcement directorate (ED) seeking an investigation into suspected money laundering activities linked to fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal.Deputy commissioner of police (Zone-III) Sambhaji Kadam said during ongoing investigations, authorities uncovered multiple financial transactions involving Ghaywal and his associates. “We also found that Ghaywal had acquired certain…
Pune: District administrations are conducting drives ahead of the local body polls for verification of duplicate names in the electoral rolls. The election departments in the respective districts, along with block level officers (BLOs), are expected to confirm and verify the names suspected to be duplicated. and mark them with a double asterisk.Officials said that…
Pune: Bad roads, crater-sized potholes and unending snarls do not appear to have slowed down Puneites’ rush to own high-end cars.Between Jan and Sept this year, the registration of high-end car models (those priced at Rs 70 lakh or more) increased by over 13% compared to the corresponding period last year, according to figures provided…
Pune: Timely action by the fire brigade averted a major tragedy after the driver’s cabin of a fuel tanker caught fire at Shevalwadi on the busy Pune-Solapur highway around 9.30am on Monday.The tanker was carrying 15,000 litres of fuel.Following the fire, the tanker driver abandoned the vehicle on the spot and fled the scene. Passers-by…
Pune: In a hit-and-run accident, Jagannath Hargude (25) of Ambegaon Pathar died after his motorcycle was hit by an unknown motorcycle. The accident happened around 1.30am on Saturday, near Shindewadi tunnel on the Pune-Bengaluru highway. Hargude was heading towards Pune when his motorcycle was hit by another motorcycle, Bharati Vidyapeeth police said. TNN Source link
Pune: Eight daily wage workers sustained injuries after a truck they were travelling in turned on its side near Sakurdi village in Khed taluka, about 60km from Pune, on Saturday morning. The condition of three workers is critical.The police said that the accident occurred as the truck driver lost control on the steep slope, causing…
Pune: In a major step to strengthen its leopard management and rescue efforts, the Junnar forest division is set to complete expansion work at Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre (MLRC) within the next few weeks.The facility, currently facing a shortage of enclosures, will soon be able to accommodate 40 additional leopards, providing significant relief to forest…
Pune: A fire due to an LPG cylinder leak left a 99-year-old man injured at his Dhankawdi flat on Sunday.Pune fire brigade officer Santosh Bhilare told TOI that the victim, Baburao Mahamuni of Dnyaneshwar Housing Society, off Pune-Satara Road, suffered minor burns on his face. “He was taken to a hospital along with his relatives,”…
