A political storm has erupted in Maharashtra over a 40-acre land deal in Pune, allegedly involving Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son PUNE: A major political row erupted in Maharashtra on Thursday over alleged transfer of a 40-acre ‘Mahar Watan’ land belonging to the state in Pune’s Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore in favour of…
Pune: Approximately 30% of vehicles under the jurisdiction of Pune RTO have been fitted with high security registration plates (HSRPs), with the deadline for the same around three weeks away. Latest figures from Pune RTO revealed that only 7,25,678 out of a total of 24,28,589 vehicles requiring HSRPs had completed the fitment. This marks a…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Tuesday foiled a murder plot by detaining six minors in Aundh.A crime branch team led by senior police inspector Rajendra Patil tracked the minors after noticing the social media profile status of one of them holding pistols. The police investigations revealed that the gang had plotted the murder…
Pune: The Mundhwa land deal involving a private company linked to deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s elder son, Parth, is the second controversial deal in Pune within a month which has put Mahayuti on the backfoot.The first such controversy was related to the Jain trust’s Model Colony property deal in which minister of state for civil…
Pune: Theoretical physicist Naresh Dadhich, who co-founded Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune along with eminent astrophysicists Jayant Narlikar and Ajit Kembhavi, passed away on Thursday in Beijing in China where he was visiting for research collaboration. He was 81.From a five-year-old in 1949, braving the scorching sun and dunes for three…
Pune: The Maharashtra state cooperation department has issued a circular stating that cooperative housing societies would no longer require a no objection certificate (NOC) from the registrar for undertaking redevelopment projects.This directive, issued on Nov 4 by state cooperation commissioner Deepak Taware, follows an Oct 17 Bombay High Court order which clarified that registrars lack…
Pune: The next decade will not be shaped by technology alone, but by how ethically we choose to deploy it, stated state minister of marketing and protocol Jaykumar Rawal, as he opened the World Technology Summit 2025 at MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) in the city on Thursday. Rawal said India moved from being a…
Pune: Residents of the Kasba Peth assembly constituency on Thursday raised various issues about roadside and footpath encroachment, traffic snarls, and garbage not being lifted regularly, during a joint inspection drive held by local MLA Hemant Rasne, PMC chief Naval Kishore Ram and officials of the traffic police department.The Kasba Peth constituency covers the city’s…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday, restarted the demolition and confiscation of the unauthorised roadside vendors as well as stalls. “The administration is expediting the action after a break in Diwali. The ward offices across civic areas are conducting the drives,” said a senior official of PMC. The official said the drive was…
Pune: A 34-year-old engineer working with a prominent software company in Hinjewadi died after his scooter was hit by another two-wheeler in Khadki on Tuesday morning. The victim, Shahid Shaikh of Yerawada, was on his way to Hinjewadi, the Khadki police said. The motorcycle driver, who collided with Shaikh’s motorcycle, suffered injuries in the accident….
