PUNE: Several parts of Pune continued to face water shortages and supply disruptions for the second consecutive day on Friday, as the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) repair and maintenance work missed its morning deadline due to technical issues. Residents in many areas reported difficulties due to lack of water supply. The PMC’s water supply department…
Pune: The 13.3km “Missing Link” section of Pune-Mumbai expressway would be inaugurated by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on May 1 (Maharashtra Day), MSRDC officials told TOI on Thursday. For the first six months, only cars and buses will be allowed on the stretch. Once operational, it is expected to trim travel time between the two…
Pune: The standing committee of Pune Municipal Corporation on Thursday approved Rs 5.8 crore for Hadapsar-Gadital flyover repairs, even as the structure is likely to be demolished for a proposed Metro line and a double-decker bridge from Bhairoba nullah chowk to Yavat.Standing committee chairperson Shrinath Bhimale said the repair work was essential as a precautionary…
Pune: A Narhe-based woman (46) lost Rs52.7 lakh in an online share-trading fraud between Jan 30 and April 2.The woman lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police on Wednesday. An officer from the Pune cyber police said the complainant’s husband was the director of a software company in Hinjewadi. In Jan, the woman came…
Pune: A preliminary report by an inquiry committee probing alleged financial irregularities in the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) accounts department has found that rules were violated in the clearance of bills for 14 projects worth Rs 60 crore in a single day—March 30 this year.The 243-page report, prepared by a committee headed by the…
Pune: An unidentified man stole three mobile phones from the Mula Road area in Khadki, used them to pose as their owners, duped their contacts into transferring money on various pretexts, withdrew the cash from an ATM, and later returned the devices.The incidents occurred between April 10 and 12. A 49-year-old government hospital employee lodged…
Pune: State govt is planning to offer basic Marathi training to autorickshaw and cab drivers who do not speak the language, following its decision to make knowing Marathi mandatory or face possible cancellation of their licences.State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Thursday that, during a meeting with representatives from the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh…
Pune: Govt employees, including nurses, entered day three of their indefinite pan-Maharashtra strike on Thursday, leaving patient care severely hampered at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital (SGH).Late in the night, a meeting with the state chief secretary ended inconclusively, with state govt employees’ associations deciding to continue their stir since discussions reached an impasse.Meanwhile, the…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a Vimannagar-based engineering products manufacturing firm of Rs73 lakh through spoofing emails between June 2024 and April last year.The firm’s director lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police on Wednesday.An officer from the cyber police said the complainant’s company belonged to the engineering products manufacturing sector. The firm had contacted its…
Pune: The Hadapsar police on Wednesday registered a case of causing death by negligence against the chairman and committee members of a housing society in the same area after a four-and-a-half-year-old girl died on April 15, following the collapse of a slide on her in the society’s play area on April 7.The girl’s father (34),…
