Pune: Two months after a temporary roundabout of bollards was removed at Raheja Vista chowk on NIBM Annexe Road, the residents are still waiting for a permanent fix to traffic issues.The roundabout, a crucial junction, was first created without any consultation with the traffic police and led to a protest by citizens in Aug, following…
Pune: The Airport police are searching for three autorickshaw drivers for allegedly posing as policemen and keeping a woman coordinator (22) with a bike and car aggregator firm confined in a car for two hours in the AeroMall basement parking for an “inquiry” against the organisation.“Going by the threats the three men issued to her,…
Pune: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, principal advisor at the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, on Friday said the govt must pump funds into healthcare and that is the only way to ensure that the bottom of the pyramid gets quality services. “India spends less than 2% (of annual budget) on health while other BRICS nations spend up…
Pune: Rohit Aarrya, who was shot dead on Thursday after he allegedly held 18 people hostages in a Powai-based studio, had worked really hard on the Swachha Monitor scheme, his friend Suraj Lokhande told TOI on Friday.The scheme was adopted by the state govt and became a hit. “He spent about Rs 40 lakh from…
Rohit Aarrya, who orchestrated the Powai hostage crisis, had invested heavily in the Swachhta Monitor initiative, his friend claimed PUNE: Rohit Aarrya, who was shot dead on Thursday after he orchestrated the Powai hostage crisis, worked really hard on the Swachhta Monitor initiative, his friend Suraj Lokhande claimed on Friday.“He spent about Rs 40 lakh…
Pune: The education department has proposed to extend its earn-and-learn scheme in colleges from the 2025–26 academic year, offering monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,200 to five lakh women students. A budget provision of Rs 100 crore has been proposed to the finance department for the initiative which aims to support economically weak students and…
Pune: Flyers and AeroMall authorities alike have raised serious concerns over frequent VIP and VVIP visits to the facility, resulting in both exit gates being blocked often for over half an hour, resulting in chaos. AeroMall vice-president YS Rajput told TOI that exit flow is frequently disrupted and they plan to meet senior police officers…
Pune: PMC’s standing committee on Friday approved a plan to upgrade six sewage treatment plants (STPs) located along the Mula and Mutha rivers at various locations. After the upgrade, the collective treatment capacity of the facilities will increase to 451 million litres per day (MLD) from their existing capacity of 362 MLD — a rise…
(5×2 graphics, Abir; PC_BONDED_31_10_25)Pune: The Yawat police, along with officials from the district magistrate’s office and the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA), on Tuesday rescued 27 bonded workers of nine different families, from a sugarcane farm at Rahu village of Daund taluka.The rescued people included two pregnant women and six children. The action followed a…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who also oversees the finance department, on Friday questioned how many times govt could continue waiving farm loans and whether it was sustainable to keep offering such financial concessions. He also urged farmers to adopt financial discipline and manage their resources more prudently.“When you receive farm loans at zero…
