NEW DELHI: Maharashtra police on Saturday arrested Prashant Bankar, one of two individuals accused in connection with the suicide of a woman doctor in Phaltan taluka, Satara district.According to news agency ANI, Bankar will be produced in court today. The other accused sub-inspector Gopal Badne, is still absconding. A doctor posted at Phaltan subdistrict hospital…
Pune: Friction within Mahayuti’s alliance partners, the BJP and Shiv Sena seems to be growing.Despite complaints from the BJP’s Pune unit, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has backed its Pune chief, Ravindra Dhangekar by countering its Mahayuti partner and questioning criticism by its minister Ganesh Naik against Shinde.Dhangekar has been targeting senior BJP members from Pune,…
Pune: Over 100 fire incidents, primarily caused by firecrackers, were reported across Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad during the Diwali festival. Fortunately, there were no reports of fatalities.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits recorded 68 fire incidents from Oct 19 to 23. In the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) areas, 62 fire incidents caused by crackers…
Pune: Three days of Diwali break have led to disruption of garbage collection and inevitable accumulation along roadsides and in open areas. With the city experiencing showers, the trash has started to decay and may cause health problems, said residents.Shivajinagar residents said garbage collectors had not lifted waste from streets or collected it from households…
Pune: Despite persistent appeals for a quieter Diwali, the festival of lights turned out to be significantly louder this year, with noise monitoring data from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) revealing a rise in average decibel levels across Pune as well as Pimpri Chinchwad. A comprehensive analysis of nighttime noise levels during peak Diwali…
Pune: An unusual wet spell has returned to Maharashtra with an Arabian Sea depression slowly moving along the west coast even after the official withdrawal of southwest monsoon.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued yellow alerts for light to moderate rain and thunderstorms across the state, saying the system was already pushing moisture inland…
Mumbai: Veteran space scientist Eknath Vasant or EV Chitnis, who turned 100 on July 25 this year and played a key role in taking India to the stars in his lifetime, breathed his last in Pune on Oct 22. In the last six months, two Indian space legends have passed away. On April 25 this…
Pune: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has directed the state registration and stamps department to conduct a detailed review of the scrapped Authorised Service Provider (ASP) scheme for online registration of leave and licence agreements and examine the feasibility of its reinstatement. “The minister has asked the state Inspector General of Registration (IGR) to review…
Pune: The division of the electoral roll for the upcoming civic poll according to the ward limits is expected before the Nov 6 deadline. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appointed teams in 15 ward offices to conduct field visits to ensure an error-free bifurcation. The staff involved in the electoral roll work have been instructed…
Pune: The Pune rural police arrested a motorcycle rider, Jakya Kondkya Chavan (30) of Daund, on Saturday for raping a woman (30) from Loni Kalbhor under a bridge on Bhigwan-Indapur road by offering her a lift during the early hours of Oct 10. The woman later lodged a complaint with the Bhigwan police. Police prepared…
