Pune: A 31-year-old construction worker was arrested on Tuesday night on the charge of bludgeoning his relative to death with an LPG cylinder on Monday night at a workers’ colony of a construction project in Kudale Vasti.The MIDC Bhosari police identified the deceased as Balaji Khandade (29), hailing from Nanded district. The accused, Pradeep Gundare…
Pune: The Kalewadi Police Station on Tuesday registered a case of attempted murder against four persons for allegedly assaulting a 27-year-old man after a road accident on the BRTS route in Rahatani late on Monday night.According to police, the victim, a resident of Rahatani who works as a real estate salesman with a private company,…
Pune: The city police and the PMC on Wednesday announced a weeklong drive to clear illegal hoardings and banners, and free up footpaths.“We will not tolerate illegal hoardings and banners in the city. These will be taken down immediately. We will also file cases against people whose names or other details appear on posters and…
Pune: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics will host a conference on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to discuss the benefits of the latest changes brought into effect in 2025. The event will be held on Friday (Mar 13) across three sessions.GIPE has included academicians, practitioners and govt officials to speak at the event,…
Pune: To raise awareness about thalassaemia and provide life-saving treatment opportunities for affected children, a free bone marrow cross-matching camp will be held at the District Hospital in Aundh on March 13.Organised under the state-wide campaign, “One Step Towards Thalassaemia Liberation,” the camp will offer testing and expert medical guidance to children from Pune and…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Tuesdayarrested three men at Somatane Phata and seized three country-made pistols and six cartridges from them.Police identified the accused as Sardar Sayyad (27) of Talegaon Dabhade, Vishal Kudekar (35), and Prashant Sonawane (28), both from Khed taluka.An officer from the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch said the police are…
Pune: Domestic consumers of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) in the city are beginning to face delays in cylinder deliveries, with waiting time increasing to around three to four days in several areas, compared to almost immediate supply earlier.The trend is evident amid oil marketing companies (OMCs) tightening dispatch to prevent hoarding and blackmarketing of the…
Pune: Commuters travelling towards Mundhwa and Pune Cantonment areas from Ghorpadi can expect relief from traffic jams as the civic administration is planning to complete the ongoing work of a rail flyover at Ghorpadi in the next three months before monsoon.About 70% work of the flyover has been finished so far, the remaining work is…
Pune: Traffic troubles will continue for now for commuters from Talegaon, Chakan and Shikrapur as the state govt on Wednesday informed the legislative council that the construction of the elevated corridor passing through the industrial belt would take at least four years.The issue of long pending work of the road connecting Talegaon-Chakan to the holy…
Pune: In financial year 2025-26, Rs569.8 crore was allocated to the health department by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in the budget, wherein almost 22% was spent on just 52,000 families of current and retired civic employees, corporators and those registered under the urban poor scheme, 35% on staff salaries and only 43% of the…
