Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Munde family seeks police protection after threat complaint against valmik karadDnyaneshwari Munde, the wife of slain Parli businessman Mahadev Munde, submitted a complaint application to the local police claiming a threat to her family from Valmik Karad and his two sons.In her application, dated Feb 20, she said Karad and his sons should…
Pune: The Baner Police on Sunday arrested Manish Kumar (21), a private security guard, from Prayagraj for plotting his own abduction and demanding Rs 2 lakh as ransom from his family in Chitrakoot. Police said he wanted money for personal use and plotted his own abduction. Kumar works as a security guard at a housing…
Pune: The Swargate police detained four members of a right-wing organisation and later served them notices before releasing them late on Monday night for allegedly assaulting Congress spokesperson Hanumant Pawar.One of the detained men holds a firearm licence issued in Dec 2022. Deputy commissioner of police (Zone II) Milind Mohite said, “As part of standard…
Pune: The daily routine of software professionals in Pune’s Hinjewadi — Maharashtra’s largest IT park — comes with well-known challenges. From lacking civic infrastructure to unending traffic woes, techies are left to battle a host of obstacles amid administrative inaction.Yet recently these techies, who flock here from across the country and world, left their worries…
Pune: The Shelgaon gram panchayat in Indapur block, fed up with the increasing number of congratulatory messages displayed on flex boards and posters, went virtual and installed a digital display screen in their village square. The gram panchayat imposed a complete ban on posters two years ago, and anyone wishing to publish greetings, advertisements, or…
‘Lakhpati Didi’ Nilofar Mujawar’s team with their produce PUNE: Nilofar Amjad Mujawar, a member of a self-help group in Perne village in Pune district, has been operating a sweet corn business for five years. Her unit procures nearly 7,000kg of the cereal grain and at least three to four tonnes of processed corn is supplied…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday launched the Divyang Sahayak Portal — an integrated, AI-enabled platform of the Maharashtra Divyang Kalyan department — to streamline welfare delivery to persons with disabilities.The portal enables beneficiaries to apply for schemes online from home and track applications in real time. Information about all schemes for persons with…
NCP president Sharad Pawar PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, admitted to a hospital here with dehydration, was discharged on Wednesday morning, with doctors confirming he is doing fine. The 85-year-old Rajya Sabha member was admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune on Sunday following complaints of dehydration, according to news agency PTI. “He is…
Pune: PMC mayor Manjusha Nagpure on Tuesday directed the civic administration to immediately convene a high-level meeting of all stakeholders to expedite pre-monsoon works and overhaul the city’s disaster management framework. During a review meeting, the mayor emphasised the need for detailed planning at the ward and regional levels. She instructed that additional manpower be…
Pune: The National Green Tribunal bench in Pune has directed the Sahakar Maharshi Shivajirao Narayanrao Nagawade Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd in Shrigonda taluka of Ahilyanagar district to deposit Rs1.06 crore environmental damage compensation within two months with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board for causing pollution of Ghod river through discharge of untreated waste and an…
