Pune: Account holders and merchants continue to face delays in cheque processing under the newly implemented single presentation cheque clearance system, despite the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)’s claim of “stable system”.In a statement, NPCI acknowledged initial challenges at both the central system and participating banks, which led to delays in clearing cheques, crediting…
Pune: Frustrated by a 27-year wait for judgment in a civil suit, a 61-year-old man jumped to his death from the new building of the Shivajinagar court on Wednesday, police said.Namdev Yashwant Jadhav was a resident of Wadki on Pune-Saswad road, some 30km from Pune. Senior inspector Mahesh Bolkotgi of the Shivajinagar police told TOI…
Pune: The 15 additional slots allocated by the Indian Air Force to Pune airport earlier this year remain unused despite minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol’s optimism about new flight operations in the upcoming winter schedule, from Oct 26 to March 28 next year.Experts have attributed the delay to Pune airport’s limited infrastructure,…
Pune: Car drivers and motorcyclists on Wednesday found the 32km Katraj to Kiwale stretch of the easterly bypass calmer, less traffic-laden and their commute vastly stress-free. A three-hour ban in the morning on the Katraj to Kiwale stretch and a four-hour ban in the evening on the Kiwale to Katraj stretch that kept heavy vehicles…
Pune: Three citizens’ organisations on Tuesday issued a legal notice to the Pune district magistrate and collector for the latter’s alleged failure to conduct the mandatory district road safety committee (DRSC) meetings as directed by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety. They alleged that this non-compliance had led to recurring fatal road accidents across…
Pune: Two men died after they fell into a 25feet deep trench after the motorcycle crashed into a concrete railing along the road late on Monday night near Avasari Budruk in Ambegaon Taluka, about 60km from city.One of the victims, Akash Jadhav (28), had his birthday on Tuesday. He and his cousin, Mayur Jadhav (25),…
Pune: Kothrud police on Monday night registered a cheating case against gangster Nilesh Ghaywal for allegedly using the Aadhaar of a person to obtain a SIM card and open bank accounts using the phone number.Deputy commissioner of police (zone III) Sambhaji Kadam said, “A man from Kothrud (whose details cannot be shared) was threatened by…
Pune: There is no such thing as digital arrest in law as neither the police nor any other investigating agency uses this method, Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey said, adding “people should not panic or respond to any such threats in the name of digital arrest”. He was addressing citizens’ concerns on Tuesday…
Pune: Unknown men in the early hours of Tuesday, broke into a retired irrigation officer’s flat at Narayangaon, about 80km from Pune, and made off with cash and gold jewellery collectively worth Rs11 lakh. The thieves used a gas cutter to break the locks of the flat door. The retired man’s son and daughter-in-law were…
Pune: A motorcyclist (29) and his friend (25) were killed, while his sister (20) suffered critical injuries when a PMPML bus hit their motorcycle from behind at Bhilarewadi in the old Katraj ghat section around 8.30am on Tuesday.The Ambegaon police identified the deceased as Akash Ramdas Gogawale, an employee with a private firm in Bibvewadi,…
