Pune: The district administration has imposed a strict Dec 10 deadline for contractors to complete road upgrades along the 436-km route designated for the Pune Grand Cycle Tour 2026. Any delay beyond this date will incur a hefty penalty of Rs1 lakh per day.The international cycling event, slated for Jan 19 to 23 next year,…
Pune: The Baba Bhide bridge is set to reopen for vehicular movement from 6am to 11pm from Saturday to manage Diwali rush in Peth and Deccan Gymkhana areas.Officials from Maha Metro said the decision to reopen the bridge for vehicles for the next few days was taken in a joint meeting held recently to discuss…
Pune: Two PMPML buses got stuck on Thursday morning on a newly concreted stretch of Sinhagad Road, leading to traffic diversion and slow movement of vehicles.The incident occurred at Hingne Chowk, near the landing of the Wadgaon Budruk-Hingne flyover, where recent work to shift power utilities had concluded. Following the utility relocation, the contractor had…
Pune: The draft voter list for the upcoming elections to zilla parishads, panchayat samitis, nagar parishads, and nagar panchayats in the state was published on Oct 8 Voters can now check if their names are included in the draft list by visiting https://mahasecvoterlist.in. The state election commission has set July 1, 2025, as the cut-off…
Pune: Unrelenting rainfall across Pune district has thrown grape cultivation into disarray, delaying the vital pruning cycle and raising alarms over reduced yields, rising costs and potential export losses.Pruning is typically conducted in Aug and Sept, but has been pushed back by several weeks this year. With nearly 4,000 hectares under grape cultivation in the…
Pune/Kolhapur: The state govt’s Rs 31,628 crore relief package for flood-affected families is not sufficient to actually help farmers, according to agriculture experts.While announcing the package on Tuesday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the sediment of ponds would be utilised to level the farms where topsoil was washed away due to floods. He added that…
Pune: Four unknown men in the early hours of Monday assaulted a 65-year-old farmer and his wife with iron rods and robbed their cash and goats, all collectively worth about Rs1 lakh. The robbery occurred at Kavathe Yamai village near Shirur, about 60km from Pune. The victim later in the day lodged a complaint with…
PUNE: Minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam clarified via X on Wednesday that he had approved the arm’s licence application of gangster Nilesh Ghaywal’s brother Sachin only after a police report.The post came in response to the opposition’s allegations that Kadam went ahead and accepted Sachin’s appeal against Pune police’s decision to decline him…
PUNE: Uber today announced the expansion of its limited-edition Intercity Motorhomes campaign to Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The offering, which lets riders book custom-designed, caravan-styled Motorhomes for outstation road trips, will also continue in Delhi NCR till December.Riders in Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune will be able to book Intercity Motorhome trips starting October 15, with…
Pune: A resident (32) of the Keshavnagar locality lodged a complaint with Hadapsar police, stating that he was cheated of Rs 26.3 lakh by an online fraudster earlier this year.The fraudster contacted the victim over cellphone and lured him in investing in shares and promised good returns.“The unidentified fraudster, through his cellphone, asked the complainant…
