Pune: BJP has further consolidated its control over the civic administration by winning chairmanship of 13 out of 15 ward committees after securing a clear majority in the PMC polls in Jan. NCP and Congress secured a committee each.The names of chairpersons of all 15 ward committeeswere declared on Tuesday following the election for the…
Pune: Maha Metro and PMPML have rolled out feeder bus service from the PCMC Metro station on multiple routes to improve last-mile connectivity, extending the service to 11 stations across 23 routes so far. Regular commuters, however, raised concerns over irregular operations and demanded greater consistency and higher frequency of buses.Maha Metro officials said surveys…
Pune: The civic administration on Tuesday began drafting a standard operating procedure (SOP) to regulate the city’s cluttered cable network. Officials said the civic body planned to adopt Hyderabad’s model, which included fixing height limits for overhead cables and introducing a rental fee structure for cable operators seeking to install independent poles.The PMC had suspended…
Pune: Anger and anxiety are simmering in Janwadi Janata Vasahat and surrounding areas, where residents have complained of receiving muddy, discoloured water reeking of a foul smell over the past several days, raising serious health concerns.Frustrated with the supply issues, the residents on Tuesday marched to the local ward office and staged a protest, demanding…
Pune: A few posters tom-toming about getting a police constable’s job, photos in khaki and posting one of these images as the display picture on a cellphone messaging application. A 26-year-old vegetable vendor in Narhe used these tricks to find a match and make his mother happy, prompting a case of impersonation against him.The Narhe…
Pune: The Chatushrungi police have registered a case against an event manager, a resident of Ahilyanagar, for allegedly cheating an IPS officer and his relatives of Rs 10 lakh by failing to execute decoration work for the officer’s wedding reception held on March 3 this year.The IPS officer’s sister (38), a resident of Aundh, lodged…
Pune: An 81-year-old Nigdi resident’s timely intervention on Monday afternoon saved his son, a chemical engineer (35), from losing Rs12 lakh in digital arrest fraud, a few days after he participated in a police awareness session on cyberfraud at a senior citizens’ club.Cybercrooks impersonating the Mumbai police crime branch officials had called the elderly man’s…
Pune: India’s forests may store far more carbon in the coming decades, but scientists have warned the trend comes with a catch — the country’s most important forest ecosystems could become more vulnerable.A new study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), BITS Pilani, Goa, and Lund University, Sweden among others, projected that carbon…
Pune: The Narhe police on Sunday arrested two men for robbing Rs 4 lakh belonging to a liquor shop at Bhumkar Chowk on the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass on April 12 after issuing threats to a staffer. A team headed by senior inspector Asaram Shete of Narhe police arrested Yash Satish Khawale (20) and Rushikesh Uddhav…
Pune: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) on Monday directed the pastor of Shiloh Church of Christ to regularise its prayer hall in the Dhobi Ghat area, saying the structure was built over two decades ago without obtaining the required permission.“The church pastor has been told to initiate the statutory procedure of regularising the construction in…
