Pune: Public works department minister Shivendraraje Bhosale on Tuesday said an executive engineer and a senior clerk from the Pune PWD circle had been suspended after an inquiry found them responsible for the delay in issuing a work order for the construction of a new bridge over the Indrayani river at Kundamala in Maval taluka….
Pune: Vehicle registrations in the jurisdiction of Pune RTO are likely to surpass the figures of the corresponding period last year, officials said. The transport authority has already registered 8,717 vehicles from Sept 21-29, leading to Dasara this year.The RTO on Monday evening released the figures for vehicle registrations during the Navaratra period.As many as…
Pune: The Kothrud police on Monday registered a case of cheating and forgery against gangster Nilesh alias Nilya Ghaywal for using a fake registration number on his scooter. The number plate displayed a registration number that actually belongs to an SUV owned by Sagar Bandgar (37), a farmer from Indapur in Pune rural, police said.Bandgar…
Pune: A resident of Ghatkopar in Mumbai died while his cousin was injured after their car fell into a ditch close to an under-construction culvert at Shirgaon near Varandha Ghat on the Bhor-Mahad highway, about 80km from Pune, around 1am on Monday.The deceased was identified as Rahul Vishwas Pansare (45) of Asalpha in Ghatkopar and…
Pune: The city traffic police have identified 131 waterlogging points causing traffic jams following heavy rain.Additionally, police have also identified 102 spots on city’s roads with deep potholes. Owing to incessant rain, the roads in the city have been witnessing long queues of vehicles. Pune traffic police conducted a study to identify the reasons for…
Pune: With rainfall showing no signs of abating this season, IMD on Monday said yet another low-pressure area was likely to form over the Bay of Bengal soon and issued a yellow alert across Maharashtra for the next few days.A well-marked low-pressure system that developed a few days ago and has been driving the recent…
Pune: In a move aimed at speeding up online leave and license registrations, the state property registration department has decided that tenant agreements can now be processed by any sub-registrar office within a district, instead of being restricted to specific taluka offices. The reform, under the One District, One Registration scheme, will come into effect…
Pune: Representatives of small-scale industries in Pimpri Chinchwad on Monday urged deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar to facilitate rehabilitation of the unauthorised units demolished in an anti-encroachment drive in Kudalwadi earlier this year.“We sought an industrial park in 120-125 acres in Kudalwadi to accommodate the affected establishments and develop necessary infrastructure. Pawar instructed the civic…
Pune: Daily commutes in the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) area have become a never-ending problem as several key roads are severely damaged by potholes.For weeks, commuters have struggled to navigate stretches of Mula Road, Range Hills Road, and other arterial routes within the Cantonment. Many commuters are angry that the Board and the Local Military…
Pune: The Combined Entrance Test (CET) for the civil services preparation training programme under six autonomous institutions is underway on Monday and Tuesday as per the scheduled timetable. However, for students from flood-affected areas, who were unable to appear for the exam this year amid heavy rain across several regions of Maharashtra, a special CET…
