Pune: Union minister of state (MoS) for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Sunday said that the primary investigation into the plane crash that killed deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar will be completed by the end of Feb. Mohol was speaking to reporters after a citizens’ interaction programme in Gokhalenagar. He told mediapersons, “The preliminary report…
Pune: Member of Parliament (MP) Murlidhar Mohol Pune on Sunday said that the Shivajinagar-Hinjewadi Metro line will start soon. “Testing of this 23km Metro route has been successful. The Vanaz-Ramwadi Metro route will be extended till Wagholi, and the Pimpri-Chinchwad to Swargate route will be extended to Katraj,” he told reporters after an interaction with…
Pune: Breathing has become an onerous task these days in the city. Whether heading for a morning run, on the way to work, going for an evening outing or just sitting at home at night, toxic air is a constant companion. Once an invisible threat, air pollution is visibly taking over our lives. From medical…
Pune: Innovation facilities that were largely confined to engineering campuses will soon be extended to undergraduate students in arts, commerce and science colleges across Maharashtra, announced state director of higher education Shailendra Deolankar on Saturday. In the first phase, Innovation Council Labs will be established in 1,132 aided colleges under the Directorate of Higher Education.The…
Pune: A 41-year-old woman died on her birthday after a crop thresher machine pulled her scarf and hair at her farm on Saturday at Kurungwadi village in Bhor taluka.The Rajgad police identified the woman as Shubhangi Raut of Kurungwadi.The police registered an accidental death case. An officer from the Rajgad police said Raut stayed with…
Pune: Cybercriminals impersonating an IT engineer from the UK and officials from the customs department and the CBI in Delhi, allegedly cheated an IT data analyst of Rs 11.52 lakh between Dec last year and Jan this year by threatening her with arrest in a drug trafficking and illegal activity case.Loni Kalbhor police said the…
Pune: The water supply to all parts of Pimpri Chinchwad will remain shut today in the evening as the water supply department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation will undertake civil and electrical works at Sector 23 at Nigdi water purification center, along with maintenance of key components of the city’s distribution network.A senior PCMC…
Pune:A convoy of over 20 vintage Fiat cars turned heads across Pune on Saturday, travelling nearly 120 km to Mahabaleshwar in a classic rally organised by the Fiat Classic Car Club of India. Some of the meticulously maintained vehicles dated back to 1955, representing India’s early post-Independence motoring era and proving that decades-old machines can…
Pune: Mahesh Bhagwat (29), the main accused in a double murder case of 2021, was hacked to death by a gang of five men around 9pm on Friday at Patas, about 65 km from Pune.Bhagwat and three others had bludgeoned two men to death in July 2021, following an old dispute. “Bhagwat’s murder was the…
Pune: With modern warfare rapidly evolving into a landscape defined by unmanned systems and high-tech sensors, the Indian Army‘s new “Sapperscout 2.0” comes as a timely addition to its arsenal. This indigenously developed Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) is specifically designed to handle three of the most dangerous tasks in land operations — mine detection, reconnaissance…
