Pune: The civic administration has expedited widening of the busy stretch of North Main Road in Koregaon Park ahead of Aga Khan Bridge junction towards Tadigutta Chowk, also known as the KP Annexe area. Widening work on this 2km stretch is planned in phases, and the civic body is also shifting various utilities — power…
Pune: Civic poll aspirants as well as former corporators are organising garba and dandiya sessions, get-togethers for women’s groups, photo competitions, and other events to connect with voters during this year’s Navaratra, which commenced on Monday. While such events are held during every Navaratra, their numbers have increased this year as civic polls are scheduled…
Pune: Gangster Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar and his aides, including his family members, had collected Rs 20 crore by way of “protection money” from fish traders operating from a market in Ganesh Peth for the last 12 years, police claimed on Monday.Faraskhana police on Sept 20 registered a separate case for offences under sections 308…
Pune: Most parts of Pune, including the ghat and city areas, received light rainfall till Monday afternoon, followed by a brief but intense spell that swept through the city in the evening. IMD has issued yellow alert for moderately heavy rainfall for the district on Tuesday and Wednesday.The rainfall activity reduced significantly in Mulshi taluka…
Pune: Chatushrungi police have arrested four men for allegedly using machines and tools to steal heavy cable from a public sector telecom company at Parihar Chowk in Aundh on Sept 17.The four have been identified as Nasarul Bilal Mohammed (23), Sanjeevkumar Shrisevaram Verma (37), Waris Fakir Mohammed (35), all residents of Laxminagar in Delhi, and…
Pune: Citizens and activists have opposed the plan to introduce 60 private property registration centres across the state at a time when the existing 500 govt ones require urgent upgradation. They also expressed discontent that private centres would take additional service charge.Last week, during the Seva Saptah initiative, state revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced that…
Pune: A passenger holding area near the reservation building at Pune railway station in addition to restrictions on the sale of platform tickets are some measures in the offing to handle trains and passenger traffic for the upcoming Dasara, Diwali and Chhath festival season.For better crowd control, the Hadapsar railway station would be important and…
Pune: Potholes and defunct lights have made travel on Prince of Wales Drive Road, and other interior roads in the Cantonment area, risky, especially in the evening. Commuters said most streetlights on the road do not work, while the few that do provide improper lighting. Preeti Shanbaug, who travels on the road daily on her…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has launched a unique initiative to recycle ‘nirmalya’ (flower offerings) collected during Ganpati visarjan by converting it into incense and dhoop sticks. The civic body collected over 256 tonnes of nirmalya during the ten days of the Ganesh festival, of which 500kg of flowers were found useful for incense…
Pune: Investigations into the theft of a motorcycle from the Mhalunge MIDC area on Sept 12 led the Pimpri Chinchwad police to arrest a four-member gang of robbers operating in Ahilyanagar and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts and solved two robbery cases. The police also recovered a country-made pistol, three cartridges, a car, and a motorcycle, all…
