Pune: Civic officials said there was no plan to reduce lifting of water from the Khadkwasla dam as demanded again by the state irrigation department on Friday.In fact, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials said, the issue of revising the city’s water quota had been referred to the state govt.The irrigation department said PMC was lifting…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Thursday arrested a 37-year-old Mathadi worker on the charge of extorting Rs 2,500 from a member of another group of Mathadi workers for allowing his team to work in Wakad’s Kalakhadak area.A 39-year-old Mathadi worker from Nehrunagar in Pimpri lodged a complaint with Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch. A…
Pune: Pimpri resident Manohar Parikh was seen walking around the city airport’s AeroMall around 11.50am on Friday with his trolley bag. The flyer was looking for a comfortable place to sit and didn’t even bother looking at the flight information display screens. It was just too early. “My flight to Ahmedabad is at 4pm,” he…
Pune: Non-contact warfare is becoming the new normal and the shift towards it requires India to rethink its doctrine, force structures and industrial strategy, said Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar, director general of artillery of the Indian Army, on Friday.He said that modern conflict increasingly relies on proxy campaigns, covert operations, information warfare, and the relentless…
Pune: In a relief to two elderly women robbed of gold ornaments worth Rs8.5 lakh by three men on Sept 7, the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch arrested the trio on Thursday and recovered the entire booty before they could sell it.The incident occurred when a 76-year-old woman of Andheri in Mumbai and her younger sister…
RPF Pune division conducts drive angainst unauthorised water vending PUNE: In compliance with the directions of Railway Headquarters, the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Pune Division, conducted a special drive against unauthorized water vending on September 18 at Kopargaon Railway Station.During the inspection of Train No. 20151 Rewa Express, a total of 40 bottles of unauthorized…
Pune: Of the 281 traffic signals across the city that are operational at present, as many as 156 do not have any power backup in the form of an inverter to keep them running during a power outage. With rain battering the city for almost a week now, thousands of daily commuters are facing major…
Pune: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued directions to Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) for closure of an abattoir in Kondhwa by Sunday for non-compliance of air and water pollution norms.“You are hereby directed to stop your activities after 96 hours from the date of issuance of this direction as a safe closure time period…
Pune customs officials at Lohegaon airport apprehended a passenger arriving from Bangkok on an Air India Express flight PUNE: The Pune customs at the Lohegaon airport, on Thursday, intercepted one passenger arriving on an Air India Express flight from Bangkok (IX-241) and recovered 5.23kgs of a white substance which was in form of crystals and…
Pune: Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has urged PMRDA to consider phased opening of 23km Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro Line, rather than waiting for its full completion by March next year.In a letter to Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) commissioner Yogesh Mhase, FITE called for early launch of Hinjewadi Phase 3 to Baner stretch (13km), citing…
