Pune: The civic body has approved a plan worth Rs 369 crore for redevelopment and flood mitigation in Ektanagari and areas near Sinhagad Road.“The estimate committee gave a go-ahead to the proposal last week. It is expected to be tabled before the standing committee soon,” said Dinkar Gojare, a senior official of Pune Municipal Corporation…
Pune: State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Monday ordered immediate transfer of four officials reinstated at the Swargare bus depot after being suspended following rape incident earlier this year.“How can they be back in the same depot? The rape incident was shocking. We need to ensure that such incidents never happen again. Many measures are…
Pune: Twelve AI-powered CCTV cameras with digital display warning boards will be installed along Weikfield Chowk to Lohegaon airport and the VIP Road (Symbiosis College Road) by the end of Oct to reduce traffic congestion and tackle illegal parking near the airport.Parking on these two critical stretches is already prohibited to prevent bottlenecks caused by…
Pune: Five men wearing masks broke into a jewellery store in Guruwar Peth and stole 70kg of silver ornaments and cash Rs5 lakh, collectively worth Rs 67.60 lakh.The theft took place on the night intervening Sunday and Monday, Khadak police said. Jewellery store owner, Vinod Devichand Parmar (41), a resident of Mukundnagar, lodged a complaint…
Pune: Many schools in the city declared a holiday on Monday following incessant rain since Sunday evening. Waterlogging was reported from several areas, making it impossible for school buses, vans, and private vehicles to ply on roads. Several schools announced a holiday by posting notices on school apps. Some schools postponed scheduled exams. A few…
Pune: A dramatic chase of over 15km led the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch team to nab a chain snatcher in the Chakan area on Friday, linked to four chain snatching cases, four burglaries, and one vehicle theft in Pimpri Chinchwad. With the arrest of suspect Gaurav Sarode (24), a resident of Chakan, police recovered four…
Pune: The Bhosari police on Sunday arrested a 26-year-old daily wage worker on the charge of stabbing his friend to death over the suspicion of an illicit relationship with the accused’s aunt. The woman (22) also suffered injuries in an attempt to save the victim (21). While grappling for the knife with the woman, the…
Pune: The Yerawada police detained and released 14 members of a right-wing organisation for protesting in front of a pub in Kalyaninagar around 9.30pm claiming that its management arranged a Pakistani singer’s programme.Senior inspector Ravindra Shelke of the Yerawada police station said, “They gathered in front of the pub when the programme was going on….
Pune: A team of Pune police’s crime branch on Saturday night arrested gangster Bandu Andekar’s sister-in-law, Laxmi Udaykant Andekar (60), and her three sons, Shivam (31), Shivraj (29), and Abhishek (21), from Dwarka in Gujarat, in connection with the murder of Ayush Komkar (18) in the basement of his residential building in Nana Peth on…
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday morning started removing debris and cleaning the stormwater drains to reduce waterlogging caused by heavy overnight rains. PMC officials said the drive was conducted at locations like Ganeshkhind Road, Sayyad Nagar, Mundwa, and Katraj areas. “We have alerted the residents of localities near the riverbanks. They have…
