Pune: Residents and citizens’ groups across city areas have raised concerns about the unabated mismanagement of solid waste disposal by the civic administration.According to them, irregular collection and below-capacity operations of processing plants have exacerbated the city’s long-standing garbage problem, leading to a piling up of trash in public spaces.A primary instance of the issue…
Pune: Days after heavy rain paralysed the Hinjewadi, Maan and Marunji areas due to severe waterlogging and traffic congestion, the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has set a strict deadline of June 15 for all civic bodies to complete key infrastructure works in the area.Officials from the public works department, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC),…
Pune: The Faraskhana police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old man from Mangalwar Peth and searching for his two accomplices after the trio robbed a shopkeeper (33) after befriending the latter using a dating application.The shopkeeper is a resident of Shagun Chowk on Laxmi Road. He lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday morning.According to…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police have arrested three mule bank account holders from New Delhi following an investigation into a complaint of a 45-year-old manager of a private firm in Pimpri Chinchwad, who lost Rs3.16 crore in a matrimonial scam between June 2023 and Sept 2024.The scam started when the woman, victim in the scam,…
Pune: The civic administration on Wednesday decided to set up height barriers to curb movement of heavy vehicles on Gangadham Road after a woman riding pillion on a scooter died and her father-in-law was injured when a truck hit their two-wheeler at Gangadham Chowk on the same day.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) also wants the…
Pune: In separate cases, two men, including an engineering company owner from Kothrud and a private company official from Pimple Saudagar, collectively lost Rs 80 lakh to cyber crooks in online Forex and share trading frauds. Separate cases were registered with the Kothrud and Sangvi police.A 41-year-old resident of Kothrud came into contact with cyber…
Pune: A day after state govt’s directives, PMC on Wednesday started preparations for the delimitation of wards for the upcoming civic elections. The civic polls will be held as per the four-member ward system. According to the state’s directives, the process of municipal elections will involve three main stages: the formation of wards, determining reservations…
Pune: A 30-year-old serving Indian Army soldier successfully underwent a bilateral lung transplant at a private hospital in the city after he was diagnosed with Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PLCH) — a rare and progressive lung disease predominantly affecting young adult males.The disease causes immune cells, known as langerhans cells, to infiltrate the lungs. It…
Pune: A 29-year-old woman riding pillion on a scooter died and her father-in-law was injured after a truck hit their two-wheeler at Gangadham Chowk on Gangadham-Shatrunjay road, a stretch banned for heavy vehicles, around 11.15am on Wednesday.Police identified the deceased as Deepali Soni, a resident of Gangadham Road, and the injured scooter rider as Jagdish…
Pune: Pimpri police on Tuesday registered a case against two brothers on the charge of duping a woman of Rs 40 lakh under the guise of good returns after investing in a service station for an automobile company.Senior inspector Ashok Kadlag of Pimpri police said, “the complainant is a housewife. In Jan 2022, the two…
