Pune: The state govt on Tuesday issued directives to all municipal corporations, including Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), to start the process of delimitation (formation of wards) for the upcoming civic elections. The polls will be held as per a four-member ward system.The directives issued by K H Govindraj, principal…
PUNE: Monsoon is poised to resume its northward march after a 13-day pause since May 29, both IMD and private forecaster Skymet Weather Services said on Tuesday.Currently anchored over Mumbai in the west and Sikkim-Sub Himalayan West Bengal in the east, the monsoon stream is expected to gain momentum due to the weather systems over…
Pune: Minister of state for civil aviation and Pune MP Murlidhar Mohol inaugurated two of the four lifts at the Pune railway station on Tuesday.After over four years of wait, operations of two lifts provide relief to travellers. Ravindra Kole, a resident of Navi Peth and frequently travels for work from Pune railway station, said,…
Pune: The centralised online admission process (CAP) for first-year junior college (FYJC) or Std XI admissions in junior colleges across the state has been postponed once again, for the third time in a row.Now, college allotment for the first round of students will now be announced on June 26.Parents and students expressed frustration over the…
“E-waste Initiative” has been launched in Pune to tackle the rising waste problem in the city.The initiative aims to lead a broad awareness and action campaign that is now in progress. It calls for collective efforts to engage communities and stakeholders in tackling e-waste—an essential move toward building a sustainable future for both the city…
Pune: Awareness campaigns, monitoring and public announcements on the dangers of trying to board or get off moving trains are all measures that don’t seem to be working in the Pune rail division.While 107 cases of people falling from trains were recorded last year in the division, this time, the figure has already reached 51…
PUNE: A 35-year-old man from US with -3 myopia, who couldn’t undergo LASIK due to thin corneas and other conditions, recently underwent an advanced surgical procedure in Pune to fix his eyesight.Doctors said the patient went through an Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) procedure, which involves surgically placing flexible lenses on the eye to correct vision…
Pune: The lack of regulation in the animal welfare sector in India has allowed for the emergence of a breeding ground for fraudsters that exploit both animals and volunteers.In the absence of proper oversight, there has been a disturbing proliferation of spurious animal shelters nationwide, operating as profit-making ventures while charging exorbitant monthly fees from…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Tuesday listed its Rs200 crore green municipal bonds on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai.The listing ceremony was attended by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, and state chief secretary Sujata Saunik.PCMC has become the first civic body in Maharashtra to…
Pune: The Pune city police have questioned Angadias, who ferry cash between Pune-Ahmedabad and Pune-Jaipur, in connection with the transfer of money to the illegal call centre in Kharadi that extorted millions of dollars from American citizens by posing as US law enforcement officials.However, the police are yet to trace the main cash peddler in…
