Pune: The civic administration has put forth a plan to construct a flyover and a grade separator at the busy Bindumadhav Balasaheb Thackeray Chowk, popularly known as Sangamwadi Chowk, to ease traffic flow. A budget of Rs115 crore has been estimated for both infra projects.Vehicles coming from the Sangamwadi, Yerawada, Deccan College and Pune Airport…
Pune: A woman techie (25) died after jumping off the 21st-floor balcony of her rented flat in a residential society in phase III of Hinjewadi around 4.30am on May 31She worked with an IT company in Hinjewadi IT Park.Senior inspector Kanhaiya Thorat of Hinjewadi police told TOI, “It is a case of death by suicide….
Pune: The city-based retailers and shopkeepers association directed its members to install CCTV cameras in their shops with at least one camera must cover main entrance and the road near the shop.The association has also started geo-tagging these cameras to help city police and govt in surveillance.In a meeting of the association’s working committee, the…
Pune: Union minister of culture and tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat‘s visit to Shaniwarwada on Thursday raised the hope of history buffs with his announcement of using technology to enhance the visitor experience. However, it also brought disappointment to the residents living within 100m of the monument, as he did not announce any relief to allow…
Pune: Boys, along with girls, must be vaccinated against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), doctors at the launch of the “Conquer HPV & Cancer Conclave 2025” last week said.Panelists said that govt backs vaccination for girls under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), but boys and men, who are carriers of the virus, are equally affected by HPV…
PUNE: Co-living rentals in Pune are easier on the wallets of renters compared to other metro cities in the country but are marginally costlier than those in Chennai. This is due to the correspondingly lower average rent of entry-level apartments in the city, data from real estate services firm Colliers India showed.The average co-living rent…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s plan to revive the project to generate electricity from garbage has not made any headway in the last two years, despite a provision in the civic budget for 2025-26. Now, the deadline to set up a plant at Ramtekdi, which will have a capacity to handle 350 tonnes of waste…
Pune: Umed Savitri, a store of products made by women’s self-help groups (SHGs), was inaugurated at the Pune airport by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Tuesday.Although the stall began selling items such as handbags, ornaments, food products and honey in the end of March, it was formally inaugurated…
Pune: Works to make four lanes on the Hadapsar to Dive Ghat road, part of the Palkhi Marg project, have gathered pace.The road widening activity is crucial since not only will it cater to traffic towards prominent towns like Jejuri and Pandharpur, but ease access from Pune city to the proposed Purandar airport — located…
Pune: Sassoon General Hospital, which recently steered the course of police investigation in a case of medical negligence that had resulted in the post-natal death of a woman at a private health facility, has had 112 such complaints awaiting inquiry since 2020, available data reveals.The administration blames the unavailability of experts and lack of coordination…
