Pune: The district administration has received letters from nearly 50% of the farmers whose land has been earmarked for the proposed Purandar airport, a week after the process started. District collector Jitendra Dudi said farmers owning around 1,450 acres, out of the airport’s revised area of 3,000 acres (1,285 hectares), had given approval for acquiring…
Pune: A Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight (SG937) on Monday morning returned to Pune because of a technical problem around an hour after it took off, leaving more than 150 flyers on board scared and later hassled. The passengers stressed the aircraft, a Boeing 737, made an emergency landing in the city. The airline and the airport…
PUNE: The second international conference on Information Technology, Electronics and Intelligent Communication Systems (ITEICS 2025) was successfully organised by Vemana Institute of Technology (VIT), Bangalore, recently. The conference provided an international open forum for educators, engineers, and researchers to disseminate their latest research work and exchange views on future research directions with a focus on…
Pune: A 22-year-old daily wage worker died after the mini truck he was travelling in turned on its side after hitting two cars in Pirangut ghat section on Sunday evening.The vehicle was carrying tiles. Sub-inspector Sarang Thakare of Bavdhan police told TOI that the victim, Sajan Kumar Purushottam, a resident of Ambegaon, died of grievous…
Pune: The chief executive officers of Nanded and Gondia districts have written to the contract National Health Mission (NHM) employees and officers on strike since Aug 19 to resume work or face action under the Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968, and the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The legislations prohibit govt employees providing essential services from…
Pune: Every rural road in Maharashtra would soon be assigned a unique identity number under a new coding system designed to improve connectivity and remove encroachments, revenue minister Chandrakant Bawankule said in Mumbai on Sunday.“Rural roads are the lifeline of farmers. They are essential for agricultural work and for transporting produce to markets. With this…
Pune: With roads in the central city areas cordoned off to vehicles amid Ganeshotsav celebrations, numerous residents opted to take Metro rides to commute this weekend as they headed to visit pandals. Over 6.9 lakh commuters travelled by Metro on Saturday and Sunday, with the Mandai and PMC stations recording the maximum rush. As many…
Pune: State CID’s additional director general of police Sunil Ramanand on Monday said a forensic audit had established that the Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Limited (DMCSL) in Beed had duped close to 10,000 depositors from Beed, Jalna and Parbhani districts of Rs3,500 crore in an alleged multi-crore rupees economic fraud.The CID chief, based in…
Pune: A new study by ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV) has identified a mutated strain of norovirus — a hybrid form of the stomach bug better known for causing diarrhoea — as one of the key pathogens linked to the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) outbreak in Pune earlier this year. Another pathogen responsible for the outbreak…
Pune: To manage heavy traffic and crowds during the ongoing Ganeshotsav, the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad police have both announced road closures, traffic diversions, and parking arrangements until Sept 6, the last day of the festival. In the old city areas of Pune, all major routes will remain closed to traffic after 5 pm until…
