Pune:Cabinet minister and senior BJP member Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Friday accused NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar of trying to gain political mileage over the death of his uncle, Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash, and alleged that he and Sharad Pawar did not give the former deputy chief minister the respect he deserved when…
Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has approved Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council’s (TMC) proposal to process the latter’s daily collected waste at the former’s compost plant in Pathardi — located on the outskirts of the city. The waste will be processed at the plant until the TMC’s own composting facility becomes operational, which is expected to…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has demolished illegal constructions spanning nearly three lakh square feet in a special drive launched about a week ago. The action covered multiple parts of the city, including Sadashiv Peth, Kharadi, Hadapsar, Baner, Balewadi and Shivajinagar.Somnath Bankar, a senior official from PMC’s building permission department, said notices had been…
Pune: “Your MNGL gas connection will be disconnected tonight from the MNGL office because your previous month’s bill was not updated. Please contact our officer immediately.”A 72-year-old software professional from Mumbai received this message on Feb 11 while she was at a training session in an IT firm at Kharadi. After the session, she contacted…
Nashik: Three men were stabbed to death by their relatives during a wedding ceremony in Pimpalner village of Dhule’s Sakri taluka on Thursday, Dhule superintendent of police Shrikant Dhivre said. The incident occurred around 2.30pm when all relatives had gathered for the celebrations. The deceased have been identified as Suresh Gosavi (50), Devendra Pawar (36)…
Pune: Cybercrooks, posing as Mumbai police officers, cheated an 86-year-old retired bank manager from Wanowrie of Rs1.28 crore between Dec 19 last year and Jan 21 by threatening to arrest him in a ‘money laundering case’.Pune cybercrime police on Wednesday registered an FIR after verifying the victim’s complaint application filed earlier this month. Police said…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday announced cleanliness competition “Swacchata Parv Puraskar” for its ward offices, sanitary workers, housing societies, schools and colleges, hotels and other commercial establishments. The administration has said focus of the competition is towards strengthening daily garbage management in the city with visible cleanliness at open places and residential…
Pune: When 23-year-old city-based engineering graduate Rohan Adhav secured admission to a leading university in the United Kingdom two years ago, he pinned his hopes on Maharashtra govt’s overseas scholarship. But as weeks passed without clarity on the selection list, deadlines approached. Unwilling to lose a confirmed seat, Adhav struggled to secure private funding and…
Pune: Five months after the state govt launched the pilot of e-Samarth portal to digitise and bring transparency to the MLA Local Area Development and the Hilly Area Development programmes, Pune district is yet to receive any funds under the new system. This has triggered a concern among legislators and contractors.MLAs raised this issue at…
Pune: Opening of the Baner-side ramp of the integrated double-decker flyover at University Chowk is likely to be delayed further with Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) on Thursday saying the structure would be thrown open to public only after receiving a detailed safety and durability report from the concessionaire. Officials stressed that there was…
