NEW DELHI: At least 12 people were injured in a collision between two state transport buses in Maharashtra‘s Pune district on Friday, police said.The accident took place near Chachawali village in Mulshi taluka around 9 am, an official said. A bus traveling from Shrivardhan to Beed reportedly suffered a brake failure, and as the driver…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a senior officer (49) of an auto components manufacturing company in Chakan of Rs 15.33 lakh in an online share trading fraud between Nov last year and Jan.The victim filed a complaint application with the cyber police. After preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Dighi police on Wednesday.An officer from…
Pune: The city police on Wednesday filed a case against a gambling den operator and his two aides, who were found selling liquor outside a bar in the Khadak area, where sale of liquor has been banned for the 10 days of Ganeshotsav. The Pune district collector last week issued an order directing closure of…
Pune: As many as 2,555 Ganesh idols were immersed in the river and makeshift tanks set up by PMC on Thursday, marking conclusion of one-and-a-half days of the festival. Devotees also donated 216 idols to various NGOs, which had appealed for donation as part of eco-friendly festival. The civic officials said that the administration has…
Pune: Sinhagad Road commuters can finally breathe easy. After months of traffic chaos, missed deadlines and mounting frustration, the civic administration on Thursday promised to complete the remaining works on one wing of the flyover on the key thoroughfare within a week. While one wing of the flyover (Vitthalwadi to Fun Time Theatre) was opened…
Pune: Donning a pink kathpadar sari, 21-year-old Yashasvini Ghodke attended the Atharvashirsha Pathan at the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Trust’s pandal at dawn on Thursday, seeking to keep her promise to Bappa. After doctors confirmed that her mother tested negative for breast cancer, Ghodke wanted to thank the deity for listening to her prayers. “Attending…
Pune: Parts of Maharashtra, particularly the Konkan region, experienced heavy to very heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours till Thursday as the aftermath of extreme weather was felt far beyond the state. In the Vaishno Devi landslip in Jammu and Kashmir, officials from the Kurla disaster control cell confirmed that the body of an…
Pune: Integrated tribal development project officer in Ghodegaon on Thursday submitted an inquiry report to the State Commission for Women that there was no evidence of urine pregnancy tests (UPT) being conducted on girls before admission to the hostel for tribal girls in Pune.On Aug 26, the Commission had directed project officer Pradeep Desai to…
As Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) basks in the glory of its 8th rank in Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 for cities with over 10 lakh population, citizens have highlighted a significant gap between the survey’s findings and the on-ground reality.Though the Swachh Survekshan report showed PMC scoring a perfect 100% in terms of cleanliness in public toilets,…
Pune: The civic body is expected to establish a task force for effective implementation of sensor-based pollution monitoring systems at construction sites.Head of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s environment department Santosh Warule said, “Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has given guidelines to establish sensor-based air quality monitoring systems at construction sites. It aims to reduce related…
