Pune: A section of BJP MLAs from Pune has highlighted the persistent traffic congestion issue in the district, expressing frustration over project delays, such as the ring road, and poor implementation of initiatives like the Smart Cities Mission, which was launched by their own govt in 2015.Hundred cities were selected for the Smart Cities Mission…
Pune: Lawmakers seem to have different views about the situation of school education in the state’s rural parts.While Parner MLA Kashinath Date recently told the Assembly that 8,123 villages across Maharashtra do not have either primary or upper primary schools, presenting a grim situation for rural education, school education minister Dada Bhuse said the statistics…
Pune: After a gruelling four-day power outage, electricity supply to all commercial and residential units in Hinjewadi was restored by 12.30pm on Wednesday. The disruption was so severe that many IT employees in the area had requested to work from home till power was restored.On Sunday afternoon, the two transmission lines operated by Maharashtra State…
Pune: The city is likely to receive very light to light rain over the next few days, with a yellow alert for Pune ghats until Thursday, a Met department forecast stated.Rain intensity is likely to reduce after July 10.SD Sanap, scientist at India Meteorlogical Department (IMD), explained the weather pattern to TOI: “There exists a…
Pune: Three men in the early hours of Tuesday barged into a 75-year-old farmer’s house at Deulgaonraje village near Daund, about 70km from Pune. They attacked him and his wife, aged 70, with an iron rod while the couple was sleeping and took away the wife’s gold jewellery worth Rs1.90 lakh. The farmer and his…
Pune: Three rail underpasses in Khadki, Range Hills and near the RTO continue to be in a pathetic condition, posing trouble to hundreds of commuters, including school children.Travel has becomeextremelychallenging since the arrival of the monsoon, as commuters claimed continuous seepage and water accumulation due to a lack of maintenance has become a major problem.They…
Pune: A 22-year-old biker suffered a critical head injury after crashing through the Garware bridge railings and falling into the pedestrian subway in the Decccan Gymkhana area around 6.20am on Monday.Police identified the biker as Dhawal Narkhede, a resident of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. It was his first day of reporting at work with a tour company…
Pune: While the Thackeray cousins — Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray — have signalled a possible reunion for the civic polls, MVA member Congress has decided to take a wait and watch approach on the matter. According to Congress politicians, they are keen to know if the reasons for…
Pune: The Airport police raided a spa and massage centre at Datta Mandir Chowk in Vimannagar at 5pm on Tuesday, rescuing 16 women forced into flesh trade.Senior inspector Govind Jadhav said the rescued women include 10 from Thailand, three from Maharashtra and one each from Delhi, Chandigarh and Assam. He said that acting on a…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has written to Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari for carrying out immediate repairs of Pune-Nashik and Nashik-Mumbai national highways, citing rising accidents, vehicle damage, and commuter distress due to huge potholes and poor road conditions.In his letter, Pawar said that Pune-Nashik highway, which is vital for…
