PUNE: Vimannagar resident Manas Sinha and his family landed at the city airport at 1.30am this Monday, back from a trip to Chandigarh. However, the Sinhas were in for a rude shock when they reached the cab aggregator app service counter located near the arrival area. “The distance of my home from the airport is…
Pune: The district rural police on Saturday arrested two people and claimed to have solved the rape-cum-robbery at Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on the Pune-Solapur highway, about 100km from the city, around 4.15am on June 30. Pune Rural SP Sandeep Singh Gill said: “We arrested Amir Salim Pathan (30) of Akluj in Solapur district…
Pune: The Supreme Court last month granted bail to Rohit Koli (35) from Ganeshnagar in Yerawada, arrested in connection with the murder of a money lender in Yerawada in 2019. The court ruled that an accused being held in Yerawada central jail cannot be denied bail if the co-accused was absconding. The Supreme Court (SC)…
Pune: Residents of Pune Camp have expressed serious concerns about the unhygienic conditions surrounding Chhatrapati Shivaji Market, located in the heart of the area. They have blamed Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) for not taking adequate measures to address the problem. Schools in the area have also reported the deplorable conditions in and around the market.Residents…
Pune: Residents and daily commuters in and around Nagar Road and Wagholi want a comprehensive traffic management plan in place before two proposed infrastructure projects in the area start.In June, while the Union govt approved the 11-km long Ramwadi-Wagholi elevated Metro corridor, state govt has proposed an elevated six-lane Pune to Shirur road, to be…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday took a swipe at the Thackeray cousins’ joint rally in Mumbai earlier in the day and said instead of a triumphant rally for the Marathi language, it turned out to be a hollow speech, resembling the wailing of Rudali (woman professional mourner).“I was told that it would be…
Pune: A fact-finding committee of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has written a letter to the chief secretary regarding an alleged disturbing communal tension and illegal prohibition against the minority community in Paud, Pirangut and other villages in Mulshi taluka of Pune district.The letter talks about the problem of unemployment and migration arising…
Pune: An alert was issued in the low-lying areas of Pimpri Chinchwad after the irrigation department on Saturday released water from the swelling Pavana dam into the Pavana river for the first time this monsoon.An official of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) said they were keeping a watch on water levels in the low-lying…
Pune: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a red warning specifically for Pune’s ghat areas, warning of intensified monsoon activity over the next two days. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is also expected in parts of Maharashtra till Monday. The Met department strongly advised against visiting ghat areas and vulnerable spots till Monday….
PUNE: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Pune on Saturday recorded the statement of the 22-year-old data scientist related to her complaint that she was allegedly raped by an unidentified delivery agent in her rented Kondhwa flat on Wednesday evening. Police said they produced the complainant before the court as she kept changing her statements…
