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…
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. Superintendent of police, Pune Rural, Sandeep Singh Gill said, “We arrested Amir Salim Pathan (30) of Akluj in…
Pune: The monsoon’s arrival in May with heavy spells and the intermittent rain in June triggered an early start to dengue and chikungunya cases this year, doctors and data from Pune Municipal Corporation report. Between Jan and July 2, this year, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) reported 264 suspected and 12 confirmed dengue cases. In June…
Pune: PMRDA and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) have finalised an agency to conduct flood mitigation study in Hinjawadi. The agency will begin work on Monday.PMRDA commissioner Yogesh Mhase said the selected agency will assess flood-prone zones, watershed behaviour, and drainage systems to propose short- and long-term solutions. He added that building permissions will be…
Pune: Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram on Saturday directed officials to improve garbage collection, road sweeping and clear footpaths of debris after inspected various city areas, including marketplaces and residential zones, to assess citizen services. He also announced plans for regular inspections to keep the city clean and deliver quality services.Ram, who was accompanied…
Pune: An indigenously developed antibiotic has emerged as a “blessing” in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) among Indian patients, said Dr V Balaji, professor of clinical microbiology at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore.Dr Balaji, also a key member of the Indian Network for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (INSAR) Network, was speaking in…
Pune: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will soon introduce the Advanced Transport Management System (ATMS) on three national highways that connect to the city, senior officials told TOI on Friday.These three routes include the Pune-Solapur Highway, Pune-Nashik Highway, and Pune-Satara Highway.The ATMS is a set of technologies and software used to improve efficiency,…
Pune: After serving 25 years in the first battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry of the Indian Army, retired soldier Ramesh Kharmale (49) has embarked on a new mission to protect and revive nature.He, during his military career, participated in various operations, but that is not it. He has started digging trenches on the hills…
Pune: Umakant Dash, the director of the Institute of Rural Management Anand in Gujarat, has been appointed the new vice-chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, according to an order issued on July 2 by chancellor Sanjeev Sanyal. Dash’s tenure will start on July 29 and would be effective for five years.Dash said he…
Pune: Preliminary finding of Pune Cantonment Board’s engineering department has revealed there were no violations in construction of the Sachapir Street property where a slab collapsed killing one person and injuring three others on July 1.A senior official of the PCB engineering department said, “Our team conducted a preliminary inspection of the site over the…
