Pune

PUNE: Deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Friday raised a ‘Jai Gujarat’ slogan in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah at an event of a Gujarati organisation in Pune, triggering a fresh controversy amid the language row in the state. While concluding his speech, Shinde raised the slogan ‘Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra‘. After a…

Pune: Students of Govt Medical College, Alibaug, attended a first-of-its-kind training programme on handling mass casualties and injuries caused by CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive) tragedies. The content for the two-day workshop was developed by the college under the mentorship of Colonel Santosh K Singh, professor of medicine, Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC),…

Pune: In the last three years, around one lakh dog bite cases have been treated in govt hospitals around the city, as per data from the civic body and Sassoon General Hospital.Civic officials attributed this rise in numbers to higher reporting of cases and even smaller scratches being reported as dog bites.However, an RTI activist…

Pune: Two people, including a woman working as a neuro technician in a city-based private hospital, collectively lost Rs45 lakh in online share trading frauds between March and May.Separate complaints were registered with the Shivajinagar and Kharadi police in this connection on Thursday. A 41-year-old woman stated in her complaint with the Shivajinagar police that…

Pune: Cybercrooks, posing as officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), duped a 44-year-old woman from Chikhali of Rs7.30 lakh by instilling fear that her Aadhaar was being misused for money laundering. The fraud occurred between June 21 and 24, during which the woman not only transferred her savings to the crooks but…

Pune: Commuters traversing through areas including Sinhagad Road, Warje, Katraj-Kondhwa Road, Saswad Road, and Bavdhan on Friday faced major traffic snarls due to the restrictions and diversions imposed to assist the movement of visiting VIPs.Union home minister Amit Shah, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde were in the city…

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has formally appointed over 250 waste pickers as permanent employees, nearly four months after the Supreme Court upheld a Bombay high court ruling in the latters’ favour.A senior PCMC official confirmed that 320 waste pickers hired on a contract initially approached the court seeking permanent employment two-and-a-half decades…

Pune: The death toll from heavy rainfall-related incidents in the state over the last two days has increased to six, latest disaster management reports indicated on Friday.The ghat areas of Pune and Satara and Konkan continue to receive heavy to very heavy rain forecasts as well as an orange alert for the next few days….

Pune: PMRDA has commenced a major drive to clear encroachments from Hinjawadi Phase 2-Laxmi Chowk road stretch to ease congestion in the IT hub. Rinaj Pathan, chief superintending engineer, Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), said the work commenced after it was reviewed by PMRDA commissioner Yogesh Mhase and his team on Tuesday. The Chief…

Pune: Southern Army Commander Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth on Thursday said that the Indian Army’s swift response and technical proficiency were crucial in saving lives during the critical early phase of the rescue operation at the Air India A-171 aircraft crash site in Ahmedabad on June 12.Within minutes, around 130 personnel from the military station,…