Pune: Major reservoirs in Maharashtra surpassed the halfway storage mark on Thursday, their highest July first week level in at least a decade, following 500mm-1,000mm rainfall in major dam catchments since the monsoon onset in the state in May.According to a senior official from the water resources department, the collective water storage in Maharashtra’s major…
Pune: A special magisterial court on Thursday rejected the plea filed by the great-grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Satyaki, seeking a direction to the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, to supply a copy of the book he cited during his alleged defamatory speech in London in 2023 against the Hindutva ideologue.Satyaki is…
Pune: State industries minister Uday Samant said on Thursday there was “no immediate proposal” to form a separate municipal corporation for newly merged areas as the state govt was providing funds for their development.Samant said PMC was providing adequate funds for development of these areas. The process of drafting a development plan for 23 merged…
Pune: A man, posing as a courier delivery agent, entered a 22-year-old data scientist’s 11th floor rented flat in a residential society in Kondhwa on Wednesday evening, sprayed some chemical on her face and allegedly raped her.“He also used the woman’s cellphone to click a selfie with her, cropped his image and keyed in a…
Pune: Union home minister Amit Shah will be in Pune on Friday and is expected to unveil a life-size statue of Peshwa Bajirao I at the NDA campus in the morning.The unveiling ceremony will be held at NDA’s Trishakti gate where the statue has been installed. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Peshwa’s family…
Pune: As per Pune Municipal Corporation’s latest Environment Status Report (ESR) 2023–24, the city houses as many as 55,81,578 trees, with the figures showing a steady annual increase.But for a city that claims to host over 55 lakh trees, deteriorating air quality makes the essential act of breathing rather difficult for residents.Even as the civic…
Pune: A woman (64) from Pashan lost Rs6 lakh on Wednesday after she tried to return and get a refund on a household article she had ordered from an e-commerce website on June 5.The victim, a housewife, lodged a complaint with the Chatushrungi police station on Wednesday after she secured all the bank transactions done…
Pune: A group of MNS workers on Thursday held an agitation outside a Kothrud resident’s house over an alleged derogatory post on social media against party chief Raj Thackeray.Police had to step in and pacify the MNS workers, who were turning aggressive. Kothrud cops said no offence was registered in the matter till Thursday night.Later,…
Pune: In the ongoing monsoon session of the assembly on Thursday, NCP (SP) MLA of Wadgaon Sheri Bapu Pathare raised the issue of traffic congestion on Nagar Road and Alandi Road, while demanding removal of BRTS and demolition of the dedicated lane on Alandi Road to ease vehicular movement.In the question hour session, the MLA…
Pune: A 63-year-old woman from Nigdi Pradhikaran lost Rs 92,000 in an online insurance fraud on May 6 this year. The woman lodged a complaint with the Nigdi police on Tuesday.An officer from the Nigdi police told TOI that, on May 6, she received a call from an unknown cellphone number. The caller introduced himself…
