Pune

Pune: The state Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell) has initiated the admission process for nine important degree and postgraduate courses across Maharashtra, bringing relief to many students.But, admissions to several other major courses are still pending, leaving many aspiring candidates anxious as June has gone by.The process has commenced for courses like MBA, engineering,…

Pune: State govt plans to notify a new set of draft rules for cooperative housing societies in two weeks, cooperation department officials confirmed on Monday.The proposed changes aim to reduce conflict, simplify redevelopment, and bring more transparency to society operations across the state, said officials.A key feature of the draft is the reduction in interest…

Pune: The collective stock in four Khadakwasla circle dams reached halfway-mark of 14.5 TMC against their total capacity of 29.15 TMC on Monday, marking their highest June-end storage in over a decade. Irrigation department officials said the surplus offered a huge relief, especially since the storage exceeded PMC’s sanctioned annual quota of 11.5 TMC.The officials…

Pune: Maharashtra is likely to receive above-normal rainfall in July, India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) latest monthly forecast stated on Monday. The Met department has advised increased monitoring of rivers and urban areas across the state during the month.“The pattern you see in the forecast map shows deep blue colour in many parts of India, including…

Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur…

Pune: Residents and activists from the Dhayari area on Monday warned of a strong agitation over long-pending civic issues including unfinished road expansion works, shifting of the garbage plant in the locality, announcement of relief from heavy property tax and chronic traffic congestion.“We expect these issues to be discussed during the ongoing assembly session,” said…

Pune: The city cyber police have dismantled a local network of operatives running an online share market fraud after the arrest of five men, including two Nepal nationals, from the Shivajinagar, Dhayari and Sinhagad Road areas in the last 10 days.The arrested men have been identified as Aniket Prashant Bhadle (27) of Shivajinagar, Sagar Machhindra…

Pune: Aviation experts have urged officials tasked with operations at the airport to put in place measures to stop stray animals from entering the runway area and triggering incidents like the one last Saturday, when an Air India Express jet had to abort a landing after dogs were seen on approach. The experts described the…

Pune: The civic body on Monday extended the deadline for paying property tax at discounted rates to July 7 from the previous date of June 30.According to PMC officials, citizen facilitation centres (CFCs) will be open for residents to pay this tax in person. “The administration has also provided an online facility for the ease…

Pune: A sessions court in the city on Monday rejected the bail application of Swargate bus rape case accused Dattatray Gade. The incident was neither a case of “consensual sex”, as claimed by the accused, nor a case of physical relation for money, the court held. “Under such a scenario, it appears that the accused…