Pune: State govt has constituted a 12-member committee to undertake a re-survey of river flood lines across Maharashtra, including in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, almost a year after assuring the assembly of the same. The panel has been asked to submit its report within two months. Govt also directed the committee to review existing norms…
Pune: As many as 5,423 over qualified candidates including engineers, law graduates, pharma graduates and MBA holders, applied for the constable posts in Pimpri Chinchwad.A total of 14,779 candidates applied for the 462 constable posts. The Pimpri Chinchwad police started physical tests for them at Sant Dnyaneshwar Sports Complex at Indrayaninagar in Bhosari, which is…
Pune: The Maharashtra health department will roll out its “palliative care programme” across all state hospitals. Home-based services will also be extended under this initiative to those suffering from chronic pain due to ailments such as heart, liver, kidney, lung failure, stroke, Parkinson’s, dementia, as well as for child palliative care needs, and disability support,…
Pune: Newly elected corporators, including those from the ruling BJP, have objected to the irrigation department’s demand of approximately Rs 935 crore in water charges. The department has claimed that the civic body must pay this amount as charges and arrears for drawing water beyond its sanctioned quota since 2016.The allocated quota for Pune Municipal…
Pune: The Dighi police have launched a search for a man for allegedly giving a cheque of a dormant bank account to a jeweller in Jan and duping the latter of Rs3 lakh.The victim lodged a complaint with the Dighi police on Sunday. The police registered a case under Section 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya…
Pune: Less than 500m from the towering Blue Ridge Township in Hinjewadi, a blue signboard set up by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) on the busy Maan Road cautions in Marathi: “Do not dump garbage or debris here. If you do so, action will be taken as per the law.”Behind this very sign,…
PUNE: Angry protesters blocked the Pune–Solapur highway at Bhigwan in Indapur taluka, about 100 km from the city, on Tuesday night amid tension over the abduction of a 21-year-old woman earlier that afternoon by three men hailing from a different community. The blockade continued for more than 30 minutes before police managed to convince the…
Pune: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday said he would consult chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on the next course of action after receiving the sealed report of the Vikas Kharge committee on the Mundhwa land deal earlier in the day.“The sealed report is on my table. I am yet to open and go through…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s annual budget for 2026-27 is likely to be delayed due to non-formation of the standing committee by the newly elected civic body. The civic administration usually presents the budget on or around Feb 20 every year. However, this time the schedule is expected to be pushed back as the…
Pune: The Bhosari MIDC police on Monday arrested six persons, including a woman, and detained three minors after two groups attacked each other following an old rivalry.The incident happened late on Sunday night at Khande Vasti in Bhosari MIDC. Six persons sustained injuries in the incident. The police registered two separate cases of murder attempt…
