Pune: The pendency of disability certificates at Sassoon General Hospital has reduced from 11,500 to 1,500 in the past six months, officials said. The certificates are required for those with special needs, appearing for govt jobs, competitive exams or for travel purposes.Dr Yallapa Jadhav, medical superintendent at Sassoon General Hospital, said, “Six months ago, we…
Pune: The Pune city police have implemented a mandatory helmet rule for police personnel following orders from the state director general of police (DGP) office.The state DGP office issued a circular on Friday directing all police personnel travelling on two-wheelers to wear helmets while riding. The order noted that, except in Mumbai and Nagpur, police…
Pune: A 23-year-old scooter driver died after his vehicle was hit by a truck on Maan Road in Hinjewadi on Saturday evening. The Hinjewadi police on Sunday registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the truck driver as he was driving during the restricted hours.Senior police inspector Balaji Pandhare of the…
Nashik: Water supply continued to be disrupted in some parts of Nashik city on Monday, even a week after a two-day shutdown undertaken for repair and maintenance works, with residents alleging that supply has not been restored fully.Some residents also said they did not receive water tankers from the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) despite repeated…
Pune: Two siblings drowned on Sunday in the backwaters of the Gunjavani dam in Ghevhande village in Rajgad taluka, about 46km from the city.Police identified the deceased as Damaji Gaikwad (50) and Dattu Gaikwad (55), both residents of Ghevhande village.“The incident occurred when Dattu lost his balance while placing a water pump into the water…
Pune: All areas of the city, including merged areas, will face water cuts on Thursday. The PMC has planned repair and maintenance works at various water supply units, purification plants and overhead tanks. Supply will resume on Friday at low pressure, the civic body’s water supply department stated.Repairs are also planned at the Bhama Askhed…
Pune: A sessions court in the city acquitted a cab driver, Nagnath Tukaram Manjule (46) from Darphal village in Solapur district, of murdering his wife and throwing the body in Karha river near Saswad in Pune district on Feb 5, 2009, after he spent over 10 years in jail as an undertrial prisoner.The case remained…
Pune: A 17-year-old sexual assault survivor went missing on Friday evening from the Sassoon General Hospital, where she was taken for a medical check-up by the authorities of a Kalepadal-based observation home for girls.An official (24) of the observation home lodged a complaint at the Bund Garden police station on Saturday after conducting a search…
Pune: Cybercriminals duped a Bhosari-based private engineering company of Rs55.25 lakh using spoofed emails between April 2 and 6 this year. The company’s official on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Bhosari MIDC police.The ‘spoofing’ fraud technique refers to phishing attacks to trick users into thinking an email came from a person or an entity…
Pune: Mayor Manjusha Nagpure on Sunday directed the anti-encroachment department of the civic body to introduce mandatory measures like police verification and QR code-based digital IDs to regulate street vendors across the city.The PMC standing committee, in its budget last month, suggested steps for increasing vigilance on street vending. Now, the anti-encroachment department will also…
