Pune: Residents living in Punawale and Tathawade along the Pune-Bengaluru highway have demanded immediate solutions to the severe traffic congestion plaguing NH48 and the adjoining service roads, keeping them stuck for an extra 1.5 to 2 hours in the daily gridlock.The choked thoroughfares are a routine ordeal for commuters on way to their workplaces or…
Pune: Residents of Sus Road on Sunday braved light rain spells to conduct a silent protest against the impact of the local garbage processing plant on their quality of life, asserting that their complaints have long been falling on deaf ears. The protesters highlighted that as soon as one enters Pashan-Sus Road from the Pune-Mumbai…
Pune: There is no space to walk in Bavdhan, said Sujata Gokhale, a resident of the locality for the last 14 years, adding, “Crossing has become a nightmare, too.”According to the businesswoman, “More than three-fourths of available footpaths in this area are occupied by food vendors or hawkers and their customers — the rest is…
Pune: For most of the 10 days that he was absconding from police, Nilesh Chavan, a co-accused in the Vaishnavi Hagawane death case, seemed confident the authorities had no idea where he was. But it was one conversation through his girlfriend’s phone that helped police track him to the northern parts of the country and…
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday appointed former Wadgaon Sheri MLA Sunil Tingre as one of the two city unit chiefs. Subhash Jagtap, a former leader of the house for NCP in Pune Municipal Corporation will be the second city unit chief. This is the first time the NCP has created two city unit…
Pune: The school education department has announced the holiday schedule for the 2025-26 session for govt schools in Maharashtra with 129 off days for students and teachers. Schools reopen for the new academic year on June 16 in the rest of the state and on June 23 in Vidarbha. According to this new schedule, there…
Pune: NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Sunday urged state govt to give another chance — as a ‘special case’ — to the MPSC aspirants injured a day before their exam in an accident near Bhave School in Sadashiv Peth on Saturday.In a post on X, Sule said govt should also…
Pune: The city and surrounding areas, which witnessed showers on Sunday after a break of two days, are likely to record more rainfall during the week.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, very light to light rain is likely until June 7, and an increase in the intensity of rainfall is expected in the middle…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar made it clear on Sunday that the govt would not pursue legal action against Ladki Bahin beneficiaries found ineligible.Pawar was responding to questions in Pune about 2,200 ineligible govt employees who have received benefits under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, which was announced just ahead of the Nov…
Pune: Nilesh Chavan (34), a business associate of Shashank Hagawane and co-accused in the Vaishnavi dowry death case, was on Saturday remanded in police custody till June 3. The court of judicial magistrate first class V P Khandare also extended the custodial remand of Vaishnavi’s father-in-law, Rajendra Hagawane (63), and brother-in-law, Sushil (27), till June…
