Pune: After the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation witnessed a surge in cheque bounce cases in property tax payments, the civic body has started issuing notices and initiating legal actions against defaulters.A senior official from the property tax department confirmed that in March 2025 alone, 780 cheques amounting to Rs 10.15 crore were dishonoured—the highest number…
Pune: The Pune airport will soon implement a time-based pick-up and drop-off system for private vehicles to curb congestion on the premises.Vehicles flouting the rule will be penalised, authorities said.“Many private vehicles are parked along the arrival and departure areas for an extended period, resulting in congestion. Although there are four to five wardens on…
Pune: The civic administration has put forth a plan to construct a flyover and a grade separator at the busy Bindumadhav Balasaheb Thackeray Chowk, popularly known as Sangamwadi Chowk, to ease traffic flow. A budget of Rs115 crore has been estimated for both infra projects.Vehicles coming from the Sangamwadi, Yerawada, Deccan College and Pune Airport…
Pune: A woman techie (25) died after jumping off the 21st-floor balcony of her rented flat in a residential society in phase III of Hinjewadi around 4.30am on May 31She worked with an IT company in Hinjewadi IT Park.Senior inspector Kanhaiya Thorat of Hinjewadi police told TOI, “It is a case of death by suicide….
Pune: The city-based retailers and shopkeepers association directed its members to install CCTV cameras in their shops with at least one camera must cover main entrance and the road near the shop.The association has also started geo-tagging these cameras to help city police and govt in surveillance.In a meeting of the association’s working committee, the…
Pune: Union minister of culture and tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat‘s visit to Shaniwarwada on Thursday raised the hope of history buffs with his announcement of using technology to enhance the visitor experience. However, it also brought disappointment to the residents living within 100m of the monument, as he did not announce any relief to allow…
Pune: Boys, along with girls, must be vaccinated against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), doctors at the launch of the “Conquer HPV & Cancer Conclave 2025” last week said.Panelists said that govt backs vaccination for girls under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), but boys and men, who are carriers of the virus, are equally affected by HPV…
PUNE: Co-living rentals in Pune are easier on the wallets of renters compared to other metro cities in the country but are marginally costlier than those in Chennai. This is due to the correspondingly lower average rent of entry-level apartments in the city, data from real estate services firm Colliers India showed.The average co-living rent…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s plan to revive the project to generate electricity from garbage has not made any headway in the last two years, despite a provision in the civic budget for 2025-26. Now, the deadline to set up a plant at Ramtekdi, which will have a capacity to handle 350 tonnes of waste…
Pune: Umed Savitri, a store of products made by women’s self-help groups (SHGs), was inaugurated at the Pune airport by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Tuesday.Although the stall began selling items such as handbags, ornaments, food products and honey in the end of March, it was formally inaugurated…
