Pune: BJP is likely to oppose the PMC’s proposed property tax hike.“We will see what other options can be explored for revenue generation. Our party will most likely oppose the move to increase the tax, though the final decision has not been taken yet,” Ganesh Bidkar, the party’s leader in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC),…
Pune: The Ravet police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old criminal on the records of the Solapur police and seized a country-made pistol and a cartridge from his possession.A Ravet police team led by assistant inspector Sandip Deshmukh nabbed the accused, Nitin Patil, at Kate Vasti in Punawale on Tuesday night.Deshmukh said the police received information…
Pune: Online fraudsters cheated a Parvati-based laundry businessman (48) of Rs1.15 crore between Aug and Oct last year after promising him handsome returns on investment in online trade of shares, the Cyber police said.According to the police, the businessman submitted a complaint application last month. After verification, a formal FIR of cheating was registered with…
Pune: Police on Thursday said the murder of a migrant worker from West Bengal’s Purulia district in Koregaon Bhima was the fallout of a personal dispute and not a hate crime, as the state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee claimed.Pune Rural superintendent of police (SP) Sandeep Singh Gill told reporters, “We did not find any indication…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar has directed civic officials to take over all ongoing and completed projects implemented under the Smart City Mission by March 31.A senior PCMC official told TOI that once the decision is implemented, the Smart City Mission office will cease to exist, and all projects will be formally handed…
Pune: State govt on Wednesday approved Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) as the planning authority of the 23 areas that were merged into the civic limits in 2021, in a long-awaited move that could reshape the city’s development landscape.Since their merger into PMC limits, residents in these fringe areas lived in a grey zone with day-to-day…
Pune: The farmers likely to be affected because of the greenfield Purandar airport project on Wednesday sought a review of their demands before the district administration finalised the compensation package, more than three months after the state govt announced that Rs1 crore per acre would be given for land to be acquired for the proposed…
Pune: A baseline survey to assess astronomy learning in Indian schools has found that even though a majority of the 2,038 students of Class IX surveyed across 10 states expressed a strong interest in the subject, many demonstrated limited understanding of fundamental concepts.The survey said that access to resources like telescopes and planetariums was limited,…
Pune: Over 100 contestants from more than 25 countries will arrive in Panchgani in Satara district to participate in the Paragliding World Cup 2026, which will be conducted from Feb 15 to 21.Krishna Kant Bhagra, event organizer, told TOI that the schedule on first day will have registration and document verification followed by test flights…
Pune: The Pune city police and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials conducted an anti-encroachment drive on Wednesday and removed unauthorised hawkers and stalls as well as illegally parked vehicles from various roads and footpaths in Vimannagar.Joint police commissioner Ranjan Kumar Sharma said, “Over the last few days, we had received many complaints from residents about…
