Pune: Rainfall activity is set to pick up momentum across Maharashtra after a two-day break with India Meteorological Department issuing an ‘orange’ alert for Pune’s ghat areas, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph over the next few days.Though the ghat regions brace for intense…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Thursday arrested a man (20) and detained his minor accomplice on the charge of damaging 10 vehicles at Walhekarwadi in Chinchwad. The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday. “We are searching for more suspects involved in the incident,” said assistant police inspector Harish Mane of the…
Pune: State cabinet minister and Parvati MLA Madhuri Misal on Thursday said the state govt was considering a proposal to allot Rs 200 crore to construct retaining and safety walls as part of flood mitigation and disaster management steps in the city.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has tabled the proposal before the state govt. Misal said…
Pune: The public works department, in the wake of the recent collapse of the Kund Mala bridge over the Indrayani river in Pune, has decided to carry out a structural audit of more than 1,000 bridges across Maharashtra.PWD officials, at a recent meeting, proposed fast-tracking disbursal of funds for this purpose. “We have identified over…
Pune: A total of Rs5 crore has been approved for urban development works in each of the 23 areas merged into Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Uruli Phursungi municipal council limits. The decision was taken after a special meeting by the urban development department (UDD) chaired by deputy chief minister and UDD minister Eknath Shinde,…
Pune: A woman (52) from Kalewadi lost Rs 59,000 to cybercrooks in an attempt to return a set of bangles she had ordered online in Feb.The woman filed an online complaint and after preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Kalewadi police on Tuesday.An officer from the Kalewadi police said according to the complainant,…
Pune: The collective water stock in four dams in Khadakwasla circle rose above 12.4 TMC (43%) on Wednesday — more than the PMC’s sanctioned annual water quota of 11.5 TMC — though the civic body lifts over 18 TMC of water in a year from these dams. All the dams in the circle recorded fairly…
Pune: PMC’s water supply department has announced water cuts on Thursday in parts of Ambegaon, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Nigiri Chowk, Dhankawadi and Vidyanagari to assist in maintenance and repairs of water supply lines. The supply will resume on Friday afternoon at low pressure. Water supply to other parts of the city will continue without any disruption,…
PUNE: Chaukool, a remote village in Sawantwadi taluka of Sindhudurg district with some 30 houses, has barely any cellphone network. But its Marathi-medium zilla parishad school where teacher Javed Tamboli is redefining what’s possible to retain students is a shining example. Tamboli has come up with something unique to draw more students to the school….
Pune: A retired govt school teacher (63) from Bhor lost Rs 22,500 in an online insurance fraud on June 20.The woman lodged an online complaint against an unknown cyber crook. An officer from the Pune Rural police said according to the complainant, she received a call from an unknown number on June 20. “The caller…
