Pune: A sessions court has quashed and set aside Pune chief judicial magistrate (CJM)’s order of Dec 7, 2015, against a realty firm and its partner for alleged violation of environmental clearance norms required for construction involving more than 20,000 sqm built up area.MPCB had filed a complaint before the CJM on the grounds that…
Pune: Pune Rural Police have arrested three men and claimed to have solved three murder cases, including one contract killing. All three cases were reported in Khed taluka of the district.Superintendent of police Sandeep Singh Gill said on Thursday, “We have arrested Lalit Deepak Khollam (38) of Shiroli, Ambegaon; Nandlal Dilip Hole (31); and Nilesh…
Pune: Untreated sewage discharge from drainage pipes operated by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in Phase 2 of Hinjewadi IT Park, allegedly originating from some companies and housing societies nearby, is choking underground pipes and obstructing pre-monsoon work of the authorities.Rajendra Totla, executive engineer, MIDC, said, “The companies and housing societies are located in…
Pune: A stench has gripped the stretch between Puraniks Espanola society and Metro Jazz near Educon International School in Mhalunge, with sewage gushing out of a chamber inundating the street, leaving it slippery and making the air nearly impossible to breathe.Residents demanded immediate fix to the problem as work was already underway to dig up…
Pune: Residents and activists have accused Pune Municipal Corporation of allowing untreated sewage to enter Pashan Lake, blaming faulty planning and inadequate infrastructure centered on the 1 million litres per day sewage treatment plant commissioned last year.City-based advocate and resident Krunnal Gharre said Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) pushed ahead with the 1 MLD sewage plant…
Pune: Residents and civic activists censured the PMC’s failure to regulate and monitor over 1,400 daily tanker trips in its jurisdiction following fatal accidents in the NIBM-Undri area and Wanowrie.Civic activists stressed the enforcement remained dismal despite a mandate for GPS installation in tankers to track their movement. Many private operators allegedly bypass the tracking…
Pune: Baner-Balewadi residents on Wednesday joined corporators and officials from various agencies for a joint inspection of pending Metro and allied infrastructure works in the area, pressing for their completion before the monsoon onset to prevent inconvenience to the general public.At the inspection, attended by Maha Metro, PMC and MSEDCL officials, the residents and corporators…
Pune: The civic body has finalised its underground first policy with strict new standard operating procedures for cable laying, imposing a total ban on overhead cables across all major roads and stipulating that permissions for hanging wires would be granted only in the most exceptional circumstances.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) aims to declutter the city’s…
PUNE: A 52-year-old daily wage worker from Baramati was arrested on Tuesday for sexually harassing his neighbour’s daughter (10) the previous day, about eight-and-a-half years after the Bombay high court acquitted him in a rape case.The man was in jail for eight years after the Baramati sessions court on April 6, 2011, convicted him for…
Pune: The Nanded City police have registered a case of cheating and misappropriation against the accountant of a private English-medium school on Sinhagad Road for allegedly defrauding the institution of 37 lakh. The fraud reportedly took place between Nov 2024 and June 2025.The school principal, a resident of Ambegaon Budruk, lodged a formal complaint on…
