Pune: State govt has approved the transfer of 1,000 acres in Indapur’s Ratnapuri estate to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) for the establishment of a new industrial estate to boost local entrepreneurship and strengthen the rural economy.“The decision will boost industrial investment in Indapur and Baramati, create employment opportunities, encourage local entrepreneurship and strengthen…
Pune: A 60-year-old farmer of Purandar gave a new lease of life to four people after her family agreed to organ donation when she was declared brain-dead following a road accident.The woman and her husband were admitted to a city hospital with severe brain injuries on Feb 6. She was riding pillion with her husband,…
Pune: The Vishrambaug police registered a case of cheating against 6 men, primarily casual workers, for cheating a retired additional director of a private company (61) of Rs 6.7 crore by promising to repair his drainage line between April 2024 and Jan.After registering a case of cheating with the Vishrambaug police, the Pune police’s economic…
Pune: Now that the mayor and deputy mayor of the Pune Municipal Corporation are in place, corporators are eyeing plum posts on the standing, law, sports, and women and child welfare committees, among others, as the elections are scheduled for Friday. Civic officials said each committee can accommodate 16 members, including chairman. Together, all parties…
Pune: The inspector general of registration (IGR) has granted a hearing on Feb 16 to Amadea Enterprises LLP, which filed an appeal challenging the stamp duty liability and penalty imposed on it for a land registration in Mundhwa, even though the deadline to clear the dues expired on Tuesday, senior registration department officials said. They…
Pune: Alert people on Sunday evening nabbed a 34-year-old man who threatened and robbed a worker walking on the road of Rs 8,000 at Moshi. The arrested accused, Manoj Gaikwad of Tadiwala Road in Pune, is a criminal on the records of the Pune City Police. Gaikwad’s accomplice escaped from the spot. A 28-year-old painting…
Pune: The Yerawada police re-arrested the POCSO Act suspect, who fled from the lock-up of Yerawada police station on Sunday night. After fleeing from the lock-up, he went to Yerawada, from where he was re-arrested within a few hours.Yerawada police arrested Shailesh Mohite (20) of Laxminagar on Jan 28 for sexually harassing a minor girl….
For residents of VTP Solitaire housing society and other neighbouring high-rises on Baner Pashan Link Road (BPLR), the daily commute has turned into a perilous balancing act.Navigating a narrow, cratered stretch between Someshwarwadi and BPLR, commuters find themselves squeezed between flowing sewage on one side and the unguarded banks of the Ramnadi on the other….
Pune: The Pune cyber police arrested four people — three from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and another from Thane — for their alleged involvement in defrauding a retired entrepreneur (85) from Hadapsar of Rs22.03 crore after promising him handsome returns on investment in online share-trading.Pune commissioner of police (CP) Amitesh Kumar said, “Our team worked hard on…
Pune: Newly elected corporators across party lines on Monday paid tributes to former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and former city MP Suresh Kalmadi in a special general body meeting held at the PMC head office.Describing both leaders as “visionary”, the corporators said they worked relentlessly for the city’s development for the past three decades….
