Pune: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has directed PMC to ensure full sewage treatment capacity within six months and achieve 100% sewer network coverage within four months.In a notice to PMC dated March 27, MPCB flagged lapses in sewage treatment and river pollution in the city. The regulator observed that Pune has been generating…
Pune: A 22-year-old engineer died after a water tanker hit her scooter near Ganga Satellite society in Wanowrie around 8.15am on Tuesday. This is the second such incident in the area over the last three days. Police have arrested the driver, Santoshkumar Maurya (45), based on a complain by victim Gracia Daniel Isa’s mother Geeta…
Pune: The ambitious ‘Harit Setu’ project of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), aimed at street development and building a sustainable integrated road network, took off in 2024 after four long years of planning. Wider pavements, walkable neighbourhoods, prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists over private vehicles, and enhancing connectivity via eco-friendly infrastructure were the catchwords bandied about,…
Pune: A 42-year-old motorcyclist died after he was run over by a truck at Chinchwad on Monday afternoon. The Nigdi police have arrested the truck driver on the charge of causing death by negligence.The police have identified the deceased as Subhash Ovhal of Sane Chowk. An officer from the Nigdi police said that the accident…
Kolhapur: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde announced that state govt will not acquire “even an inch of land” from farmers of 550 villages in Satara district where the proposal is being planned to develop the New Mahabaleshwar Hill Station.Addressing the concluding ceremony of a tourist festival in Patan on Monday, Shinde also appealed to farmers…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Sunday night arrested two men on the charge of duping a scrap vendor by purchasing his car using fake currency.The duo had finalised the deal of the car for Rs 3.50 lakh and gave Rs 3 lakh in cash to him. Before the owner could count the money, the…
Pune:Nanded City police have registered a case of criminal intimidation and defamation against a 23-year-old man who works with a private company, after he uploaded his friend’s objectionable pictures on a social media site.A 23-year-old man from Dhayari, who too works with a private company as a helper, lodged a complaint against his friend on…
Pune: A 30-year-old man riding pillion on a motorcycle died after the two-wheeler skidded and crashed into an oncoming PMPML bus in the BRTS lane at Rahatani while trying to overtake another vehicle on April 3. His colleague (26), who was driving the motorcycle, survived with leg injuries, as he was wearing a helmet.A case…
Pune: Amitesh Kumar, commissioner of police (CP), Pune, on Monday counselled 21 individuals found to be consuming drugs to understand the pattern of its use and abuse.“There were a few women, some waiters and people affiliated to clubs or pubs in the group. We are probing if they consumed the entire drugs they had purchased…
Pune: A 63-year-old woman, wife of a prominent builder in the city, lost Rs5.55 lakh to cybrerfrauds on March 14 after she mistakenly shared her banking credentials with them while running an online search for a doctor’s appointment.The woman first submitted a complaint application to the Pune cyberpolice. After studying it, a formal FIR was…
