PUNE: The new mayor and deputy mayor of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will be elected after a gap of four years on Monday, following a triangular contest in the recently concluded civic polls.The BJP is the single largest party and is likely to win the posts comfortably. Pune: Farmer Crisis, Convention Centre Row &…
Pune: An overall voter turnout of 68.28% was recorded on Saturday for the elections to 12 zilla parishads (ZP) and 125 panchayat samitis (PS) in the state.The State Election Commission (SEC) released final data which said that out of 2.07 crore eligible electors, 1.41 crore voters cast their ballots for 731 ZP seats and 1,462…
Pune: A BJP office-bearer allegedly created a ruckus in the chamber of a senior civic official within two hours of the party’s mayor and deputy mayor taking charge at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).The office-bearer also abused and threatened the staff present with consequences, while pressuring officials to modify tender conditions for setting up…
Pune: Major General Sanil Mohan recently assumed charge as the Commandant of Command Hospital (Southern Command).An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Major General Mohan completed both his graduation and post-graduation from the institute. Pune: Farmer Crisis, Convention Centre Row & Public Safety Issues A distinguished professor of anaesthesiology and an accomplished…
Pune: The Baner police on Sunday night started the process to register a case of abetment of suicide against a pharmacy store owner from Baner for leading his 20-year-old niece to commit suicide.The girl, a resident of Pali in Rajasthan, was found hanging in a flat owned by her uncle in Baner on Jan 28….
Pune: After the crackdown on illegal hawkers, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to curb authorised roadside vendors who were flouting norms or did not pay their dues.“PMC will blacklist these vendors. The administration may suspend the trade licences of repeat offenders,” said Somnath Bankar, head of PMC’s anti-encroachment department. PMC data show that…
PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar was admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune on Monday afternoon due to a throat infection and persistent coughing.According to a close associate, the 85-year-old senior leader was shifted from his residence in Baramati to Ruby Hall Clinic as he is suffering from a throat infection.Ruby Hall Clinic’s chief…
Pune: The civic body aims to complete a significant portion of the new Sadhu Vaswani Bridge within the next four months, before the onset of monsoon. While the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) originally expected to finish the project by March, that deadline will be missed. Officials cited technical complications in laying a water pipeline beneath…
BJP corporator Manjusha Nagpure PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) got a mayor and a deputy mayor on Monday after a gap of four years, with both posts being filled unopposed. BJP corporator Manjusha Nagpure was elected mayor, while Parshuram Wadekar was elected deputy mayor.Both the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) withdrew from…
Pune: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has launched a series of projects worth Rs 368 crore across all five phases of the Chakan industrial area to tackle persistent traffic congestion.A key initiative includes constructing two stretches of six-lane concrete roads, covering up to 3.5km, on the route connecting the Talegaon industrial area to Chakan….
