Pune: Residents from different parts of the city are irked over interruptions in as well as low-pressure water supply since last week. Many said there was very little improvement in supply after last week’s day-long closure. The main complaints pertain to low pressure and water supply for fewer hours. Complaints were raised in areas including…
Pune: Vimannagar resident Qaneez Sukhrani has served a legal notice on Pune police, seeking immediate revocation of the one-way traffic plan implemented in the area. She alleged that it was arbitrary, unsafe and introduced without adequate public consultation.The notice was sent to the additional commissioner of police and called for a consultative meeting with residents…
Pune: An international travelling film festival that uses cinema to question entrenched ideas around gender, masculinity and sexuality, SamaBhav, will feature in Pune this weekend and tell stories sparking uncomfortable but necessary conversations.The festival is curated around themes of gender diversity and social justice, and aims to be a catalyst for dialogue, reflection and change.Mumbai-based…
PUNE: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the 32-hour traffic disruption on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway caused by an overturned propylene tanker and told MSRDC to submit a plan to deal with such situations.Deputy CM Eknath Shinde told MSRDC and police to prepare a “special emergency traffic plan” for the expressway to prevent…
Pune: After a brief dip in respiratory illnesses in Jan, paediatricians across the city have reported a rise in pneumonia and severe respiratory infections among children in the past two weeks.Doctors said the surge is driven by a combination of seasonal viral infections, construction dust, allergens and secondary bacterial infections. The widening day-night temperature gap…
KOLHAPUR: Sunil Motilal Sadarangani (59), former owner of Solapur’s well-known Multani Bakery, allegedly died by suicide on Thursday afternoon by jumping from the 17th floor of an apartment building in the Vijapur Road area of the city. Police said no suicide note was found and the family informed them that he had been facing financial…
Pune: Innovative payment cards, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robots and RFID-run laser tags were among the prominent technologies displayed at the 23rd edition of the Maha-Tech industrial expo being held on the Agricultural College ground in Shivajinagar.A Hinjewadi-based firm unveiled a prototype debit card featuring biometric authentication to prevent misuse if lost. The card verifies users…
Pune: The Census exercise is likely to begin within the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits on May 1, which will involve around 10,000 staff to carry out home visits to collect information from people. The civic administration will hold training sessions for the personnel in March and April, in a phased manner.A preliminary meeting to…
Pune: After nearly four years under administrative rule, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Friday picked its mayor and deputy mayor at the first general body meeting of the newly constituted 128-member house. BJP’s Ravi Landge (41), a former standing committee chairperson, was elected the 27th mayor unopposed since there were no other nominations…
Pune: Around 1,000 employees of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) have not received their salaries for Jan, underlining the precarious financial condition that arose due to a shortage of Central govt funds.Confirming the salary delay, Vidyadhar Pawar, chief executive officer of PCB, told TOI they had approached the ministry of defence through the directorate general…
