Pune: Traffic slowed to a crawl during peak hours on the Pune-Mumbai expressway on Friday, with congestion affecting Pune-bound traffic. Officials attributed the snarls to weekend rush, as well as people travelling to vote in Saturday’s zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections.According to commuters affected, vehicular movement had ground to a halt for a while…
Pune: PMC has announced a third-party assessment of road works recently completed for an international cycling event. The civic administration will collaborate with premier educational institutes, such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), to conduct audits and provide specialised training for civic staffers. Pune- Mega Cycling Event, Traffic System, Future Skills & More “The…
Pune: The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) has organised the seventh edition of the Pune International Business Summit (PIBS) 2026, on Feb 9 and 10 in Pune. The summit is expected to see participation from over 32 countries, with more than 60 international delegates and over 50 speakers.Among the officials scheduled to…
PUNE: The 32-hour-long operation to neutralise a leaking propylene gas tanker on the Pune–Mumbai expressway threw a harsh spotlight on the lack of preparedness, specialised manpower, and equipment within the state’s hazardous materials (hazmat) response system, disaster management experts said. The long-winded series of events began around 5pm on Tuesday evening, when a tanker carrying…
Pune: The number of referrals from the Kamala Nehru Hospital’s paediatric ICU has dropped significantly since the appointment of four paediatricians one-and-a-half months ago, health hub officials said on Tuesday.Dr Smita Sangade, head of the paediatrics department at the hospital, said the paediatricians assumed charge on Dec 18 last year. “Our data shows that 27…
Pune: The eight-storeyed Registration Bhavan on Bund Garden Road is expected to start operations by the end of Feb, even as officials said the project spanning over three years has entered its final stages. “We are hopeful that the building will become operational by the end of this month,” said inspector general of registration (IGR)…
Pune: The state health dept has received the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccines, but is awaiting the Centre’s guidelines to start the inoculation drive.HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer.Additional director of state health services Dr Digambar Kangule said, “We received over 9.5 lakh doses at our state vaccine storage facility in Nov 2025….
Pune: Cabs and autorickshaws under various aggregator platforms in Pune and the rest of Maharashtra are likely to participate in a day-long strike on Feb 7.President of Baghtoy Rickshawaala autorickshaw union and the president of Indian Gig Workers Front Keshav Kshirsagar said several unions had together called the nationwide strike. It would inconvenience daily commuters…
Pune: The Vikas Kharge-led committee probing alleged irregularities in a Mundhwa land purchase deed linked to Parth Pawar, son of late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, was granted a one-week extension to submit its report, state revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Thursday.He dismissed “absolutely wrong” reports in a section of the media suggesting that…
Pune: A bilingual scenic reading and discussion with German author Ingo Schulze in Pune transformed a literary evening on Tuesday into a searching examination of morality, memory, and social fracture.Presented by the Goethe-Institut, in collaboration with the department of German at Savitribai Phule Pune University, the session at Max Müller Bhavan on Boat Club Road…
