Pune: In a major relief to the employees of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) released Rs53.5 crore to clear financial dues accumulated over nearly a decade. The grant would primarily be used to settle arrears related to the Seventh Central Pay Commission, pension payments, and promotion-linked allowances owed to both…
Pune: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Monday announced that the open permit system for autorickshaws in the state would be stopped with immediate effect. The permission was operational since 2017. He said the conditions to grant such a permit in specific cases would be decided soon and put before the cabinet for approval. “The state…
Pune: The state property registration department is considering allowing online leave-and-licence (tenant) agreements to be cleared by any sub-registrar office within a district instead of restricting the process to specific taluka offices. The move is aimed at reducing pendency and speeding up approvals.Officials stated that the system has already been implemented in districts such as…
PUNE: As many as 81 cases of exam malpractice have come to the fore in the ongoing HSC and SSC examinations that have resulted in suspension of teachers and staff members for facilitating or ignoring mass copying and other irregularities at centres across the state. The exams end on March 11 andMarch 18, respectively.The action…
Pune: Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) officials on Monday said the agency would finalise a financial institution within the next 10 days to raise funds for land acquisition of the proposed Purandar airport.In a govt resolution (GR) issued, the industries department granted approval and state guarantee to MIDC to raise Rs6,000 crore — for acquiring…
Pune: The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Monday registered a bribery case against a sub-inspector posted at Bund Garden police station for allegedly demanding Rs 1 lakh from a 40-year-old man.According to the ACB, a businessman had submitted a complaint application against the victim at Bund Garden police station, and the sub-inspector was conducting an…
Nashik: Members of the Nashik Industries & Manufacturers’ Association (NIMA) on Monday met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai and urged him to allocate funds for the long-pending upgrade of roads in the Ambad and Satpur industrial estates of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).Both estates fall within the jurisdiction of the Nashik Municipal Corporation…
Pune: Caught in a perpetual struggle with defaulters on property tax, counted as a vital source of revenue, the civic body has this year announced its decision to focus more on the recovery of this levy and bring maximum properties under its limits into the tax net — even looking at exploring modern tech like…
Pune: While investigating eight different cases in a spate of online share-trading frauds, the Pune city police have discovered over 15 bank accounts held by various college students in the city that were being used to transfer stolen amounts, more popularly known as ‘mule accounts’.These accounts were allegedly given by the students to fraudsters on…
Pune: Fans are divided after organisers of the 2026 edition of ICONiQ White NH7 Weekender music festival announced a lineup that tilts towards Indian independent artists, with a marked absence of major international performers.The festival comes to Pune from March 13 to 15. Some prospective attendees have welcomed the return to the event’s original purpose,…
