Pune: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued closure notices to 84 of 350 ready mix concrete (RMC) units in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad between Jan and Sept 2025.During this period, the regulator initiated action against a total of 199 units. This included 103 “proposed directions” to rectify shortcomings regarding pollution norms, 84 formal…
Sunetra wins by 2.18L votes, tells party to let work speak PUNE: Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, riding a sympathy wave, on Monday won the Baramati bypoll by a margin of 2,18,034 votes, the highest-ever recorded by any candidate in an assembly election in the country.She polled 2,18,969 votes and New Rashtriya Samaj Party candidate…
Pune: The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has issued show-cause notices to 8,212 housing projects across the state for failing to upload mandatory quarterly progress reports (QPRs), officials said on Monday.Under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), 2016, developers of the 33,029 projects currently under construction in the state are required to…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed the PMRDA to prepare the pending structural development plan for villages within its jurisdiction in six months and called for setting up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the Katraj–Yerawada twin tunnel project.The chief minister issued these directives while chairing the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA)…
Pune: The Koregaon Park police have registered a case of attempt to murder against the personal assistant (PA) to a state cabinet minister based on a complaint by the PA’s wife (30) accusing him of attempting to strangle her in their residence at Queens Garden in Koregaon Park around 8.30pm on April 30. The complainant…
Pune: As GLP-1 weight-loss injections gain global traction, Pune has become the first city in India to introduce a novel, non-invasive technology designed for deep muscle building and skin toning. The “Wonder Axon” system, which combines high-intensity neuromuscular stimulation (HI-SNS) with radiofrequency (RF), was launched recently at the SkinEthics Centre for Advanced Skin, Hair &…
Pune: Pre-monsoon weather systems are set to trigger thundershowers across parts of Maharashtra over the coming days, but the city is likely to remain dry.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s forecast issued on Monday, south Madhya Maharashtra and parts of Marathwada, including Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Beed, Latur and Dharashiv, are likely to get thunderstorms accompanied…
Pune: The three-year-old girl from Nasrapur died of asphyxia, the Pune Rural police said.Pune superintendent of police Sandeep Singh Gill on Monday told TOI, “We have received the post-mortem report. The arrested accused, Bhimrao Kamble, had gagged her by putting a cloth in her mouth.“He said, “The deceased girl also had injuries on her head….
Lived for over a century, axed without warning for a bridgeOn a routine cycle ride in Koregaon Park on March 14 this year, civic activist Rupesh Kesekar was stunned when he passed by the ongoing Sadhu Vaswani Bridge construction. The new four-lane bridge is replacing the old, two-lane structure to ease traffic congestion in the…
Pune: Nearly 89,000 people across non-urban areas of the district are dependent on water tankers at present despite a satisfactory monsoon last year, highlighting a worsening rural water crisis as the summer reaches its peak.According to data with the Zilla Parishad (ZP) administration, tankers currently supply drinking water to 256 hamlets across 50 villages in…
