Pune: The sudden death of NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Wednesday has left a vacuum in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad’s political leadership. It will be a challenge for the administration and parties to maintain the pace of development projects with no immediate replacement for the guardian minister in sight.Ajit Pawar executed many projects while holding…
PUNE: In a significant step towards strengthening specialised neurological care, Jupiter Hospital, Baner has announced the launch of a dedicated Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Clinic, aimed at improving early diagnosis, timely treatment, and long-term rehabilitation for patients affected by the condition. The announcement was made during a media interaction addressed by the director of the Neurology…
Pune: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to PMC for failing to take preventive steps to stop heavy foaming in Mula-Mutha rivers. “Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has failed to commission adequate sewage treatment plant capacity to treat total sewage generation of 980 million litres per day (MLD). The existing STP capacity is insufficient,…
PUNE: In the wake of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash in Baramati, renewed speculation has emerged over a possible merger of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), with close aides of the late leader claiming that such a move was imminent.Some party leaders said Ajit Pawar…
Pune: The city police on Wednesday registered a case against a criminal on police records for obtaining a firearm licence in 2022 by falsifying his residential address and concealing body offence cases lodged against him. The accused, identified as Rahul Taru of Sahakarnagar, was arrested by the Pune Rural police last week after he allegedly…
Pune: Three individuals, including a nurse working at a central govt-run hospital in Pune, lost Rs 1 crore in online share trading frauds.Separate complaints were registered with the Pune cyber police, Alankar police and Nigdi police in this regard on Wednesday.An officer from the Pune cyber police said the nurse (51) lost Rs 53.48 lakh…
Pune: City wore an unusually subdued look in the aftermath of sudden demise of deputy chief minister and district’s guardian minister Ajit Pawar as traders across the city under the Federation of Trade Associations of Pune observed bandh on Thursday.The closure reflected not only compliance, but a sense of shock and mourning in the trading…
Pune: The black box, consisting the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR), of the Learjet 45 aircraft was recovered on Thursday, a day after it crashed near the Baramati airstrip.CVR and FDR are key to cracking the riddle behind the plane crash in which deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four…
Pune: A 52-year-old woman from Kothrud lost Rs20 lakh in an online task fraud in Dec last year. The crooks offered commission between Rs800 and 1,400 to the woman for completing tasks and took money from her into different bank accounts.The woman filed a complaint with the Pune cyber police. After preliminary investigations, a case…
Jay, Ajit Pawar’s son, with his wife Rutuja and mother Sunetra PUNE: Senior NCP functionaries moved swiftly to fill a political vacuum left by Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar‘s death in a plane crash, urging his wife and Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar to return to state politics and take charge of the party –…
