Just four days of rain and Pune’s infrastructure shows early signs of distress as potholes emerge on major arterial roads. Pune: Showers in the catchments of Khadakwasla (16mm), Temghar (46mm), Panshet (45mm), and Varasgaon (44mm) dams have led to a sizeable increase in their water stock on SundayThese dams that provide water to Pune Municipal…
The AI-generated illustration shows police constables demand a Rs 2,000 bribe from three friends Pune: Two constables attached to the Faraskhana police station have been booked for allegedly extorting Rs 2,000 from a technician (24) employed at an eatery on the Pune-Solapur Highway by threatening to implicate him, and his two friends, in a criminal…
Heavy traffic congestion on Karve Road in Pune due to the rain on Sunday Pune: The showers that Pune district and the ghat areas experienced in the 24 hours from 8.30am on Saturday to Sunday somewhat quelled fears at least for now of the El Nino effect and its long shadow on the monsoon this…
Students said previous govt resolutions (GRs) had promised 300 PhD scholarships for SC and ST students and 200 for other categories. However, because advertisements were never issued, these benefits remained on paper Pune: A newly announced common policy by the Maharashtra govt for five state-run educational institutes has drawn sharp criticism from several student organisations.These…
Maharashtra has over one lakh anganwadi workers and helpers Pune: Women and child development minister Aditi Tatkare informed the legislative council that pending honorarium payments for anganwadi workers and helpers under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme have been cleared up to May. The minister attributed the recent delays to the rollout of a…
Pune: Sinhagad Road police have registered a case against the Sinhagad Technical Education Society’s founder, Maruti Navale, and others for failing to pay salaries to employees and teachers at the Sinhagad Spring Dale School.According to the police, Navale and other office bearers of the STES had not paid salaries, worth Rs 5.45 crores to its…
Pune: South Mahalunge MIDC police found a decomposed body and arrested a construction site worker for allegedly punching his colleague to death over the suspected stealing of his cell phone.The decomposed body of Chand Yakub Shaikh (42), was found at an under-construction site at Moi village near Khed on July 3, and arrested his colleague,…
PUNE: A newly built road in Talegaon Dabhade near Pune was damaged after a pipeline pressure test triggered a massive water burst amid ongoing monsoon rain in Maharashtra.Videos from the scene showed a massive jet of water erupting from the newly built road. The force of the water damaged a stretch of the road and…
Speaking after Devichand Agarwal’s (C) last rites, Kuldeep Agarwal (L) said the family was devastated by the loss of both Ketan and his grandfather within a span of 17 days. PUNE: Ketan Agarwal’s uncle, Kuldeep Agarwal, on Sunday said the death of the 26-year-old Pune realtor came as a “massive shock” to his grandfather, Devichand…
FDA action against adulterated jaggery Pune: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently launched coordinated raids across Pune and Solapur districts, seizing large quantities of adulterated jaggery, ghee, and snacks (namkeen). The licences of several non-compliant units were suspended following the drive.In one of the biggest actions against jaggery manufacturers in recent months, the…
