PMC has deployed dedicated teams to fast-track preliminary land requirement proposals Pune: PMC is scheduled to hold a crucial coordination meeting next week with senior officials from the railways and the ministry of defence to discuss the handover of vital land parcels required to construct high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) and the inner ring…
The move is significant for projects involving roads, public utilities, and other infrastructure that require access to or transfer of defence land Pune: The ministry of defence (MoD) has introduced strict timelines and a mandatory 30-day response deadline to accelerate public infrastructure clearances on defence land.The move is significant for projects involving roads, public utilities,…
Shri Hanuman Mandir Pratishthan in Kasba Peth is celebrating 100 years of community, tradition, and festival culture with a life-size street transformation titled ‘Punavadi’. Shri Hanuman Mandir Pratishthan in Kasba Peth is celebrating 100 years of community, tradition, and festival culture with a life-size street transformation titled ‘Punavadi’. Shri Hanuman Mandir Pratishthan in Kasba Peth…
Passengers line up to board a bus at Pune’s Swargate depot. Pune: It was supposed to be a routine trip to Mumbai for Rasta Peth resident Rahul Jairam Khote, but on Saturday he had to wait for over 90 minutes to find a bus out of Swargate station, as crowds swelled for Ganeshotsav. “I never…
As per an IMD map, a marked presence of drier districts can be seen in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra PUNE: At least 218 districts across India — over 25% of all districts — are showing drought-like conditions based on rainfall received over the last four weeks, with India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Standardized…
Pune: Five months after state govt launched its flagship ‘Cervical Cancer Free Maharashtra’ campaign in March, less than 9% of the eligible 9.84 lakh under-14 girls have been vaccinated against HPV, data show.Officials blame vaccine hesitancy and low awareness for the dismal uptake, even as neighbouring Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh report far higher…
A delivery personnel was taken into custody after allegedly killing his workmate with a knife during a dispute (Representative image generated using AI) PUNE: A 27-year-old delivery person was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of stabbing his colleague (22) to death over Rs 600 the previous day in a rented room at Borate Vasti…
Several fish were found dead in the Mula near Balewadi-Baner, bringing river pollution concerns back into focus. Local residents alleged that contaminated and chemical-laced water was responsible for the deaths of aquatic life Pune: Residents along the Mula, near Balewadi, Pimple Nilakh and Baner, have complained of effluents in the water, a foul smell and…
Workers clean, repair, and repaint Pune Municipal Corporation’s artificial immersion tanks along the Mutha riverbed area Pune: Residents in more than half of the city did not receive water at adequate pressure just two days before the commencement of Ganeshotsav on Friday following a daylong closure on Thursday.The water pumping was shut at more than…
Illustration of a workplace accident showing a forklift dropping a pallet of iron angle Pune: A worker (34) at a pallet manufacturing unit in Kasarwadi died after a pallet with iron angles weighing two tonnes fell on him on the premises on Thursday morning.Dapodi police identified the deceased as Ramkailash Patel, a Kasarwadi resident.Amit Takawale,…
