Pune: The ‘storm’ that threatened India’s chances at the Nagaragawa regatta course blew over on Tuesday with the rowers shrugging off last-minute changes in entries and focussing on winning medals at the Asian Games competition.The oarsmen had been mighty upset with the changes that saw crew combinations being altered and athletes swapped from one event…
Three specialised healthcare centres inaugurated at D Y Patil Hospital in Pimpri Pune: Three specialised healthcare centres for organ transplantation, mother-and-child care, reproductive medicine and endoscopy were inaugurated at Dr D Y Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pimpri, on Monday.The centres — Yashraj Prasad Patil Multi-Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence, Bhagyashree Aai &…
Pimpri Chinchwad has around 1.9 lakh authorised water connections Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) detected at least 13,500 unauthorised water connections and installed smart water meters at these properties as part of its ongoing crackdown.A senior water supply department official said a private agency was appointed to install smart meters wherever illegal connections…
Pune: Pune railway division will undertake a block from Sept 22 to 24 for works related to the commissioning of the third line between Hadapsar and Ghorpadi, which will result in the cancellation of six trains in addition to diversions and short termination of many other trains.On Sept 22, trains like the Pune-Solapur Intercity Superfast…
A researcher collects sample from river Pune: Monsoon might change the flow and chemistry of Mula-Mutha river but can’t erase the impact of pollution on its aquatic life because urban sewage and other human-induced changes had a stronger influence as it passed through Pune, a study by Agharkar Research Institute revealed.Microscopic algae in the river…
Pune: Three men allegedly bludgeoned a 35-year-old daily wage worker to death late on Saturday night.Wakad police arrested the trio on Sunday in connection with the murder. The accused claimed they had killed him as he had harassed their sister.The police identified the deceased as Maruti Bansode, a resident of Dattanagar in Chinchwad. Assistant police…
Pune: Pune is the natural choice for global capability centres to set up their offices, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, owing to its IT ecosystem. While speaking at a ‘Why not Pune?’ dialogue organised by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday, Fadnavis said the state govt is working towards developing the city as a…
Pune: Economic offences wing of Pune police on Sunday registered an FIR against two chartered accountants (CAs) operating from Katraj-Kondhwa Road for allegedly issuing fake Form 15CB certificates to enable overseas remittances of Rs 4,427.92 crore through three suspected shell entities over the past four financial years, causing a substantial loss of tax revenue to…
Pune: An unidentified man allegedly stole Rs10,000 in cash from a 50-year-old man with a disability after offering to deposit it in a bank in Aundh on Sept 15.The 50-year-old man lodged a complaint with Khadki police on Sunday.Senior inspector Vikramsinh Kadam of Khadki police said, “The complainant is a resident of Khadki who uses…
Pune: State Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal on Monday said the opposition party would not allow ministers to roam around freely in the state if drought was not announced soon.He termed state govt “insensitive” for not declaring drought to provide immediate relief to farmers, while several ministers had undertaken field visits to gauge the situation. The…
