Every year as the monsoon clouds gather over Maharashtra thousands of feet begin moving towards one destination – Pandharpur. They walk for days across villages, fields and highways carrying little more than faith on their shoulders and the name of Vitthal on their lips. To an outsider the Pandharpur Wari may appear to be one…
Representative picture for GIFT City Pune: Gujarat International Finance Tec-City or GIFT City MD & CEO Sanjay Kaul met representatives of three to four large corporate and a couple of fintechs headquartered in the city to evince interest in starting offshore operations from the India’s sole International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).“We have come to Pune…
Riders wade through a waterlogged road in Pune Pune: Around a decade after its initial trials, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is once again exploring the option of installing a rainwater harvesting system beneath the city’s roads.The project aims to mitigate urban flooding while simultaneously recharging depleting groundwater tables. The PMC previously introduced porous, pervious…
A surveyor notes down details Pune: When a National Statistical Office (NSO) field investigator recently visited a gated housing society in Kothrud for a household survey, security personnel blocked his entry until his identity could be verified. Wary of rising cyber fraud, residents—unaware of the Centre’s statistical exercises—were hesitant to share information, fearing a potential…
Pune: This July has been the city’s wettest in at least 13 years, as the rainfall at IMD’s Shivajinagar observatory surpassed 400mm in the month for the first time since at least 2014.An expert from the Vagaries of Weather blog said, “As of 8.30am on Wednesday, the observatory had received 452.6mm of rain this month,…
Heavy rains caused widespread waterlogging and transport disruptions across the city. Newly built infrastructure faced scrutiny after facing its first monsoon test PUNE: The city witnessed a delayed monsoon this year, which meant the civic body had an extra month to prepare for the monsoon. Yet when the rains finally arrived, Pune once again found…
20 plus mule account holder booked Pune: The Pune Rural police have registered three cases against three people for allegedly providing their bank accounts to cybercrooks as mule accounts. The Pimpri Chinchwad police and Pune city police have also registered more than 20 cases against mule bank account holders over the last two days.Police investigations…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad traffic police and the Regional Transport Office (RTO) have penalised 70 school vans for violating safety norms and ferrying children in a dangerous manner during a special enforcement drive. Authorities inspected 181 school vans across the city and collected fines amounting to Rs 3.76 lakh from the owners of the offending…
Mula river rises near Harris bridge after water discharge from Mulshi dam on Wednesday Pune: The city is likely to witness light to moderate rainfall over the next few days, while the adjoining ghat areas are expected to continue receiving significantly heavier spells till July 24, said the latest forecast of the India Meteorological Department…
Pune: The Sangvi police are searching for a man from Akola district who allegedly duped a 65-year-old resident of Pimple Gurav of Rs 9 lakh by promising to secure a government job for his son-in-law.According to the complainant, he came into contact with the accused in Sept 2024. The accused claimed to have contacts in…
