Pune: State food and drug administration (FDA) minister Narhari Zirwal informed the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that law enforcement by his department saw a marked improvement after IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe took charge as the FDA commissioner.The minister’s statement came during a discussion on the widespread availability of adulterated mango pulp. The issue was raised…
Rescue teams recover the body of Bhavesh Wani on Thursday Pune: As rescue teams continued their grim, round-the-clock task of searching for survivors at the Moshi waste-to-energy plant collapse site on Thursday, anxious families waited outside for news of their loved ones.Among those still feared trapped are Mahesh Kumbhar, 32, a newly married HR executive;…
An AI-generated illustration of a man stabbing a farmer near a farm shed Pune: A farmer (38) from Junnar taluka was stabbed to death on Wednesday morning by a man, an alleged stalker of the former’s wife.The suspect, a resident of Ahilyanagar district, attempted to commit suicide by consuming poison after the alleged killing.The farmer’s…
The Mutha river near Rajaram Bridge after water release from the Khadakwasla dam Pune: Storage in the four dams of the Khadakwasla circle rose by 1 TMC overnight to reach 16.1 TMC on Thursday morning, as rainfall in their catchments dropped sharply. With inflows easing, release from the Khadakwasla dam into the Mutha river was…
Work on to clear debris on Pune-Lonavla ghat section after landslide Pune: Central Railway on Thursday cancelled 14 trains, including Deccan Queen, Deccan Express and CSMT-Pune Intercity Express, from July 10 to 17 to facilitate ongoing restoration work on the landslide-affected Lonavla-Karjat ghat section, disrupting travel plans and leaving many passengers, especially pass holders, stranded.Other…
Pune: An 18-year-old farmer from Shirur taluka was electrocuted on Wednesday evening, trying to pump water for his cattle on the farm.The incident happened at Savindane village in Shirur taluka, about 60 km from Pune around 7.30 pm. The Pune Rural police have identified the deceased farmer as Ganesh Bhor. An officer said, “It was…
PUNE: More than 34 hours after the administrative building at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s waste-to-energy plant in Moshi caved in, rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force, the Army, fire departments from the civic body and PMRDA continued round-the-clock efforts on Thursday to extricate the eight people still trapped beneath the debris.The three-storey building…
Pune: A 29 year old man was assaulted by two men for allegedly changing the song played in a gym in Hadapsar without their permission, around 7 pm on Monday.The 29-year-old man from Sayyednagar registered a complaint with the Hadapsar Police. Police said, “The complainant reached the gym when a song was being played by…
Governor of Himachal Pradesh Kavinder Gupta (left), and managing trustee and executive president Rahul Karad at MIT-World Peace University Pune: Himachal Pradesh governor Kavinder Gupta visited MIT World Peace University on July 5th and held discussions with the university’s academic leadership.The discussions ranged from higher education and leadership development, to student transformation initiatives. Speaking during…
Garbage up to 70ft surrounds the caved in building in Moshi Pune: The answer everybody tracking Wednesday’s disaster in Moshi wants to know is if construction norms to build the waste-to-energy plant’s administrative building, just 30 metres away from the garbage mountains, had been adhered to.The building caved in when tons of garbage slid and…
