Pune: Trip refusals in Pune continue unabated, despite the new Marathi language regulation putting autorickshaw drivers on edge. What has changed, however, is the way drivers are making excuses, with many now switching to Marathi amid fears that RTO inspectors could pose as passengers to test their language skills.Drivers are citing reasons ranging from low…
Deputy CM Eknath Shinde visits Chakan on Sunday Pune: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday directed Maha Metro to conduct a feasibility study and prepare DPR for Chakan-Rajgurunagar and Talegaon-Shikrapur routes.“I have asked the managing director of Maha Metro, Shravan Hardikar, to check the feasibility of the routes and prepare a DRP. Once implemented,…
Tribal students protest in Pune Tribal students protest in Pune Tribal students protest in Pune Tribal students protest in Pune Tribal students protest in Pune Pune: A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi heard the grievances of a girl from govt tribal hostel in Manjari at his ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event, hostel students took out…
Pune: A Bhosari MIDC-based firm became the latest target of a ‘CEO fraud’ or ‘boss scam’ after its accounts executive transferred Rs 30 lakh on the instructions of a person posing as the company director on Aug 19.The accounts executive lodged a complaint with the Bhosari MIDC police on Saturday.A police officer said the executive…
The Election Commission of India’s instructions issued in May provide for ‘marked electors’ to be retained in the draft roll and appropriately flagged in the electoral database to prevent wrongful deletion Pune: Election authorities have directed electoral registration officers to ensure that ‘marked electors’ are included in the draft rolls to prevent any inadvertent deletion….
Pune: The Chandannagar police have registered a case of cheating and criminal breach of trust against a builder and others for allegedly failing to provide promised amenities to residents of a housing society in Kharadi since 2018.Senior inspector Ashwini Jagtap of Chandannagar police said, “The builder has failed to fulfil his promises to the residents…
Shivajinagar recorded 0.3mm rain on Sunday, with no activity in Lohegaon, Chinchwad, Lavale, Magarpatta and Koregaon Park Pune: The city and its surrounding areas will see no major increase in precipitation, with India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting very light to light showers. Pune’s four key dams remain full.Meanwhile, rainfall activity across the state was expected…
For thousands of patients, students, schoolchildren and office-goers travelling daily through Sus Gaon, the road to Symbiosis University & Hospital has become a test of endurance. Potholes, waterlogging, poor lighting, inadequate public transport and traffic chaos at the Sus Gaon junction routinely turn the short journey towards Lavale and Hinjewadi Phase 3 into a commute…
Pune: The 14-year-old daughter of NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar’s personal assistant, who had been missing since Saturday night, was found dead near a building drain in a town in the district on Sunday morning.Additional superintendent of police (Baramati division) Ganesh Biradar told TOI, “It was a case of suicide. The girl allegedly jumped from…
Farmers protesting a proposed power project stage a rasta roko on the Pune-Satara highway on Sunday, Aug 23 Pune: Residents and farmers from more than 100 villages located in Bhor and Rajgad talukas staged a nearly three-hour rasta roko on Sunday, from 10am to 1pm, against a proposal to erect high-tension power lines on their…
