PMC officials said the administration has already issued a tender to install these meters Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning smart meter installations at 28 garbage processing plants to maintain independent records of power usage and cross-verify unannounced power cuts. According to civic officials and plant operators, these recurring power outages and technical…
The material will be supplied for road repairs in Katraj, Gujarwadi, Dhankawadi, Sinhagad Road and other areas in south Pune Pune: The standing committee on Thursday approved a proposal to set up a batch-mix asphalt plant, with a capacity to produce 160 tonnes per hour (TPH) mixture, in the Shindewadi octroi post area over 5.3…
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Congress party’s city wing organised an open air concert on FC road on Wednesday evening ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s Chhatron Ki Goonj programme on Saturday in the city Pune: Music band Hertzz turned FC Road into an open air concert space, playing for four hours on Wednesday evening as a prelude to Congress leader Rahul…
Anganwadi worker Reshma Pardhi (left) recently claimed in a video that foodgrains provided for meals are of poor quality. MUMBAI: A video posted by an anganwadi worker alleging that uncookable foodgrains caused stomach pain in children has triggered a row in Maharashtra, with ruling NCP MLA Dilip Walse Patil acknowledging that quality issues existed across…
Residents of different cities, including Mumbai, Pune and Nashik, have been complaining about pothole-ridden roads Pune: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Thursday launched “Hakkache Shahar” initiative, providing a political platform to people to highlight the infrastructure issues of every city in the state.Congress has formed an “urban transformation group” for the coordination of the…
Pune: The driver of a school bus had a narrow escape on Thursday after the vehicle caught fire near Bhumkar Chowk along the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass.The driver was returning after dropping 35 students at a private English-medium school, an officer from the Pimpri Chinchwad fire brigade said. He said that around 10am on Thursday, the…
Pune: The State Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Thursday arrested two drug suppliers from Kondhwa and seized 3kg of ganja from them. The police also took action against 43 people who had come to Kondhwa to buy ganja. The police seized Rs27,000 in cash, 14 two-wheelers, three cars and 35 mobile phones during the operation.The…
Pune: A 79-year-old resident of Kondhwa, who wanted to file a complaint after receiving soil instead of desert rose seeds he had ordered online, lost Rs3.96 lakh to a cybercrook. The cybercrook shared an APK file with the elderly man under the pretext of helping him file a grievance and siphoned money from his bank…
The court rejected suspended sub-registrar Ravindra Balkrishna Taru’s plea for parity with co-accused Sheetal Kishanchand Tejwani Pune: Additional sessions judge D S Deshmukh earlier this week rejected the second bail application of suspended sub-registrar Ravindra Balkrishna Taru in Mundhwa govt land deal case.The court on Aug 17 observed that Taru had failed to show any…
