Shaniwar Wada and several landmark sites, including Kasba Ganpati, Lal Mahal, Bhide Wada, Mahatma Phule Mandai, Tulshibaug, and Vishrambaug Wada, is likely to be developed under the SPV Pune: Hemant Rasane, a member of legislative assembly (MLA) from Kasba Peth, on Thursday demanded that the state govt establish a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to develop…
An animated illustration shows a fraudster cheating with Indian rupee currency, highlighting financial crime, scam tactics, and money fraud in India. Pune: A 76-year-old man, who retired as a scientist from a central govt organization, was duped of Rs 23.59 lakh after cybercrooks posed as officials from his bank and offered services particularly designed for…
Pune: The state govt on Thursday put on hold implementation of the Maharashtra Right to Information (RTI) Rules, 2026, after veteran social activist Anna Hazare objected to the newly notified framework and threatened to launch an indefinite hunger strike from July 5, if the new rules remained.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis confirmed the decision in a…
Illustration of an assault inside an Indian apartment, showing a 62-year-old man attacking his 32-year-old nephew with an iron rod during a domestic dispute Pune: The Kalewadi police on Wednesday arrested a man (62) for allegedly bludgeoning his nephew (32) to death following a dispute over property around 2pm on the same day.The incident took…
HSRP plates being installed at a fitment centre in Pune Pune: Owners of vehicles without High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs), who have neither installed them nor booked an appointment for the same, will face repeated fines every time they are caught, senior officials from the local Regional Transport Office (RTO) have warned.Regional transport officer Archana…
The dashboard will prioritise ICU transparency, general treatment and maternity beds to ensure patients receive timely information during critical moments Pune: The civic body is expected to introduce over the next two months an online dashboard that will display real-time bed availability in private hospitals to ensure patients and their families have instant access to…
Siya Goyal, accused in the murder of her fiancé and realtor Ketan Agarwal, allegedly showed the middle finger PUNE: Siya Goyal, accused in the murder of her fiancé and realtor Ketan Agarwal, allegedly showed the middle finger and made obscene gestures on Thursday after Pune Rural Police took her to her Market Yard residence for…
Every year, devotees gather on the banks of the Indrayani river for the Ashadhi Ekadashi festival in Alandi Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s standing committee on Wednesday took a significant decision ahead of the Ashadhi Wari, approving the appointment of a contractor and sanctioning works worth Rs430 crore for the Indrayani river rejuvenation…
Lakhs participate in the 21-day annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur Pune: With the month-long Ashadhi Wari set to coincide with the Election Commission’s door-to-door voter verification exercise, political parties and sections of the administration are increasingly sceptical about whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls can be completed within the timeline from June…
Pune: After causing a political flutter with his statement on Wednesday that if an offer comes to him from Mahayuti, he will think about it, NCP (SP) MP Amol Kolhe on Thursday claimed that his statement was taken out of context.Kolhe said his statement was misconstrued. He told media persons, “I was speaking in the…
