Pune’s key stories today include a SpiceJet flight delay, the new Marathi test for commercial drivers and a Pune link to the Sukhbir Badal attack probe PUNE: Pune is seeing strong interest today in three stories — continuing flight disruptions, the upcoming Marathi language test for commercial drivers and the investigation into the attack on…
Pune: Dehu Road police on Wednesday arrested three men on the charge of extorting money from a building contractor by threatening to stop his construction work. The accused also allegedly forcibly occupied one of the flats in the building and demanded Rs 3 lakh from him to vacate it, an officer from the Dehu Road…
Random Checks After Aug 15: Pune RTO Official PUNE: Several autorickshaw drivers are anxious about the “field test” from Sunday, after the basic training in Marathi at the Pune RTO.A senior official of the Pune RTO (Regional Transport Office) said 720 autorickshaw drivers had undergone Marathi training over the past two months. Yet, some trained…
Pune: A passenger on board the S2 coach of 01449 Pune-Danapur Special Express spotted a snake while the train was about to reach Daund Chord Line station on Thursday.Hemant Kumar Behera, the divisional commercial manager and PRO of the Pune division, said the train had started from Pune around 3.50pm and reached the Daund Chord…
Pune: The monsoon is yet again giving plant swaps a push, with gardening enthusiasts using the rainy season to exchange cuttings, saplings and seeds.From apartment society groups and neighbourhood WhatsApp communities to informal meetups among balcony gardeners, residents are swapping plants not just to add greenery to their homes, but also to discover new varieties…
The Parvati police registered a case of cheating against Shivanand Patil on Wednesday Pune: A Dhayari resident (35) has lodged a complaint against an already arrested man from Karvenagar, alleging that he cheated him of Rs 15 lakh by promising him a job as a junior engineer with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).The Parvati police registered…
A student walks down a cobbled pathway on the Savitribai Phule Pune University campus Pune: Rainfall activity over Maharashtra is likely to reduce from next week, with weather warnings expected to end across most parts of the state after Sunday, IMD scientist S D Sanap said on Thursday.The Western Ghats and Konkan are under a…
An AI-generated illustration of a basic rainwater harvesting system showing rooftop gutters channelling monsoon rain into a storage tank for household water conservation and a cell to recharge groundwater. Pune: A lack of expertise to execute rainwater harvesting projects – domestic or otherwise – remains a major obstacle even in an era when demand for…
A law graduate, the assailant tried multiple professions in Pune over the years PUNE: The man accused of attacking Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal with a kirpan at Mata Sahib Devaji Gurdwara in Nanded on Thursday has deep roots in Pune city, police said.A Pune crime…
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