Erratic and low-pressure water supply irk Hadapsar residents, agitation threatened if PMC fails to take steps by Aug-end

Tukai Tekdi overhead water tank in Hadapsar Hadapsar bus depot overhead water tanks Tukai Tekdi overhead water tank in Hadapsar Hadapsar bus depot overhead water tanks Tukai Tekdi overhead water tank in Hadapsar Pune: Residents of various pockets in Hadapsar are irked by the erratic and low-pressure water supply in their taps since the last…

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Pune-bound passengers raise alarm over stifling cabin, force SpiceJet plane back to bay

Passenger desperate to get out of the SpiceJet flight Screenshot Passengers inside the Delhi – Pune SpiceJet flight on Tuesday evening Screenshot A passenger who was feeling unwell being taken on wheelchair Screenshot A flyer protesting on a tarmac in Delhi airport Screenshot Passenger desperate to get out of the SpiceJet flight Screenshot Passengers inside…

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Army’s ALC unveils prosthetic for all-terrain mobility & speedy recovery

ALC commandant Brigadier CN Satish (right) briefs AFMS director general Vice Admiral Arti Sarin on the prosthetic foot Pune: The Artificial Limb Centre (ALC) of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has unveiled an indigenously developed prosthetic foot designed to improve mobility and help lower-limb amputees negotiate terrains.On a visit to review ALC’s rehabilitation and assistive-technology…

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Pune CP gives NOC about vacating two police stations for Dagdusheth temple expansion

The building housing both Vishrambaug and Faraskhana police stations Pune: Commissioner of police, Pune, Amitesh Kumar this week sent a no objection certificate (NOC) to the state home department about handing over the building housing Faraskhana and Vishrambaug police stations to the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Trust for the temple’s expansion.The NOC stated that the…

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Maharashtra Congress tells its BLAs to prepare a report on discrepancies observed during SIR

SIR exercise for electoral roll revision under way in Kasba Peth Pune: Maharashtra Congress has directed its booth-level agents (BLAs) to submit detailed reports on discrepancies noticed during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the state. Based on these constituency-wise inputs, the party plans to compile a comprehensive report and raise…

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Home visits, checks must or deceased may stay on as voters: Poll officials

A Kasba Peth voter carries out her form-filling exercise with a BLO on Thursday Pune: Election officials say BLOs will have to rely on door-to-door verification to identify deceased voters, failing which such names could continue to remain on the electoral rolls.The exercise has identified voters requiring verification by matching electoral rolls with other records,…

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Maharashtra doubles pink e-auto subsidy to 40% amid poor response to scheme

Pic for representational purpose Pune: State govt has doubled the subsidy under its pink e-auto scheme from 20% to 40%, giving a boost to its initiative to improve women’s livelihoods and promote electric mobility. NGOs working with beneficiaries, however, said the higher subsidy alone will not ensure the scheme’s success unless procedural bottlenecks are addressed.A…

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Pune airport facilitates swift transport of heart to Mumbai

The heart being transported from Pune airport to Mumbai Pune: The city airport on Monday facilitated the transportation of a live human organ — heart — to Mumbai safely, demonstrating effective coordination among the airport authorities, airline, ground handling agency, security personnel and the medical team.“A non-scheduled flight operated by M/s Jhankar Aviation Pvt Ltd,…

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Casual worker acquitted after 2 years in jail as daughter does not support prosecution’s rape allegation in court

The judgment was delivered by a special Pocso court in Pune Pune: A 40-year-old casual worker accused of repeatedly raping his 14-year-old daughter was acquitted by a special Pocso court in the city on Monday, two years after the trial began, after the girl did not support the prosecution’s allegation of penetrative sexual assault during…

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