Pune: A recorded criminal was arrested by Alandi police on Monday for allegedly assaulting and attempting to extort money from an elderly vegetable vendor at Alandi on Sunday.A police officer said, “Suspect and his accomplice visited the senior citizen’s vegetable stall and demanded Rs5,000 from him to allow him to run his stall in the…
Pune: Illegal construction, operating a business without a licence and unauthorised digging of public land within cantonments of the country will now attract civil penalties as the Centre’s ‘Jan Vishwas’ amendments to the Cantonments Act, 2006, come into force.The revised provisions, also applicable to Pune and Khadki cantonments, mark a shift from criminal prosecution to…
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at Tiranga Rally in Pune on Tuesday Pune: In response to Maratha activist Manoj Jarange’s call of agitation from Aug 29, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the govt will not work under anybody’s pressure and it will continue to take decisions as per the constitutional provisions.Accusing state govt of…
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the state will have to develop an ecosystem of cities beyond Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune for the sustainable and long-term growth of the global capability centres (GCCs). CM invited GCC leaders to look at Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as the next frontier to…
Industries minister Uday Samant Pune: Maharashtra industries minister Uday Samant on Tuesday dismissed reports of businesses exiting the Chakan industrial area and said he has directed MIDC to survey factories that have either closed or migrated.The six-laning of the Talegaon-Chakan-Shikhrapur highway has also recently received cabinet approval, he said. Govt is planning to allocate Rs100…
Judge and gavel in courtroom Pune: Recruitment for 66 vacancies in three categories of librarian posts, advertised by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER), has run into a dispute, leaving hundreds of ‘overqualified’ candidates in a professional limbo and challenging the department’s eligibility criteria in the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT).Candidates alleged that despite…
Pune city is likely to see very light to light rain in the next few days Pune: Rain warnings have returned across parts of Maharashtra, with India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a spell of enhanced rainfall activity over the state from Wednesday onwards.However, the wet phase is expected to be brief, with showers likely to…
Civic chief Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday inspected the bridge work Civic chief Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday inspected the bridge work Civic chief Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday inspected the bridge work Civic chief Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday inspected the bridge work Civic chief Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday inspected the bridge work…
Pune: A four-year-old girl was playing inside a residential society in Bhosari, where her father works as a security guard, when a car hit and injured her grievously on Friday. The Bhosari MIDC police registered a case against the driver for negligent driving on Monday on her father’s complaint.She suffered injuries to her waist and…
Pune: Govt Railway Police (GRP) has identified 10 critical spots across six districts of Western Maharashtra where people have repeatedly died after being hit by trains.Superintendent of Police, GRP, Rajkumar Shinde said, “We have considered locations with two or more deaths to identify as a critical hotspots. These 10 spots are located near Pune, Chinchwad,…
