The meeting focused on completing land demarcation and joint measurements along both project alignments within the stipulated timeframe Pune: The district administration has set Oct 30 deadline to complete joint land surveys for the 24-metre-wide high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) and the 65-metre-wide inner ring road, as authorities seek to accelerate land acquisition for…
Passengers remain sceptical and say assurances of reasonable fares often failed to translate into reality during the festive rush Pune: Private bus operators have promised to keep festive fare hikes in check after MSRTC scrapped its customary 15% Diwali fare increase this year in the backdrop of drought conditions.“Even though MSRTC has been running at…
Pune: A 21-year-old man with a criminal record allegedly fired at his 47-year-old cousin in an attempt to kill him following a family dispute in Lashirgaon village, along the Velhe-Nasrapur Road, about 40km from Pune, on Wednesday.Velhe police arrested the accused, Omkar Jadhav, on Thursday. Jadhav had an extortion case registered against him with the…
Pune passport office in Ghorpadi Pune: Students from Zilla Parishad schools selected for an educational exposure visit to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) were issued passports within 24 hours by Regional Passport Office (RPO).The initiative was part of the Students and Ministry of External Affairs Engagement Programme (SAMEEP), under which RPO organised an…
Pune: Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) has launched a one-year online diploma in educational research offered in Marathi.The diploma will be offered in Marathi through an online, self-learning format, allowing teachers to pursue the course alongside their professional responsibilities. Graduates from any discipline will be eligible for admission, with primary school teachers and those…
Under the revised norms, developers must obtain a certificate from a competent public authority confirming that water will be available for the proposed project’s requirements Pune: Developers of group housing projects in Pune Metropolitan Region will now have to establish access to an assured water supply to secure building permissions and occupancy certificates, under revised…
Representatives from ICMR and Ayush Ministry at the curtain raiser in Pune Pune: ICMR-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV), Pune, hosted a curtain-raiser programme for the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2026 on Thursday, focusing on the thematic area “Preventive Medicine and Advanced Healthcare Solutions.”ESTIC 2026, India’s flagship science, technology and innovation conclave, is…
On Oct 6, a truck crashed into a private luxury bus on the link, leaving five passengers seriously injured Pune: HighwaySafety Patrol (HSP) will register cases against drivers violating the ban on movement of heavy vehicles, such as trucks and containers, along the connecting link of Pune-Mumbai Expressway.The connecting link of Mumbai-Pune Expressway was opened…
SIR hearing underway at a school in Baner Pune: The state chief electoral office will hold special camps at all polling stations on Oct 17, 18, 24 and 25 to help eligible voters check their names in the draft electoral rolls and submit claims and objections by Oct 26 under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision…
Pune: A special CBI court remanded Anil Kumar B R, executive director of Munitions India Limited, a public sector defence manufacturing company under Ministry of Defence, his brother Harshavardhan B R, and businessman Ashish Kansal, the alleged bribe-giver, in police custody till Oct 19 in a multi-crore rupee bribery case.The CBI’s investigating officers told the…
