A patch of waterlogged road near Bhumkar chowk Pune: Heavy showers have left roads waterlogged, underpasses flooded, and traffic jams across the city, including Shivajinagar, Dattawadi, Rasta Peth, Kharadi, Baner, Hinjawadi and Wakad. The rainfall has also exposed yet another cost of poor urban infrastructure – a surge in commute pricing.While choked drains, tree falls…
Speaking after Devichand Agarwal’s (C) last rites, Kuldeep Agarwal (L) said the family was devastated by the loss of both Ketan and his grandfather within a span of 17 days. PUNE: Ketan Agarwal’s uncle, Kuldeep Agarwal, on Sunday said the death of the 26-year-old Pune realtor came as a “massive shock” to his grandfather, Devichand…
PUNE: A newly built road in Talegaon Dabhade near Pune was damaged after a pipeline pressure test triggered a massive water burst amid ongoing monsoon rain in Maharashtra.Videos from the scene showed a massive jet of water erupting from the newly built road. The force of the water damaged a stretch of the road and…
Heavy rains caused a residential society’s compound wall to collapse in Pune’s Katraj area early Sunday, damaging at least 14 vehicles (Photo credit: X) PUNE: At least 14 vehicles were damaged after a residential society’s compound wall collapsed in Pune early Sunday following heavy rain.Fire brigade officials said that no injuries were reported in the…
PUNE: Data recovered successfully from all three cellphones seized from Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary, accused of murdering realtor Ketan Agrawal in Lohagad, police are now corroborating the digital evidence with the statements of witnesses to collect more circumstantial evidence.Officers believe the recovered data may provide crucial leads related to the alleged murder conspiracy. A…
Pic for representational purpose Pune: Former MLA of Kasba Peth Ravindra Dhangekar has written to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and state govt, urging them to convene a joint meeting of all stakeholders to resolve the long-pending issue of permitting redevelopment and construction activities near Shaniwarwada, a protected monument.Dhangekar said the issue remains unresolved…
The message was sent while Agarwal’s family had already begun seeking Aadhaar details from relatives and friends to make travel bookings for the wedding, which was scheduled for November in Udaipur. PUNE: Days after murder accused Siya Goyal allegedly blamed co-accused Chetan Chaudhary for the conspiracy to kill her fiancé and Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal,…
Devotees on the bank of Indrayani river in Alandi Pune: The Alandi Municipal Council (AMC) has decided to make the pilgrim town hoarding-free ahead of the annual palkhi procession, which draws lakhs of devotees to Alandi every year.The exercise will be carried out in phases by removing unauthorised hoardings, advertisement boards and iron structures across…
Students said previous govt resolutions (GRs) had promised 300 PhD scholarships for SC and ST students and 200 for other categories. However, because advertisements were never issued, these benefits remained on paper Pune: A newly announced common policy by the Maharashtra govt for five state-run educational institutes has drawn sharp criticism from several student organisations.These…
Maharashtra has over one lakh anganwadi workers and helpers Pune: Women and child development minister Aditi Tatkare informed the legislative council that pending honorarium payments for anganwadi workers and helpers under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme have been cleared up to May. The minister attributed the recent delays to the rollout of a…
