Pune: The civic administration on Tuesday began drafting a standard operating procedure (SOP) to regulate the city’s cluttered cable network. Officials said the civic body planned to adopt Hyderabad’s model, which included fixing height limits for overhead cables and introducing a rental fee structure for cable operators seeking to install independent poles.The PMC had suspended…
Pune: Anger and anxiety are simmering in Janwadi Janata Vasahat and surrounding areas, where residents have complained of receiving muddy, discoloured water reeking of a foul smell over the past several days, raising serious health concerns.Frustrated with the supply issues, the residents on Tuesday marched to the local ward office and staged a protest, demanding…
Nashik: There has been a noticeable drop in the number of ‘VIP’ pilgrims visiting the Trimbakeshwar temple in recent days. Until recently, the temple recorded 500-700 VIP entries on a daily basis, which has now dwindled significantly.The development follows a police operation against alleged ‘VIP darshans’, in which some people were arrested for colluding with…
Pune:Day one of the govt employees’ strike impacted patient care services at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital on Tuesday, as more than 600 nurses employed here participated in the protest. The situation mainly affected new admissions and routine surgeries; however, as additional staff was deployed to handle the excess load, the impact was less on…
Pune: The Chatushrungi police have registered a case against an event manager, a resident of Ahilyanagar, for allegedly cheating an IPS officer and his relatives of Rs 10 lakh by failing to execute decoration work for the officer’s wedding reception held on March 3 this year.The IPS officer’s sister (38), a resident of Aundh, lodged…
Pune: An 81-year-old Nigdi resident’s timely intervention on Monday afternoon saved his son, a chemical engineer (35), from losing Rs12 lakh in digital arrest fraud, a few days after he participated in a police awareness session on cyberfraud at a senior citizens’ club.Cybercrooks impersonating the Mumbai police crime branch officials had called the elderly man’s…
Pune : The Pimpri Chinchwad police for the first time slapped the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against nine people arrested in an online share fraud.The accused are members of a gang, which duped a 58-year-old former director of a private company of Rs11 crore in an online share-trading fraud. The Pimpri Chinchwad…
Pune:A PMPML bus crashed into a wedding card shop on Bajirao Road, near Appa Balwant Chowk, around 3.45pm on Tuesday, damaging its glass door and furniture but no one was injured.“Thankfully, no one was standing at the door of the card shop. There were about 15 passengers in the bus, but none of them suffered…
Pune: The civic body has started a survey to identify dangerous trees two days after a woman died when one fell on her on Sinhagad Road.Activists and citizens have welcomed the initiative, but criticised the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for “waking up late.” They said the survey should have happened earlier and such inspections should…
Pune: A sharp rise in humidity over the past few days increased people’s discomfort amid maximum temperatures close to 39–40°C in the city, but IMD hinted at some relief in the form of light rain and thunderstorms in the coming days.Data from India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s observatories on Monday showed the maximum temperature was 40.8°C…
