Pune: Residents of several housing societies in Undri, Mohammadwadi and NIBM Annexe continue to pay water tax without receiving a single drop of municipal supply, even as their dependence on private tanker operators rises and become costlier.Following a tanker strike that disrupted supply on Wednesday and exposed the area’s vulnerability, operators have now raised water…
Pune: The Sahakarnagar police on Thursday registered a case against four paediatricians and two nurses of Chinmay Nursing Home in Navi Peth for causing death by negligence and cheating in connection with the demise of an 11-month-old female infant, last year.The infant was admitted to the nursing home on May 22, 2025, after bouts of…
Pune: The Wakad police on Thursday arrested an engineering student (19) of a city-based private college for trying to blackmail a traffic constable and demanding Rs 50,000 on Tuesday during a routine check.Machhindra Baramate, the constable (Wakad traffic division), lodged a complaint. The Wakad police on Thursday arrested the accused from Sambhajinagar and registered a…
Pune: Leasing rentals for commercial spaces in the city have remained stable with developers continuing to restrict new supply despite office absorption showing signs of moderation.Knight Frank India data said average rental for office space rose 5% year-on-year to Rs 81 per sqft as of March 31 in view of a sharp decline in new…
Pune: MNS students’ wing chief Amit Thackeray on Friday demanded free hand to police to take strict action against drugs traffickers, accusing the state govt of remaining a mute spectator to trafficking of these in large quantities.“The quantity of drugs being trafficked to the state is quite alarming. There is something terribly wrong with the…
Pune: A neurosurgical team at Sahyadri Hospital has successfully removed a massive 16.5 cm tumour from a patient’s spinal cord. The rare, long-segment tumour spanned from the brainstem, through the cervical spine, and down to the fourth thoracic level.Intramedullary tumours (those arising within the spinal cord) are relatively rare, and cases involving multiple spinal levels…
Pune:The court of additional sessions judge Hitendra Wani in Baramati convicted and sentenced a 40-year-old farmer to two years rigorous imprisonment, for assaulting a revenue circle officer inside a govt office in Patas on Aug 14, 2019, over a mutation entry dispute. The court later released the convict on bail to enable him to file…
Pune: The notorious steep stretch near Gangadham Chowk and Aai Mata Mandir, just ahead of Pune’s busy Market Yard, is finally set to be eased, with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) starting work to reduce the gradient, following years of fear, near misses and fatal crashes.According to the residents, the stretch, infamous for making even seasoned…
Pune:The Talegaon MIDC police on Wednesday registered a case of causing death by negligence against the principal, manager, sports department head and the ground maintenance staffer of Tolani Maritime Institute at Indori in Maval taluka, after a 20-year-old student died when the rim of a basketball hoop collapsed on his head while he was hanging…
Pune: Floating barriers installed by Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in the Mula to control aquatic growth are trapping waste and worsening river pollution, with a direct impact on drinking water quality, Hinjewadi gram panchayat has said in its letter to the civic body and irrigation department officials.The iron cables with floating plastic blocks installed…
