Marketplaces see a surge in plastic water storage drums as residents adjust to the city’s strict alternate-day water rationing amid an ongoing dry spell Pune: The second day of alternate-day water supply on Tuesday proved what residents feared: Weak pressure and delayed restoration.Residents in areas that were cut off on Monday under the new plan…
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is likely to order the closure of swimming pools and vehicle washing centres from June 25 if water levels in the dams did not improve, officials said on Tuesday Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is likely to order the closure of swimming pools and vehicle washing centres from June 25…
District collector holds the Pune Road Safety Committee meeting Pune: District collector Jitendra Dudi has instructed all departments related to road safety to jointly inspect accident-prone black spots across the district and submit detailed reports with short- and long-term remedial measures by June 29, as the administration intensifies efforts to curb fatalities.Dudi chaired a meeting…
Pune: A burglary at a housing society on Sinhagad Road came to light on Sunday after thieves stole gold and silver ornaments and cash worth Rs 24.35 lakh from a locked flat. The flat owner, a 51-year-old homemaker, lodged a complaint with Parvati police.Police said the woman lived in the second-floor flat with her husband,…
ICSI members will be able to access cloud-based services Pune: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BharathCloud to provide cloud infrastructure services to company secretaries and ICSI members across the country.Under the agreement, ICSI members will be able to access cloud-based services at special rates…
(Right) Transwoman Kajal Sharma (51) landed a job with the PMC as a guard in 2023 Pune: Every morning, transwoman Kajal Sharma (51) would report for guard duty at the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) headquarters. Tucked away in her bag would be an unusual item — school textbooks — which she would read during breaks….
Residents get stuck in a lift housing society in Handewadi Pune: Several housing societies in Handewadi are facing frequent power interruptions due to road-widening work being carried out on the Hadapsar stretch of the palkhi route leading to Dive Ghat. Residents had staged a protest in May against the recurring outages, citing inadequate power infrastructure…
Pune: The Nigdi police on Monday arrested an ayurveda practitioner attached to a private hospital in Chinchwad for allegedly molesting a 37-year-old female patient.The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday while the woman was recovering in a hospital ward after undergoing surgery. “The accused entered the ward on the pretext of conducting a…
Pune: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate two new trains on Wednesday, including the Amrit Bharat Express train between Pune and Danapur in Bihar, railway officials said.A daily train connecting Pune and Sainagar Shirdi will also be inaugurated.Officials said the Pune–Danapur Amrit Bharat Express will originate from Hadapsar railway station. The train’s schedule is expected…
Police suspect that Narendra Raosaheb Thakare supplied similar machines to others in Pune and adjoining districts Pune: The district rural police last week took custody of the sonography machine supplier, Narendra Raosaheb Thakare of Wagholi, in connection with the illegal sex determination case registered at the Yavat police station.“We arrested Thakare in our case. The…
