Pune: A 60-year-old woman was tied up, gagged with a sari and threatened with a knife by three unidentified men who broke into her bungalow while she was asleep and robbed her of gold jewellery, cash and other valuables worth Rs53.70 lakh in Talawade in the early hours of Tuesday.The woman later approached the Chikhali…
An air ambulance in action Pune: The state govt plans to launch an emergency air ambulance service on three major highways from early next year to ensure faster medical assistance to accident victims, transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Tuesday.The service will cover Samruddhi Mahamarg (Mumbai-Nagpur highway), Pune-Mumbai Expressway and Mumbai-Goa highway, with the aim…
Pic for representational purpose Pune: Vegetable prices have surged by 10-15% amid water shortages and concerns over reduced supplies, making commonly used ingredients such as coriander, green chillies and onions more expensive.Onions are selling at Rs 70 per kg and coriander at Rs 40 a bunch.“Household essentials are becoming expensive, inflating grocery bills considerably,” said…
An AI-generated image of a police constable demanding money and threatening a grocery store owner Pune: A police constable posted with Phursungi police station has been suspended after he allegedly demanded extortion and threatened legal action against a grocery store owner in Uruli Devachi and took Rs 1.65 lakh.Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Tuesday…
Senior Congress member Prithviraj Chavan Pune: Former chief minister and senior Congress member Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said there was a growing public sentiment against the govt but it did not mean an automatic victory for the opposition, stressing that the party workers would have to work hard to win the upcoming elections.He said, “Though…
Pune: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday described his department’s command and control centre as “bogus”, exposing lapses in a system meant to protect public transport commuters in distress.Admitting that panic buttons were non-functional in several vehicles and the facility existed largely on paper, Sarnaik said he had directed the transport commissioner’s office to overhaul…
Maximum Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names have been filed in Thane Pune: Civil rights activists on Tuesday demanded minute scrutiny of all 25,661 Form 7 applications submitted between Aug 31 and Oct 11 seeking deletion of names from the draft electoral roll.Activist Ulka Mahajan raised concerns about field-level verification and said every application…
Farmers said the pipeline will deprive villages along the river of water needed for agriculture, and warned that they would not allow the project to proceed until their concerns are addressed Pune: Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) plan to draw water directly from Andra dam through a closed pipeline has triggered opposition from farmers in at…
The move is aimed at curbing irregularities under the state’s ‘one district one registration’ scheme, which allows documents to be registered across a district rather than only in the jurisdiction where the property is located Pune: The state govt has made prior scrutiny by senior registration officials mandatory for property documents presented for registration outside…
Raju Shetti addresses protesting farmers at Kognoli on Maharashtra-Karnataka border Kolhapur: Travellers from Mumbai, Pune and Satara heading to Karnataka should avoid travelling on Pune-Bengaluru National Highway (NH48) if possible due to severe disruption caused by a farmers’ blockade near Kognoli on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, Kolhapur Range Special Inspector General of Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma…
