Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members would not have left the party to join BJP had it followed its principles.Hazare also demanded a stringent law to prevent elected representatives from switching parties when he was interacting with reporters in his village…
Pune: The management council of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) on Saturday approved an increase in student honorariums and set a strict deadline for teacher recruitment.The council, representing students across Pune, Nashik, and Ahmednagar, met at the university’s main building to address long-pending demands and administrative bottlenecks.The council approved increasing the hourly honorarium for the…
Ahilyanagar: The Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE) of the DRDO on Saturday unveiled two next-generation infantry combat vehicle platforms — tracked and wheeled variants — under the ‘Vikram VT-21′ programme.Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in collaboration with two private industry partners over the past three years, this is the first…
Pune: Shivajinagar resident Kalyan Bhausal had reached the city’s regional transport office (RTO) on Friday morning to enquire about getting the address changed on his vehicle’s registration certificate, but found the premises to be almost deserted.For around 45 minutes, Bhausal tried to locate an official to help him, but with all counters empty, his attempts…
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporators in the PMC on Friday staged a walk-out of the general body (GB) meeting, alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has the clear majority in the civic body, “is handling the administration autocratically.“The corporators left the house en masse claiming that the BJP rejected their demand to…
Pune: Four days after it began, the statewide indefinite strike called by govt and semi-govt employees was suspended late on Friday evening after discussions with the authorities.The strike had affected operations at state-run facilities, including Sassoon General Hospital, where over 700 nurses had joined the stir in response to the call made by the Maharashtra…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has missed its March 31 deadline to transfer Smart City Mission assets and projects to the civic body.This delay comes as the state govt moves to officially wind down the special purpose vehicles (SPVs) that have managed the scheme since its inception.On Feb 11, then municipal commissioner Shravan…
Pune: The rough draft of “Pune Growth Hub” blueprint is expected to be finalised by the end of June, with a preliminary draft ready by late May, divisional commissioner Chandrakant Pulkundwar said on Friday.The announcement followed a high-level executive committee review meeting chaired by Nitin Kareer, the chief of the state finance commission.“Two agencies appointed…
Pune: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that banks must maintain a “human interface” while serving customers, despite the ongoing massive push towards digitisation.Speaking in Pune at the inauguration of the State Bank of India (SBI)’s local head office, the finance minister underscored the balance between technology and personal service.“Digitisation should happen; it…
Pune: Residents of Vimannagar met Pune police officials recently to flag persistent traffic congestion and civic issues in the area, with the department identifying key bottlenecks and promising targeted enforcement over the coming days.Deputy commissioner of police (zone VII) Somay Munde along with other officials met 30 residents.Traffic snarls remained a core concern, but the…
