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Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has formed two special squads to disconnect the water supply of housing societies that have failed to make their sewage treatment plants (STPs) operational despite repeated notices.The move came a day after Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) chairman Siddhesh Kadam announced a statewide audit of housing societies and…

Pune: In a costly bid to recover losses of a share-trading scam, a private firm employee (57) again fell prey to another purported global investment platform and lost another Rs 51 lakh between Oct last year and Feb.The resident of Rupinagar in Pimpri Chinchwad lodged an online complaint application. After the preliminary investigations, a case…

Pune: Two boys, aged 12 and 8, drowned in a farm pond at Ballalwadi in Junnar taluka, about 95 km from Pune, on Tuesday.The bodies were brought out from the pond by a rescue team and Pune Rural police. They were later sent for post-mortem. The deceased have been identified as Soham Navale (12) and…

Pune: The state education department’s govt resolution on Monday added a special fifth round for the first time ever exclusively for girls’ admission to first year junior college (FYJC) for academic year 2026-27.The round would be held after the open-to-all phase. It is to ensure that girls have ample opportunity to secure seats in their…

Pune: Senior district administration officials on Thursday said the land acquisition process for the proposed Purandar airport would probably miss the state govt’s May-end deadline, citing two reasons.First, the compensation package is yet to be finalised. Second, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)’s funds disbursal is progressing slowly.The MIDC has so far released Rs400 crore. It…

Pune: Sangvi police on Sunday recovered collectively 74kg of ganja worth Rs 37 lakh from Patethan village of Daund taluka after the arrest of an accused on April 16 from Sangvi.The police caught the accused, Ganesh Chavan, 30, of Shirur, with 14kg of ganja in the Sangvi area on April 16. During the custodial interrogation,…

Pune: Police stations along Pune-Nagar Road launched a special drive against drug trafficking and consumption, arresting 13 men since April 1 from Lonikand, Lohegaon, Vimannagar, Chandannagar and Kharadi. The teams seized 289 grams of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 58.18 lakh, along with additional white powder suspected to contain traces of the drug.In a related case,…

Pune: Citing deteriorating condition of the agricultural sector, several farmers’ organisations have urged the state govt to implement a farm loan waiver immediately, rather than waiting for the current June 30 deadline.The state govt had previously announced that a farm loan waiver would be finalised by the end of June, based on recommendations from a…

Pune: Solapur-bound passengers of derailed Vande Bharat Express spent anxious moments on a platform of Pune Junction till late in the night on Monday, as the railway authorities decided to send them to their destination in the rake of delayed Deccan Queen.Hemant Kumar Behera, the divisional commercial manager and the PRO of Pune railway division,…

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that the Mira Bhayandar attacker was self-radicalized through online content and driven by the idea of committing ‘Jihad’. KOLHAPUR: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that the attacker in Mira Bhayandar near Mumbai, who stabbed two security guards, was “self radicalised by reading books, literature and internet and was…