Pune

PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD: In a high-stakes operation, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Fire Department rescued a man who had climbed a high-tension transmission tower in the Nigdi area on Monday night.The several-hour-long operation involved eight fire teams and a specialised force of around 50–60 personnel. Officials said the man appeared to be in an inebriated state, making the rescue more…

Pune: A coach of Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Express derailed while entering Pune station around 7.15pm on Monday, blocking the main line between Mumbai and Pune. No one was injured. Eight to nine train arrivals were affected.One Vande Bharat passenger said they had to sit in the train for over 90 minutes before being told to…

Pune: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board will not give any more leeway to ready-mix concrete plants that don’t comply with environmental norms that were issued last Oct, chairman Siddhesh Kadam said on Monday.The statement came at a time when close to 300 ready-mix concrete (RMC) units in Pune have stopped manufacturing owing to lack of coordination…

Pune: Residents of several housing societies in Undri’s hilltop areas have expressed concern as tanker operators have imposed a steep and unilateral price hike, increasing rates from Rs600 to Rs800 per tanker effective May 1, while allegedly adding a strict no negotiation clause.Residents emphasised they are heavily dependent on tanker water due to lack of…

Pune: The civic administration has decided to widen a long-pending stretch of the main Aundh Road, ahead of Bremen Chowk and towards the Rajiv Gandhi bridge, in a bid to remove the bottleneck faced by vehicles due to narrow carriageway width. The three heritage structures located along this stretch will now be shifted to other…

Pune: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB), following rise in complaints regarding poorly lit roads and growing safety concerns, has officially sanctioned Rs44 lakh to overhaul malfunctioning streetlights.The PCB’s general body meeting on Monday addressed this concern and finalised a private firm to manage the comprehensive repair schedule.An internal survey carried out by the board’s electric…

Pune: A day after a disturbed man (24) hailing from Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand dangerously drove a PMPML bus from Dengle Bridge to Goodluck Chowk before being overpowered, the Shivajinagar police said that they will act against the bus driver, who left the keys unattended in the ignition socket, only if PMPML lodges a complaint.The…

Pune: Bharati Vidyapeeth police have arrested four men from the Katraj area for hacking to death Tejas Dattatray Pilane (24), a resident of Dhankawadi, on the service road of the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass around 1.30 am on Friday over a dispute related to dancing at a wedding ceremony.The assailants fled the crime scene and were…

Pune: PMPML buses are potentially exposed to vandalism and theft as nearly 125 buses from the overall fleet are consistently scrambling for parking across the city. This is despite the authorities setting up 17 bus depots, and with the Charholi depot established just last year.On Saturday, a visibly ‘disturbed’ youth, as per the police, hailing…

Pune: The city on Sunday continued to reel under scorching heat with the maximum temperature in various areas hovering over 40° C again marking the season’s highest, so far. Koregaon Park area was the hottest neighbourhood at 42.9° C, followed closely by Lohegaon at 42.7° C, Shivajinagar at 41.8° C, Chinchwad at 41.2° C, Magarpatta…