Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti reviewed the SIR drive in Pune division Pune: Deputy election commissioner Gyanesh Bharti on Tuesday directed poll officials to complete the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls within the prescribed timeline, stressing that voter lists must be prepared with utmost accuracy and booth-level officers’ work closely monitored.Bharti reviewed…
BLOs conducting the SIR drive Pune: When a booth-level officer (BLO) visited 31-year-old IT professional Rohit Deshmukh’s (name changed) apartment in Pune last week, he realised he had two voter registrations.“I shifted from Nagpur to Pune four years ago for a job. I enrolled as a voter in Pune, but did not delete my name…
According to petitioner’s counsel Satish Dhoka, the case is the first of its kind in Pune district courts where a divorce petition was decided after the respondent participated through video conferencing Pune: A district judge granted a divorce after interacting via video conferencing with a man lodged in jail, who declined legal aid and chose…
FDA personnel dump thousands of litres of milk on suspicion of adulteration Pune: In a series of crackdowns on suspected food adulteration, the Food and Drug Administration’s Pune division seized stocks worth over Rs 37 lakh during inspections at seven locations across districts between July 8 and July 12.In Pune district, FDA teams inspected a…
The department issued a public statement on Monday night seeking cooperation from tax payers Pune: Operations at the property tax department of PMC have been disrupted after approximately 200 employees were deployed for the special voter list revision (SIR) drive.The mass deployment has left the department functioning with a skeleton staff. Currently, only three senior…
Pune: The Maharashtra State Gazetted Agriculture Officers’ Association has sought enhanced security for agriculture officials and reforms in seed regulation and crop insurance to prevent possible attacks on field officers.The demand follows the alleged confinement of the Akola district superintendent agriculture officer by a group of farmers and a local politician during protests over substandard…
Pune: Passengers heading to the airport as well as the ones returning, were stranded in the traffic for almost two hours after a PMPML e-bus broke down causing traffic jam on the Lohegaon airport road on Tuesday morning.Deputy commissioner of police (Traffic) Sandip Bhajibhakare told TOI, “An electric PMPML bus developed a technical snag near…
Pune: A Std XI student was killed and his two friends sustained severe injuries after their motorcycle collided with an MSRTC bus at Manchar, about 65km from Pune, on Monday afternoon.Pune Rural police identified the deceased as Vir Anil Shinde (17) of Avsari Khurd. A day before the accident, Vir had celebrated his 17th birthday….
Pune: A group of 18 men damaged a car and a van parked on a public road in the Padmavati area around 1am on Monday.Senior inspector Vitthal Pawar of Sahakarnagar police said, “The suspects were carrying sharp weapons and were moving around the area on six two-wheelers. We have obtained CCTV footage of their movement…
Pune: About 800 hens worth Rs1.65 lakh were stolen from a tempo parked near the Shivaji Market area in Camp at around 5 am on Monday.Tempo owner Dhananjay Urad (60), a resident of Camp, lodged a complaint with the Cantonment police station. According to the police, “Urad’s tempo driver transported 1,134 hens from a poultry…
