Pune

Pune: The PMRDA has shifted into action mode to accelerate work on the Maan–Hinjewadi–Shivajinagar Metro Line 3, with senior officials undertaking on-ground inspections to identify and resolve critical bottlenecks delaying progress.Officials said the 23km route would start operations in phases, with twelve stations are likely to open by mid-June, followed by finishing the remaining 11…

Pune: The women and child development (WCD) department has not initiated any recovery of funds disbursed to ineligible beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, a Right to Information (RTI) reply has revealed.In a written response dated April 23, the department informed RTI applicant Vihar Durve that an estimated 12,757 men had availed benefits…

Pune: A retired Pune Metro officer (75) from Pashan has lodged a complaint with the Baner police, stating that online fraudsters cheated him of Rs 48 lakh by threatening to arrest him in child pornography and money laundering cases between March 23 and April 13.The suspects posed as officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of…

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will investigate the allegations of tree trimming at the mayor’s official bungalow on Ghole Road in Shivajinagar.The inquiry came after activists raised objections to the trimming. “The details on how the permission was granted would be checked. A report regarding it would also be drafted in the next week,”…

Pune: Maharashtra Day on May 1 will usher in a long weekend and highways leading towards Lonavla and Mahabaleshwar are expected to swell with traffic by Thursday night. Residents are rethinking what a break should look like weighing long drives in temperatures nearabouts 40°C against easier, heat-conscious escapes closer to home.“We’re leaving at 4 am….

Pune: A special CBI-ACB court in the city on Tuesday sentenced a businessman-borrower and a bank credit manager to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case relating to illegal sanction and disbursement of a Rs50 lakh cash credit facility at the Central Bank of India’s Pimpri branch between 2010 and 2011.The court later…

Pune: The Shivajinagar police on Monday detained and released a man (30) from Pimpri Chinchwad for supplying sedative-laced tablet to some paan stall operators in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.A team headed by senior inspector Girish Dighavkar of Shivajingar police nabbed the man from a tempo parked on the FC Road on Monday. Police checked the…

Pune: The number of heatstroke cases in Maharashtra is on the rise as temperatures continue to soar across the state. The health department has reported 95 heatstroke cases from March 1 to April 29, while over 4 lakh people sought treatment at outpatient departments for heat-related symptoms during the period.Four suspected heatstroke deaths have been…

Pune: The state electrical department’s recent review report has highlighted that lift safety inspections remain dismally low in Pune and parts of Mumbai, even as recent mishaps in Nashik underscore the risks posed by gaps in mandatory annual checks.Concerns have sharpened after two incidents in Nashik in recent days, one in which a residential lift…

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police said that Ramesh Reddy (35), a former gambling den operator, was shot nine times on Tuesday evening. The police added that it was a result of an old rivalry between the victim and assailants.The Dehu Road police on Wednesday registered a murder case against three people and their five to…