Recently, dozens of long-distance trains were cancelled. It led to a sea of passengers over the platforms of Pune Railway Station Pune: Deaths due to railway track trespassing have increased by over 7 per cent in the Pune railway division between Jan and April compared to the same period last year.As many as 113 trespassing…
A knife attack for representational purpose Pune: The Sinhagad Road police on Tuesday morning arrested Yuvraj Gegaje (39) for allegedly assaulting a salon owner Rupesh Bhandirge (41) of Narhe to death outside his salon at Wadgaon Budruk, near Sinhagad Road, around 10pm on Sunday.The victim’s brother Nilesh (38) of Warje lodged a complaint with the…
Pune: Delays in issuance of domicile and income certificates at e-Seva Kendras across Pune district have left students and parents in a state of panic as the college admission season begins. The district administration had shut down 89 e-Seva Kendras and Citizen Facilitation Centres (CFCs) last week for violating operational norms.Applicants alleged that several centres…
Pune: Aerospace engineering students of MIT Art, Design and Technology University (MIT-ADT) started what was meant to be a final year project, but turned into a full-fledged unmanned aircraft that did a successful test flight on May 4 in DhuleThey designed, developed and flew a radio-controlled electric aircraft. The university claimed it was one of…
The Pune RMC Association had halted operations on April 16, citing coordination issues with MPCB, PMC and the police Ready-mix concrete suppliers had proposed a rate hike across various concrete grades on May 9 The Pune RMC Association had halted operations on April 16, citing coordination issues with MPCB, PMC and the police Ready-mix concrete…
Pune: State govt plans to set up a committee to fast-track key tunnel road projects in the city, including the ambitious 54km ‘Paatal Lok’ underground network to divert private vehicles from congested arterial roads, under which the longest 14km stretch will run from Yerawada to Katraj.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis highlighted the importance of the project…
Pune: City-based vaccine major Serum Institute of India (SII) has entered into an emergency response arrangement with the University of Oxford to develop and manufacture an investigational vaccine ready for testing against Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus with support from global epidemic preparedness organisation CEPI.Confirming the development, SII’s owner and CEO Adar Poonawalla said, “The…
The court observed that “the informant and the victim may forgive the accused, but the law does not permit to forgive him” Pune: A special POCSO court last week sentenced a worker (42) to 20-year rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting his minor daughter, holding that “the law does not permit to forgive” such offenders…
Pune: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its preliminary investigation, suspects that a few selected students benefited from a leaked question paper allegedly provided by Shivraj Motegaonkar, the arrested director of RCC, a private coaching institute.On Tuesday, CBI officials questioned several students in Pune in connection with the case.Investigators are closely examining how the…
Pune: SRPF has officially cancelled the written examination for recruitment to constable posts at its Group 5 unit in Daund, nearly two weeks after it was put on hold over allegations of question paper duplication, following an internal inquiry.Additional Director General of Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) Rajkumar Vhatkar told TOI that the probe…
