Autorickshaws parked near PMC Metro station Pune: The Regional Transport Authority’s (RTA) decision to introduce shared autorickshaw feeder services from all Pune Metro stations has received cautious support from auto unions. They stated that the initiative will succeed only if backed by proper infrastructure, a clear fare structure and coordinated implementation.Union leaders pointed out that…
Booth-level officers help each other upload the details of voters in a school in rural Pune PUNE: The state’s election machinery distributed enumeration forms for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls but digitising nearly 10 crore forms accurately remains a challenge even though the drive has been extended up to Aug 17.Election officials said…
The Election Commission of India extended Maharashtra’s electoral roll revision by 10 days. (Representational image) PUNE: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday extended the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra by 10 days, pushing the deadline for submission of enumeration forms and the door-to-door verification exercise by booth-level officers from…
The aim of the proposed ropeway cable-car facility is to provide easy access to people between Sarasbaug and Parvati Pune: PMC has initiated steps to push ahead its proposed ropeway cable-car facility from Sarasbaug to Parvati, with a project management consultant now appointed to take up a detailed study, check feasibility and prepare basic designs.The…
Combined storage across the four dams in the Khadakwasla circle has reached 99.94% Pune: All major dams in Pune district continued discharging water on Tuesday as steady rainfall persisted in their catchment areas over the past 24 hours. Combined storage across the four dams in the Khadakwasla circle has reached 99.94%, with Temghar the only…
Pune: Aug has only just begun, but the city has already recorded more rainfall than its June-Aug seasonal normal. This comes even as India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s latest long-range outlook indicated below-normal rainfall over Maharashtra in Aug, an unexpected contrast in a monsoon season that has already reshaped the city’s rainfall record.According to IMD’s 1971-2020…
Pune: Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation Limited (Mahabeej) has initiated an internal inquiry into complaints of poor germination of its soybean seeds after receiving over 1,000 complaints from farmers across Vidarbha and Marathwada. The move comes days after TOI raised the issue in a report published on July 30.Mahabeej managing director Dilip Swami said the inquiry…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad police have arrested an unemployed youth from Moshi for allegedly allowing cyber fraudsters to use nine of his bank accounts as mule accounts to route money siphoned off from victims across the country.The accused, Sachin Kale, a native of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar who lives in Moshi with his family, allegedly received around Rs…
NCP workers protest against Congress over the party’s “Gungi Gudiya” remark against Sunetra Pawar, in Pune on Tuesday Pune/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The social media post of Congress referring to deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar as “Gungi Gudiya” sparked a controversy on Tuesday, as NCP reminded the party the same term was used against former Prime Minister…
Auto rickshaws waiting for the fitness test Pune: Transporters have urged authorities to conduct a trial run of the fully automated vehicle fitness testing system at the Pune Regional Transport Office’s (RTO) Dive Ghat inspection centre before its rollout on Wednesday.The Pune RTO has installed four automated testing machines for different categories of vehicles at…
