Residents faced severe hardships due to the alternate-day water supply in Pune city Pune: The civic administration on Tuesday resumed daily water supply across the city, suspending the alternate-day supply schedule that had been in force since June 15 until the weekend (July 12).The restoration of daily supply is expected to bring relief to citizens…
Mahabaleshwar was lashed by cloudburst-like rain on Tuesday, recording 403mm in 24 hours and a staggering 916mm over the past 48 hours Pune: Extremely heavy rain continued to batter parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday with several locations in the Sahyadri Ghats logging 500-600mm in the past 24 hours. The popular hill station of Mahabaleshwar in…
Pune: Three personnel of the Highway Safety Patrol and three traffic wardens allegedly attempted to extort Rs5 lakh from a tourist by threatening arrest, after falsely claiming drugs had been found in his car.The tourist’s friend filed a complaint with the Kamshet Police. Assistant police inspector Aakash Pawar of the Kamshet police said, “We are…
Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary PUNE: Police investigating the murder of Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal are examining whether his fiancée, Siya Goyal, had secretly married her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, months before Agarwal’s death.Goyal (20) and…
Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi in Dehu Pune: Traffic on several major and internal roads in Pimpri Chinchwad will remain closed or diverted from Wednesday for the annual palkhi processions of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj.The traffic branch has planned road closures and diversions in Dehu, Alandi and along the palkhi routes until both…
Work on restoration of the landslide-hit section of the railways on Tuesday Pune: The surest and most time-bound way to get to Mumbai from Pune is by train. But that certainty was lost after rail operations between Pune and Mumbai were disrupted by a massive landslide early on Monday and the tracks have not been…
Nisarg Society in Bavdhan experienced unprecedented waterlogging after Monday’s rain Pune: After years of severe waterlogging that routinely cut off access to the gated Nisarg Society in Bavdhan during the monsoon, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has attributed the problem to the absence of a stormwater drainage network and rainwater harvesting system and issued a notice…
Pune: The State Eligibility Test (SET) for recruitment to assistant professor posts, scheduled to be held on July 26, has been postponed.Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), the nodal agency for conducting the exam in Maharashtra and Goa, said the test is now likely to be held on Sept 6. An official from the university said,…
NCP (SP) functionary Jayant Patil Pune: A meeting between former state president of NCP (SP) Jayant Patil and BJP’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde in Mumbai has led to speculation about Sharad Pawar’s party exploring options of joining the NDA.The recent meeting between Patil and Tawde created a political flutter but Patil called it a…
Teachers, using Prashast app, will observe students’ day-to-day behaviour, learning abilities, communication skills and overall development Pune: Every student in Maharashtra will undergo a special screening through the Prashast App 2.0 as part of a statewide initiative to identify children with special educational needs at an early stage and ensure they receive support.The education department…
