Pune: Villagers of Pimparkhed, Shirur tehsil, about 100 km from Pune, are fearful after fresh sighting of leopards and the capture of five big cats over the last fortnight. The development comes barely four months after three fatal attacks though forest officials intensified efforts to track and catch the animals.Reportedly, new big cats have moved…
Pune: Prajakt Tanpure, the nephew of former state NCP (SP) president Jayant Patil and a former MLA, has indicated that he might soon leave the party to join BJP. Tanpure is expected to announce his decision on April 20, coinciding with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s visit to Rahuri.Tanpure was initially the frontrunner for NCP (SP)…
Pune: The Wagholi police on Saturday registered a case of abetment to suicide against a techie (39) after his wife was found hanging from the ceiling fan at their rented flat in Wagholi around 10pm on Friday. Senior inspector Nandkumar Gaikwad of Wagholi police said, “The techie, his wife and three-year-old daughter moved to Pune…
Pune: The Union transport ministry has granted permission to state govt to resume manual fitness tests of vehicles until Oct this year, Pune MP and MoS for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday.Earlier, the ministry had mandated that vehicle fitness tests could only be conducted at Automated Testing Stations (ATS). However, with many RTOs…
Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday said the FIR registered by the Karnataka police in his uncle Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash had been transferred to the Maharashtra CID but it still did not act on it, while the CID officers told TOI that it had been made a part of…
Pune: The Pune RTO on Thursday penalised 15 cabbies for overcharging commuters and told aggregators to follow the RTA-approved fares — Rs37 for the first 1.5km and Rs25 for every subsequent kilometre — in its attempt to streamline the cab operations in the city.Deputy regional transport officer Swapnil Bhosle said, “Ola and Rapido have agreed…
Pune:A cool chopper ride to Mumbai or a dash to Delhi on a chartered flight has become dearer by 30-40% in April — T S Eliot’s “the cruellest month”.Reason: The West Asia conflict-induced price hike of aviation turbine fuel (ATF). End-result: Decline in customer base of operators.Ishwarchandra Gulgule, the managing director of Kaigu Aviation, toldTOI,…
Pune: A 43-year-old resident of Rasta Peth was killed on Thursday afternoon after a water tanker ran over him in Hadapsar. Following the incident, the Hadapsar police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against both the tanker owner and the driver.The victim, identified as Pratik Sheth, was riding his scooter towards…
Pune: Images shot by French documentary photographer Frédéric Noy with a smartphone camera over three years in India are on display at Ravi Paranjpe Studio in Model Colony from April 17-19. Titled An Unselfed Visual Journal, the exhibition has been organised by Alliance Française de Pune.Noy is a veteran of long-form, slow visual storytelling and…
Pune: The Army has initiated construction of a new polyclinic under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) in Buldhana district, about 400 km from Pune, with the facility expected to benefit over 22,000 former servicemen and their families.Army officials said the groundbreaking ceremony for the polyclinic was held at Sagwan village recently. The land was…
