PCMC demolishes 4 unauthorised religious structures in overnight drive at Chikhali-Kudalwadi area | Pune News

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) removed four unauthorised religious structures during an overnight demolition operation ending Monday in the Chikhali-Kudalwadi area amid tight security and heightened tension.The action followed notices issued more than a year ago to 31 unauthorised religious structures in the locality. These notices were served after one of the city’s…

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Maha to digitise registration records from 1865; nearly 30 crore pages to go online | Pune News

Pune: The Maharashtra Registration and Stamps Department has revived a major project to digitise over a century of land and registration records. State registration officials told TOI that the initiative aims to digitise 30 crore pages of historical documents dating back to 1865, a move set to transform property transparency and ease of transactions across…

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Study warns of mining threat to rocky plateaus of W Ghats | Pune News

Pune: Rocky plateaus and hill outcrops in the Western Ghats, which appear barren for most of the year but support rare plants, insects and amphibians found nowhere else, are facing growing destruction from mining, quarrying and climate change, a new international study involving Pune-based scientists has said.Published in the Society for Conservation Biology’s Conservation Biology,…

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PCMC snaps water supply to 24 housing societies over non-functional STPs, 16 others fined for releasing untreated sewage into drains | Pune News

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has cut off water supply to 24 housing societies this month for failing to run their sewage treatment plants (STPs) despite several notices. The civic body has also penalised 16 housing complexes Rs 10,000 each for discharging wastewater into stormwater channels.PCMC warned that more housing societies could face…

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Pancreatic Cancer: Ayurvedic therapy helps manage advanced pancreatic cancer patients, says study | Pune News

Pune: A study conducted at Rasayu Cancer Clinic in the city for almost a decade provided clinical evidence of Ayurveda Rasayana Therapy (ART)’s effectiveness in managing advanced pancreatic cancer and increasing the survival duration of patients.Led by Dr Yogesh Bendale, the CMD of Rasayu Cancer Clinic, the study was conducted on 17 advanced-stage pancreatic cancer…

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PMC commissioner promises quick redressal for alleged fleecing of Mohammadwadi residents for water connections | Pune News

Pune: PMC commissioner Naval Kishore Ram has expressed shock over the alleged fleecing of residents in Mohammadwadi, NIBM Road Annexe and parts of Undri for water connections by contractors and plumbers, promising them that relief would be provided soon.Speaking to TOI on Monday from New Delhi, Ram said he would take up the issue immediately…

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Pune man gets life term for raping daughter | Pune News

PUNE: A special Pocso court in Junnar on April 7 sentenced a 39year-old farmer to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his eight-year-old daughter.Special Judge SB Shelar held that the prosecution had sufficiently proved that “the pious bond between the father and a daughter has been violated by the accused”.According to the prosecution, the incident took…

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Unique robotic surgery in Pune helps remove cardiac tumor through keyhole incisions | Pune News

Pune: City doctors have achieved a notable breakthrough in cardiac care by successfully performing a robotic left atrial myxoma excision — a complex heart-tumor removal carried out entirely through keyhole ports using a surgical robot, which the medical team involved said is a first for the city.The patient, a 55-year-old resident of Wagholi, was found…

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