Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik Pune: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Monday ruled out any further extension for installing High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs), saying enforcement action would begin from July 1.“We have extended the deadline several times, but it hasn’t made much difference. People are still not taking it seriously. There will be no further…
State chief electoral officer S Chockalingam Pune: A multitude of queries over the month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise that will cover nearly 9.78 crore electors in the state from Tuesday have cropped up.Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam on Monday said that if a voter’s details cannot be mapped despite field verification, the elector will…
Under the Works of Defence Act, 1903, construction is prohibited within a 2,000-yard radius of the Dehu Road Ordnance Depot and 1,200 yards of the Dighi Magazine Depot Pune: The state govt on Monday announced the formation of a high-level committee to resolve the long-standing “red zone” restrictions in Pimpri Chinchwad.The panel, comprising officials from…
Ajaykumar Sharma (Joint Director NABCB), Venkateswaran (NABCB CEO) and Ujwal Kunte (Managing Director CQRA) Pune: Merely 10-12% of construction projects in India undergo third-party quality and safety audits, informed Ujwal Kunte, managing director of Construction Quality Rating Agency (CQRA).Kunte was speaking at a press conference held for mediapersons in Pune on Monday to announce CQRA’s…
Under a govt notification issued on Feb 9 under Section 32(1) of the Maharashtra Industrial Development (MID) Act, the state originally approved the acquisition of 1,216.75 hectares across seven villages: Vanpuri, Udachiwadi, Kumbharvalan, Ekhatpur, Pargaon, Munjawadi, and Khanwadi.“To rehabilitate those displaced, the state has now decided to acquire an additional 253.21 hectares in four of…
Death for 65-year-old in Nasrapur child rape-murder case PUNE: Tears rolled down the cheeks of family members of Nasrapur rape-murder victim as the special fast track court pronounced death sentence to the convict (65) on Monday.The three-year-old girl’s parents described the sentence as a step towards justice for their daughter. Her mother said, “We are…
Pune: The Sangvi police, on Sunday, arrested a 52-year-old woman on the charge of bludgeoning her 30-year-old nephew to death. The murder occurred at Pimple Gurav in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the murder was the fallout of a property dispute.Inspector Amol Nandekar of the Sangvi police said the accused works with a…
Pune: The Maharashtra Social Justice Department on Monday refuted allegations that the state committee tasked with monitoring the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Act has been inactive for the past four years.Responding to a query in the Legislative Council by MLCs Satyajeet Tambe and Sunil Shinde, social justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat denied claims that the “publicity…
Pune: The Pimpri police, on Sunday, registered a case against a 45-year-old driver on the charge of throttling his wife (35) to death. The murder occurred on Sunday afternoon at Vidyanagar in Chinchwad.An officer from the Pimpri police said the accused, who works as a cab driver, suspected his wife of infidelity. They often quarrelled…
Pune: A 25-year-old software engineer from Junnar died, while his wife and six others sustained injuries. The injured are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Narayangaon.The car he was driving jumped the divider on the Pune-Nashik highway and collided with two cars coming from the opposite direction. This occurred near Narayangaon, about 80km from…
