Pune: Swargate police registered a case against a Lohiyanagar resident for allegedly cheating a casual worker from Gultekdi of Rs1.68 lakh by promising jobs for the complainant’s wife and son with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).The alleged cheating took place between March and Dec 2024. The complainant approached the police last week, and a case…
Pune: The Chikhali police on Sunday arrested a worker from an automotive company and his three accomplices for allegedly abducting two senior company officials and threatening them to reinstate his mother, and increase his salary.An officer from the Chikhali police said the accused and his mother were employed with the company. Recently, the accused’s mother…
Farmer Yashwantrao Bodke of Gahunje said they were not opposed to supplying water to Pimpri Chinchwad through a closed pipeline, but objected to drawing water directly from the Pavana dam (in pic) Pune: Farmers from several villages in Maval have announced an agitation on July 1 ahead of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s meeting on the…
Bar and coin demand is likely to feature more prominently as price momentum, geopolitical risk and relatively less attractive investment alternatives continue to attract savers Pune: Consumers are choosing to lock-in festive purchases with gold prices correcting from recent highs, despite expectations that prices could soften further.Price of gold is down almost 25% to Rs1,41,911/10g…
Water tanker filling point Pune: The civic administration is yet to operationalise the additional water tanker filling points announced a week ago, although officials insisted that preparations are under way to launch these at the earliest.During the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body (GB) meeting held last week, three new tanker filling points were announced…
A workers affixes an HSRP to a two-wheelers in Pune Pune: Too few authorised vendors, a chaotic rollout, a clunky online appointment system and steep pricing, state govt’s HSRP drive for vehicles registered before April 2019 has stumbled at every turn. Now, as Tuesday’s deadline looms, the scale of the lapse is stark — nearly…
Pune: A member of the Bishnoi gang allegedly threatened a garment shopowner from Uttamnagar, near Khadakwasla, and demanded Rs 2 crore on Saturday morning, police said.The shopowner also runs a construction company with an office in Narhe. Following the threat call, police deployed security at the garment shop, the construction company’s office and the businessperson’s…
The IMD’s local forecast stated that Pune city was likely to experience generally cloudy skies with light rain on July 1 and light to moderate rain thereafter. Pune: After days of subdued monsoon activity, rainfall finally intensified sharply over parts of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, with several stations recording triple-digit rainfall in the 24…
Politicians in an all-party committee meeting in the PMC on Monday discussed the feasibility of artificial rains for Pune and told the civic administration to explore the possibility Pune: Politicians in an all-party committee meeting in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday discussed the feasibility of artificial rains for Pune, if the water supply…
The MPSC’s proposal to hold the preliminary examination online has drawn sharp criticism from aspirants, particularly those from rural areas. Pune: Maharashtra Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) decision to shift its preliminary examination online from 2027 has sparked a three-way standoff involving the state govt, the commission and thousands of civil services aspirants. MPSC says it…
