Pune

State disaster management data shows that rain-related accidents claimed 74 lives and injured 104 people across the state from June 1 to July 23 Pune: Intense monsoon activity continued across the Sahyadris on Thursday, with several stations recording over 100mm of rainfall in 24 hours, triggering road cave-ins in Pune’s Rajgad (Velha) taluka, forcing authorities…

An electricity transmission tower Pune: The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) will set up four new substations in the Ravet and Kiwale areas of Pimpri Chinchwad after the monsoon to strengthen the power distribution network in these rapidly expanding suburbs, where prolonged outages during heavy rains earlier this month exposed the strain on…

Pune: The irrigation department on Thursday evening began releasing water from the Khadakwasla dam into the Mutha river at a rate of 4,000 cusec after the reservoir’s live storage hit 100% at 1.97 TMC, following continuous heavy rainfall over the past two days.With this, collective storage in four dams in the Khadakwasla circle reached 21.7…

Pune: A 34-year-old police patil from a village in Mulshi taluka was duped of Rs 56 lakh by cybercrooks in an online share trading fraud.They took money from him between Nov 2025 and Jan this year.An officer from the Paud police said, “the complainant was added to a group of investors on a mobile messaging…

Pune: The civic body has issued notices to more than 20,000 illegal constructions over the past five years, revealed data shared with the general body in response to queries from elected members regarding illegal constructions and the action taken against them.Activists and citizens, however, claimed that the notices have become a mere formality, as unauthorised…

IndiGo flyers wait for their bags Flyers of the IndiGo flight wait for their bags IndiGo flyers wait for their bags Flyers of the IndiGo flight wait for their bags IndiGo flyers wait for their bags Pune: On Tuesday night, passengers of an IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Pune waited longer at the baggage carousel…

Pune: A 60-year-old retired central government officer in Pune lost Rs 1.41 crore to cybercrooks in an online share trading fraud between May and July this year.Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police officer said, “In April, while searching for information on stock market investments on a social media platform, he came across a post promising 1,200% returns…

The FIR was registered based on a complaint filed by Ravindra Namdev Koli (46), sub-registrar of Haveli Number 20 office at Dattanagar in Ambegaon Pune: The Ambegaon police on Wednesday registered a case against 22 people, including seven builders, developers and their partners, for allegedly cheating govt by registering 22 property sale deeds using forged…

Move aimed at bringing uniformity in operations of autonomous colleges, particularly regarding fee structures and course implementation Pune: The Maharashtra higher education and technical department has tasked the Maharashtra State Academic and Research Council (MahaSARC) with framing uniform state-level guidelines for autonomous colleges by Aug 15. The move is intended to bring uniformity in the…

Children buy snacks from a counter Pune: An ICMR-led consortium has recommended a ban on the advertisement, marketing and sale of junk food items within schools and within a 50-metre radius from the school gates.The recommendations come against the backdrop of rising indicators of chronic disease risk among young Indians. According to the Comprehensive National…