Rohit seeks criminal action against officials, ₹1cr relief for families of each Moshi tragedy victim

Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday demanded criminal action against civic officials and contractors allegedly responsible for the July 8 Moshi waste-to-energy depot tragedy and sought Rs 1 crore compensation for each victim’s family.He said that suspension of officials concerned was not enough and warned of a protest if the demands were not…

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Stakeholders deliberate on infra solutions

Condition of a road in Hinjewadi Stakeholders meet to deliberate on Hinjewadi traffic issues on Friday Condition of a road in Hinjewadi Stakeholders meet to deliberate on Hinjewadi traffic issues on Friday Condition of a road in Hinjewadi Pune: A meeting was conducted on Friday among several stakeholders to deliberate on persistent traffic and infrastructural…

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OBC activists announce ‘Chalo Mumbai’ agitation from Sept 1 to counter Jarange’s Maratha quota stir

Pune: OBC activists on Friday announced a statewide protest from Sept 1 to counter Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange’s announcement to go on an indefinite hunger strike from Aug 29.Leading OBC activists, including Laxman Hake, Mangesh Sasane and Mrunal Dhole Patil, held a meeting in the city and finalised their ‘Chalo Mumbai’ agitation, appealing community…

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Pune court rejects researcher’s plea in Rahul Gandhi-Savarkar defamation case, imposes Rs20k costs for consuming ‘more and precious’ time

Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class Amol Shriram Shinde on Friday rejected an intervention application filed by professor Pankaj K Phadnis seeking to join the criminal defamation proceedings against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in connection with alleged defamatory remarks about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, holding that Phadnis had “no…

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Pune on Aug 22

Pune: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Pune on Aug 22 to participate in ‘Chhatron ki Goonj’ initiative by the Congress.Announcing Rahul’s visit to Pune, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Friday said Gandhi will interact with students during his visit. “Before Pune, Rahul participated in ‘Chhatron ki Goonj’ initiative in…

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