Pune: Citizens using the state govt’s Aaple Sarkar portal to apply for certificates and access other govt services will face a disruption for four days from Friday evening as Maharashtra Information Technology Corporation Ltd (MahaIT) undertakes a data centre migration and system upgrade, officials said on Friday.The services will become unavailable from 4 pm on…
Pune: Lonavla city police have registered a case against 20 people for allegedly operating an illegal call centre from a rented bungalow in a housing society at Nangargaon and cheating foreign nationals by impersonating representatives of reputable companies.A police team led by inspectors Mahesh Vidhate and Pramod Kshirsagar raided the bungalow in the early hours…
Deputy commissioner of police Shewta Khedkar said robbers were arrested with help of CCTV footage Pune: Chikhali police on Friday arrested three men for allegedly tying up a 60-year-old woman at her bungalow and robbing her of gold and silver jewellery and cash collectively worth Rs 58.87 lakh on Oct 13. The police have recovered…
Pune: Three minors allegedly hacked a 21-year-old man to death at Vadhu Kurd in Haveli Taluka on Wednesday night.Lonikand police detained the three minors and identified the deceased as Vikas Kumar Shrivastav, a resident of Koregaon Bhima in Shirur taluka.An officer from Lonikand police said the victim’s body was found near an under-construction building in…
B R Anil Kumar, while serving as executive director at the Pune-headquartered MIL, allegedly sought and accepted illegal gratification in exchange for official favours Pune: The ministry of defence on Friday suspended Munitions India Limited (MIL) executive director B R Anil Kumar, after CBI arrested him on Oct 13 with two others in an alleged…
Thousands of farmers in Maharashtra, especially in the Marathwada region, are struggling with drought after a weak monsoon this year. Pune: Over one crore farmers in the state are likely to be eligible for a drought relief payment of Rs5,000 each, with disbursement expected to begin from Monday, officials from the govt’s relief and rehabilitation…
Pune: A 30-year-old car driver died of a heart attack while driving on the Pune-Solapur highway near Urali Kanchan, about 29km from Pune, on Wednesday morning.Two women who had taken a lift in his car were injured after the vehicle hit an electricity pole and overturned. The deceased was identified as Pramod Prakash Mahant (30),…
The meeting focused on completing land demarcation and joint measurements along both project alignments within the stipulated timeframe Pune: The district administration has set Oct 30 deadline to complete joint land surveys for the 24-metre-wide high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) and the 65-metre-wide inner ring road, as authorities seek to accelerate land acquisition for…
Passengers remain sceptical and say assurances of reasonable fares often failed to translate into reality during the festive rush Pune: Private bus operators have promised to keep festive fare hikes in check after MSRTC scrapped its customary 15% Diwali fare increase this year in the backdrop of drought conditions.“Even though MSRTC has been running at…
Pune: A 21-year-old man with a criminal record allegedly fired at his 47-year-old cousin in an attempt to kill him following a family dispute in Lashirgaon village, along the Velhe-Nasrapur Road, about 40km from Pune, on Wednesday.Velhe police arrested the accused, Omkar Jadhav, on Thursday. Jadhav had an extortion case registered against him with the…
