Union minister Narayan Rane (File Photo)Pune News Live Updates: Pune Police is not planning to immediately seek custody of Union Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane, who was arrested on Tuesday by Maharashtra Police for his remarks against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, and released on bail by a court in Mahad in Raigad district later. When asked whether Pune City police will arrest and seek custody of Narayan Rane, Pune City Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta said, “Not immediately.”
Meanwhile, in the latest editorial titled “Balloon with Holes” in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, Rane has been highly criticised for his action. “Rane, who sits next to PM Modi, has attacked the Maharashtra Chief Minister through his language. Considering Rane’s past records, the PM and Home Minister Amit Shah should take his statement seriously. Had anyone made a similar statement about the PM, he would have been put behind bars with sedition charges slapped. Rane’s offence is of similar kind,” the editorial said.
In other news, academician Dr. Gail Omvedt passed away on Wednesday at the age of 81 in Sangli’s Kasegaon. An American-born Indian scholar, she authored books on Dalit politics, women’s struggles, and the anti-caste movement. Omvedt co-founded Shramik Mukti Dal with her husband and activist Bharat Patankar.
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the release of new power connections in the last one and half years. To make up for the backlog, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has provided more than 15 lakh new single and three-phase meters in the last five months to regional offices. Also, more than five lakh new HT(high tension) and LT (low tension) connections have been released. Pune district on Tuesday reported 881 new Covid cases, and 13 deaths. A total of 772 patients also recovered and the active cases in the city stand at 7,804. On Tuesday, 24,348 samples tested.
Union minister Narayan Rane Wednesday said the court order in his favour in the controversial remark case against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray showed the country is still governed by laws.
Although exercising caution, Rane once again trained his guns at Thackeray and said the latter had used derogatory remarks against Yogi Adityanath some time back.
“He had said Yogi Adityanath should be beaten with a chappal. What kind of language is this against the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?” Rane wondered. Arguing, “Thackeray had called Union Home Minister Amit Shah shameless after he made public the conversation between him and Thackeray in a closed-door meeting.” Read more
The Maharashtra Police Friday stated that 10 FIRs had been registered against Union Minister Narayan Rane in connection with his comments on Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray made in Mahad. But can multiple FIRs be registered against the same accused for the same offence and can the person be arrested several times for the same offence? Read the explainer by Mohammed Thaveer and Jayprakash S Naidu
A day after the arrest of Union Minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane, Shiv Sena justified the action stating had anyone made similar comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he would have been put behind bars after being booked under sedition charges.
In a scathing remark on Rane, an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana titled “Balloon with holes” said “it (balloon) will not go up no matter how much air BJP pumps into it”. Read more
The Maharashtra government Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that no coercive action will be taken till September 17 against Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Narayan Rane in the FIR filed by the Nashik Cyber Police over his “slap Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray” remark on Monday.
Rane, who was arrested on Tuesday and later granted bail by the Mahad magistrate court, formally filed a petition on Wednesday morning before the high court seeking to quash the FIR. Read more
The Shiv Sena on Wednesday claimed Union minister Narayan Rane has made the central government hang its head in shame, a day after the BJP leader was arrested over his controversial remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah must take Rane’s remarks against CM Thackeray seriously, an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said. Read more
A 25-year-old woman attempted suicide by consuming phenyl in the premises of Kondhwa police station on Tuesday. Police have lodged an offence against the woman, identified as Afreen Shaikh, under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code.
Police said Afreen had an argument with her husband Umar, after which the latter came to the Kondhwa police station to file a complaint. Later, Afreen also came to the police station, where she allegedly took out a phenyl bottle from her handbag and consumed it in front of the police personnel. Read more
The specialist troops from the Sudarshan Chakra Corps of the Indian Army conducted 'Exercise Suraksha' at the College of Military Engineering (CME) in Pune to enhance the synergy between various stakeholder agencies for a joint response to any CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) disaster, said Southern Command in a tweet on Wednesday.
Bhopal Headquartered XXI Corps, also known as the Sudarshan Chakra Corps, is a strike formation of the Pune headquartered Southern Command of the Indian Army.
The CME is a tactical and combat engineering training institution of the Corp of Engineers of the Indian Army. (ENS)
Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee, Wednesday visited the Military Institute Technology (MILIT) located at Girinagar in Pune.
He reviewed the training and infrastructure facilities also interacted with the Heads of Faculties and Departments and staff officers and took stock of various ongoing training and administrative projects.
MILIT is a unique tri-services technical training establishment of Indian Armed forces that conducts defence related engineering and technical courses for serving military officers and those from allied defence establishments.
Drivers of jungle safari vehicles have their work cut out — to start, steer and stop the vehicle as the guide points out attractions to wildlife travellers. The result is that they are neither noticed nor remembered by travellers. Pune-based wildlife expert Sushil Chikane has now begun an initiative to train safari drivers in skills ranging from narration about wildlife to performing first-aid to ensuring Covid protocols are followed.
Earlier this month, he trained 60 safari drivers at Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, with Abhinav Pandey from Mumbai and Avirat Shete from Satna. The project was in collaboration with the Panna forest department and is possibly the country’s first such endeavour.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the release of new power connections in the last one and half years. To make up for the backlog, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has provided more than 15 lakh new single and three-phase meters in the last five months to regional offices. Also, more than five lakh new HT(high tension) and LT (low tension) connections have been released.
Last year, after the first wave of Covid, there was a decline in the availability of electricity meters due to various reasons, MSEDCL officials said. As a result, the pace of providing new connections was somewhat slow. In a review meeting, Energy Minister Nitin Raut had instructed the power utility to expedite the release of new connections by overcoming the shortage of meters.
The chairman and managing director of MSEDCL Vijay Singhal immediately decided to start the tendering process to ensure that electricity meters are available to the field offices regularly throughout the year.
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The muscle power exhibited by Shiv Sena cadres in response to Narayan Rane’s comments against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday is being welcomed by party leaders who are seeing it as a return to the party’s core strength.
In state-wide protests and demonstrations, Shiv Sena cadres attacked BJP offices in several cities, raised slogans and even threw stones at some places. One BJP leader’s face was blackened.
The Sainiks have also vowed to not let Rane campaign in Mumbai during the upcoming civic elections. Shiv Sena leader Vinayak Raut, MP from Ratnagiri, said the party had been exercising restraint since coming to power in alliance with Congress and NCP, despite “provocations” from BJP. But Rane had crossed the line, he claimed.
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A week after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) standing committee chairman Nitin Landge for allegedly accepting Rs 1.18 lakh in bribe from a contractor, the PCMC standing committee will hold a meeting this afternoon. Landge, who secured interim bail is said to attend the meeting.
There has been a sharp increase in the volume of EMI transactions in the country, indicating that buying ability of consumers has fallen, a data based on the transactions digital payments company Ezetap, revealed.
People are either avoiding single bulk payments for expensive products or not buying it at all.Pune has registered a 210 per cent increase in EMI transactions in July 2021, as compared to February 2020, while the figures for Ahmedabad stand at 230 per cent. Delhi, the leading metro city, showed an increase of 258 per cent in total EMI volume followed by Bengaluru at 206 per cent.
Byas Nambisan, CEO of Ezetap said, “With severe disruptions caused by the pandemic, the buying ability of consumers across India has been significantly reduced. Due to this, the customers either avoid single bulk payments for higher priced products or altogether shy away from purchasing them. This has impacted sales across brands and created a vast need for affordability solutions for customers across different sectors."
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's (PMC) vaccination centre will remaind closed on Wednesday due to unavailability of Covid-19 vaccine doses.
The muscle power exhibited by Shiv Sena cadres in response to Narayan Rane’s comments against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday is being welcomed by party leaders who are seeing it as a return to the party’s core strength.
In state-wide protests and demonstrations, Shiv Sena cadres attacked BJP offices in several cities, raised slogans and even threw stones at some places. One BJP leader’s face was blackened.
The Sainiks have also vowed to not let Rane campaign in Mumbai during the upcoming civic elections. Shiv Sena leader Vinayak Raut, MP from Ratnagiri, said the party had been exercising restraint since coming to power in alliance with Congress and NCP, despite “provocations” from BJP. But Rane had crossed the line, he claimed.
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Academician Dr. Gail Omvedt passed away on Wednesday at the age of 81 in Sangli’s Kasegaon. An American-born Indian scholar, she authored books on Dalit politics, women’s struggles, and the anti-caste movement.
Omvedt co-founded Shramik Mukti Dal with her husband and activist Bharat Patankar.
“Dr. Gail Omvedt was a prolific writer and a powerful social scientist who brought to the fore Phule-Ambedkar’s legacy in the context of rising social movements in the post-emergency period. Gail’s close association with grass-roots movements of rural women- farmers, forest dwellers, and women-headed households and her involvement in the newly formed women’s rights movement during the late 1970s were captured in her engaging and inspiring first-person account in her book, ‘We Shall Smash this Prison‘,” Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Vice President of Indian Association for Women’s studies and a veteran feminist told The Indian Express.
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The Pune city police have arrested an alleged moneylender and his aide for “extorting money at 10 per cent rate of interest per month” from a daily wage worker who took a loan from him.
Police have identified the accused persons as Dnyaneshwar Kisan Pawar (42) of Vaiduwadi, Hadapsar and Omkar Sandip Tiwari (23) of Shivneri Nagar, Kondhwa.
According to the police, the worker had taken a loan of Rs 1.95 lakhs from accused Pawar.
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The Pune City Police’s Crime Branch has arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly murdering a commercial sex worker and cutting her body into pieces. Police have recovered two bags containing pieces of her body.
The deceased, Rozina Pansare alias Kavita Chaudhari (30), who was from Budhwar Peth, was reported missing for over 10 days. The suspect, Hanumant Shinde (40), runs a mobile phone repairing shop near City Post in Pune.
Inspector Mahendra Jagtap of the Crime Branch added, “We have located these bags full of decomposed body parts, which have been sent for autopsy.”
The body of a 21-year-old man, who had escaped from the custody of Telangana Police after being arrested from Pune on charges of abducting a girl, was found in Mula-Mutha river on Monday.
The accused, Zubair Shaikh, hails from Bidar in Karnataka. He was arrested on August 20 on charges of abduction. The probe by Telangana Police had revealed that he had come with the girl to Pune and was living with a relative in the Kharadi area.
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Over 74 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Pune district, a state health department report said. The report said that more than 28 lakh persons in the 18-44 age group had recieved the first dose, while over two lakh have got both doses in this group. However, in the 45+ age group, over 22 lakh have recieved the first shot and more than 14 lakh are fully vaccinated.
Roads have been finally cleared for import of 12 lakh tonnes (lt) of genetically modified (GM) de-oiled soya cake after the director general of foreign trade (DGFT) issued the necessary notification late Tuesday night. This is the first time that India has allowed the import of GM deoiled soyacake which would be used as a raw material in the poultry feed industry.
Abnormally high prices of soyabean has seen the poultry industry complaining about the exorbitantly high price of de-oiled soya cake or meal. Used as the protein source in the feed, prices had escalated from the normal Rs 40/kg to Rs 110/kg.
Since May, the industry has been asking for imports citing the high prices which they said had put many small poultry firms out of business. The industry had blamed mindless speculation in the commodity markets for the high prices of their raw material.
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Pune City Police said that they will not immediately seek police custody of Union Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane, who was arrested and released on bail for threatening to slap Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
At least five First Information Reports (FIRs) have been filed against Rane by workers of Shiv Sena or its youth wing Yuva Sena in Mahad, Pune City, Nashik City, Jalgaon and Thane City police jurisdictions.
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In a first, Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), a Nagpur-based defence manufacturing company, handed over to the Indian Army the first batch of fully indigenously manufactured Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG) on Tuesday.
S N Nuwal, chairman of EEL, symbolically made the presentation of grenades to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at a function organised at the sprawling 2,000-acre facility of the company near Nagpur.
Addressing the gathering, Singh termed the handing over of MMHG a shining example of the increasing collaboration between the public and private sectors and a big step towards self-reliance in defence manufacturing.
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Pune is likely to experience clear sky conditions on Wednesday. The maximum temperature is expected to rise and settle around 32 degrees, whereas the recorded minimum temperature on the day was 19.8 degrees Celsius. Pune's Air Quality Index is forecast to be 40, which is categorised 'good', by SAFAR India of the Indian Instotute of Tropical Meteorology.
TOKYO Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra interacted with budding athletes and sportspersons at the Army Sports Institute (ASI), where, among other topics, he discussed with them the importance of working on one’s physical and mental fitness, especially after sustaining injuries.
Chopra, who holds a Subedar rank in the Indian Army, interacted with athletes and sportspersons from all the seven disciplines under which training is conducted at the ASI. He also interacted with members of the Boys Sports Company, a wing that trains schoolboys selected from across the country for their talent in sports.
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The Maharashtra government’s Department of Women and Child Development (WCD) has started implementing the ‘Nandurbar pattern’, a campaign to identify malnourished children and treat them, across the state.
A ‘search operation’ is being conducted till August 31 to identify the children in the category of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM).
According to data, there are 86,768 severe acute malnourished children and 4,97,007 moderate acute malnourished children in the state. The children identified via the search operation will be given proper treatment.
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For the second year in a row, the 33rd Pune Festival during the 10-day Ganesh festival has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the installation and immersion of Pune Festival’s Ganesh idol will take place as per rituals.
In a press statement, festival chairman Suresh Kalmadi and festival patron Hema Malini announced its cancellation this year.
The Pune Festival has been one of the main attractions during the Ganesh festival as it provides a platform for social and cultural activities. It organises events of music, dance, drama, arts and sports. Read More
BJP MPs from Maharashtra will submit a memorandum to Speaker of Lok Sabha over the "violation" of rights of Union minister and Rajya Sabha MP Narayan Rane, who was arrested on Tuesday for his remarks against state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, state BJP president Chandrakant Patil said.
Speaking to reporters in Pune, Patil alleged that Rane was arrested by the police without a warrant. He also alleged that Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab had asked police to use "force" while arresting Rane.
"As an MP, Narayan Rane's special rights were violated (due to the police action). BJP MPs from Maharashtra will approach the Lok Sabha speaker and submit a memorandum,"Patil said.
He said Shiv Sena leader and minister Anil Parab had asking to use force (while arresting Rane) which is recorded in a video clip. (PTI)
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will start a special vaccination drive for Gym trainers and body builders at Kamla Nehru hospital on August 27. It will continue on every Friday of the week.
Members of Shiv Sena and Yuwasena staged a protest at Goodluck chowk in Deccan area on Tuesday against Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane for his statement against Chief Minister Udhav Thackeray.
FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO), Pune Chapter has undertaken a unique initiative to mark their respect for the Indian Army by lighting up some of the iconic military installations in the city while commemorating the “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.”
Usha Poonawalla, chairperson of the Pune Chapter, said permanent tri-colour lighting has been installed at the entrance of Southern Command, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Statute, National War Memorial, the Clock Tower and the Late General Arunkumar Vaidya Smarak.
The FLO, Pune Chapter also donated six sewing machines to the widows of soldiers in the presence of Ujjwala Singhania, FICCI FLO national president and Anita Nain, president (regional) of the Army Wives Welfare Association.
Pune-based startup, Genrich Membrane, recently provided 10 oxygen enrichment units to Pune Municipal Corporations-run Naidu Hospital which will be used towards treating Covid-19 patients.
Such advance preparedness comes at a time when an expert panel set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday warned of a likely third wave of Covid-19 to hit India sometime during September and October.
Earlier this year, during March and May, the country witnessed the deadly second wave which was not only lethal but the new virus variants infected a larger population. Read more
Pune NCP to join the ongoing statewide protest by Shiv Sena activists against union minister Narayan Rane. It will hold agitation in the evening at Tilak statue in Mandai to protest against the reported statements made by Rane on chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
A stone was pelted and a glass was broken at a mall in the Deccan Gymkhana area of Pune as Yuva Sena workers resorted to sloganeering against Narayan Rane, police officials in Pune said. 3 FIRs have been registered against Union Minister Rane in Nashik, Pune and Mahad after he used objectionable language against Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
The mall is believed to have stakes of the family members of Narayan Rane.
When contacted, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bajrang Desai said, 'One stone was pelted at the display glass of the mall in Deccan Gymkhana area and the glass was broken as some workers gathered in the area and shouted slogans. A sufficient police force has already been deployed in the area and the situation is under control.'
Shiv Sena members are protesting outside Union Minister Narayan Rane's Juhu residence, with Rane's supporters and Shiv Sena members stone-pelting each other. Shiv Sena group threw black ink and eggs at Rane’s house.
Genomic surveillance by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) identified 128 cases of Covid-19 caused by the delta variant in the city. Results of genome sequencing of the first batch of 188 swab samples collected from the city to identify mutations of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, was released on Monday.
Of the 188 samples, 128 are delta variants, 2 are alpha variants and 24 are kappa variants, the remaining 34 are non-significant/local variants. Delta and kappa variants come from a parent lineage – B.1.617, or the double mutant, which was first detected from samples in Vidarbha and was considered to be the main reason for the second wave of infections in India.
On August 4, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had inaugurated the city’s first genome sequencing laboratory in Kasturba Hospital. On Friday, the civic-run Kasturba Gandhi Hospital started genome sequencing, making it the first civic-run healthcare facility in the state to do so. The lab can test 384 samples in one round.
What can delivery partners do when their electric vehicles (EVs) are about to run out of charge and they are short on time? A Pune-based startup has a solution: swap the battery for a charged one at one of the many stations operated by it in Pune and Delhi.
The smart battery-swapping station is BatteryPool’s flagship product and is present in 55 locations — five in Pune and 50 in Delhi. “When we started the company, we bought a fleet of 20 electric two-wheelers and gave these to small business and delivery boys who use EVs for commercial purposes. Read more
Lightning and thunderstorm could hit Pune city on Tuesday. The minimum temperature on the day was 21 degrees and the expected maximum temperature is 31.1 degrees Celsius. The IMD has forecast light rain towards afternoon hours. City's Air Quality Index would be 'good' with the expected value being 38.
At least three FIRs have been registered at various places in Maharashtra against Union Minister Narayan Rane for his remarks against Chief Minister Udhav Thackeray while giving a speech in Raigad district on Monday. The three FIRs have been registered in Raigad, Pune and Nashik districts.
Pune police commissioner Amitabh Gupta has confirmed to the Indian Express that an offence has been registered against Rane and that a team had left Pune for further investigation. Read more
Shirur’ MP Dr. Amol Kolhe has tested positive for Covid 19 recently. A first-term MP Dr. Kolhe has received both doses of the vaccine but has tested positive. The NCP MP is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Mumbai with sources close to him saying his condition is stable
The wife of a 46-year-old man who was declared brain dead at Dr. D. Y. Patil Hospital and Research Centre Pimpri on Aug 22 consented to donate his organs.
By doing so, the family facilitated this year's 22nd multiorgan and tissue donation to give the gift of life to the sick and needy, Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee officials said.
While the heart was transported via a green corridor to H.N Reliance Hospital, Mumbai, the man's liver was allocated to a patient from Dr. D. Y. patil Hospital and Research Center, Pune.
After signing consent forms for organ donation of husband ,brave wife of deceased donor pledged her organs by signing up the donor card ,
A special vaccination drive was conducted for autorickshaw drivers and their family members by the Aam Aadmi Rickshaw Chalak Sanghtana, Robinhood army and Actgrants team.
The drive was aimed to help the drivers many of whom do not have android phones and find it difficult to access the COWIN platform. The drive saw 437 people get their first dose.
The expense for this program was met through the Rs 120 membership fee given by the drivers. The vaccine was provided free by Actgrants in association with Robinhood army.
An MoU has been proposed between Jupiter Hospital and Pune Zilla Parishad regarding effective vaccine stock utilization. Pune ZP will get approximately 1.5 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine from Jupiter Hospital on the condition that ZP Pune will return of 15k doses weekly.
This will be as per availability and from surplus stock with ZP Pune, district health officials said. Jupiter hospital authorities said that there is a need to expedite vaccination drive and they were exploring this possibility of transferring some of their doses.
The second dose of the Covishield vaccine will be given to all the beneficiaries above 18 years of age on Tuesday after the first dose (between 12 to 16 weeks i.e. after 84 days to 112 days) at all Covid-19 vaccination centers that fall under Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
Fuel and electricity prices in Pune for today-
Petrol- 107.14
Power- 110.82
Diesel- 94.64
CNG- 57.50
Only Covaxin doses at seven government centres in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) today. No Covishield doses available.
For door-to-door vaccination for homebound send details on bedriddenvaccination.pune@gmail.com .
To avail door-to-door vaccine facility, a doctor's certificate for being bedridden is a must.
The visit of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Pune, which was deferred from Monday to Tuesday, has been further deferred and is now likely to take place on Friday, August 27, according to defence officials from Pune.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was scheduled to come on a visit to Pune on Monday when he was slated to preside over functions at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technologies (DIAT) at Girinagar and the Army Sports Institute (ASI). On Sunday, the Ministry of Defence had said his Pune visit had been deferred to Tuesday. Read more
Amid the pandemic and crackdown on the public for violating social distancing norms, police along with locals have reportedly been taking out celebratory processions without masks in Nashik rural area over the weekend.
The processions were to appreciate the “good work” of officers who were getting transferred from the area to other police stations.
After multiple such processions reportedly took place in the district, the police superintendent ordered an inquiry. Read more
Since the commencement of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Pune District, 10,206 breakthrough infections have been detected by the authorities. According to the data available with the administration, of the total breakthrough infections, 7,124 were reported among citizens who had received one dose of the vaccine while 3,082 were detected among those who had received both doses.
Twenty seven new cases of Delta Plus variant of SARS CoV-2 were reported in Maharashtra taking the count now to 103. Four are from Ahmednagar, five from Nagpur, six from Amravati, two from Nashik, six from Gadchiroli, three from Yavatmal and one from Bhandara, a state health department report has said.
Five covid deaths reported in Pune city on Monday. 97 new cases were identified and 233 patients were cured taking the active case count to 1,936 in Pune Municipal Corporation.
The Chhatrapati Sambhaji Bridge on Mutha River, popularly known as Lakdi Pul - a crucial link connecting Deccan Gymkhana and Peth areas in Pune -- will be closed for traffic in the night from 11 pm to 6 am everyday from August 24 to September 12 for the ongoing work of Pune Metro, the Pune City Traffic police said.
A communication announcing the temporary traffic diversions due to closure of Lakdi Pul was issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Rahul Shrirame on Monday evening. The bridge will be open for traffic as usual during the day but will remain closed from 11 pm to 6 am during this period, starting Tuesday night till September 12, when the Pune Metro work will be done.
During the night time in this period, the traffic from Khandoji Baba Chowk to Tilak Road will be diverted via SM Joshi Bridge. The traffic from Tilak Road to Khandoji Baba Chowk will be diverted via Kelkar Road. During this time period Yashwantrao Chavan Bridge will be only open for two-wheeler traffic, the press communication said.
Pune City Police have arrested Baban Khedekar (35) in connection with a fake Aadhaar Card case. Khedekar was booked in a case of cheating and forgery and lodged at the Samarth police station about a year ago. Police said he was on the run for the last one year. A resident of Uruli Kanchan, Khedekar is suspected to have provided fake Aadhaar cards to many.
The visit of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Pune, which was earlier deferred to Tuesday from Monday, has been further deferred and is now likely to take place on Friday, August 27, said defence officials from Pune.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was scheduled to come on a visit to Pune on Monday when he was slated to preside over functions at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technologies (DIAT) located at Girinagar near Pune and the Army Sport Institute (ASI). On Sunday, the Ministry of Defence had said that his Pune visit has been deferred to Tuesday.
On Monday, in a press communication, the office Pune Defence PRO said that the Defence Minister's visit is now likely to take place on Friday. At the ASI ceremony, the Defence Minister is slated to felicitate 16 Olympians from the Indian Army who competed at Tokyo Olympics. In his presence, the sports stadium of the ASI will be named after Tokyo Olympics Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra.Meanwhile, Chopra who arrived at Pune airport on Monday, received a cheerful welcome by the people present.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested while his parents have been booked on the charges of abetment to suicide after his former girlfriend was found dead in her house in Pune on August 17. An FIR in the case was registered three days after the alleged suicide came to light.
The 22-year-old woman was found dead in her house located at Khandobachi Maal area in Fursungi on August 17 when her 60-year-old father, a farmer, returned from the fields around 3 pm. Subsequently, the police were informed and a preliminary probe pointed to suicide. Read more
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has now decided to take action against the illegal hoardings put up in the city. Collectively, there are 2,000 hoardings across the city. Of these, 500 have been erected with civic permission while the rest are unauthorised.
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday filed a prosecution complaint against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh’s two staffers in connection with the money laundering charges against the politician.
The ED had arrested Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde on June 26. The central agency claimed that they both were directly involved in collecting and laundering money on behalf of the NCP leader. It has also alleged that now suspended assistant police inspector (API), Sachin Waze, collected Rs 4.7 crore from bar owners between December 2020 and February 2021 on the instructions of Deshmukh. According to ED, Waze gave the money to Shinde and subsequently, a part of this money was routed to a charitable trust in Nagpur through four shell companies in Delhi. Read more
PCMC standing committee chairperson Nitin Landge on Monday got interim bail while four others remanded to juidicial custody in a bribe case.
Pune-based auto manufacturer Force Motors announced that it has delivered 200 Trax Toofan vehicles to the Revenue and Forest department of Maharashtra.
These vehicles will be used by the concerned departments to speed up the vaccination process by ferrying villagers from remote locations in Nagpur and Amravati to the nearest primary healthcare centres.
The fleet was virtually inaugurated by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray recently.