Atikh is Senior Correspondent with The Indian Express' Pune bureau and reports on local issues, politics, governance and cinema. He tweets @ThePikaro

April 02, 2021 13:51 IST
Pune night curfew rules: The order will be implemented from Saturday (April 3) and will be reviewed next Friday. A state-wide night-curfew is in force from 8 pm to 7 am along with other stringent measures.
Sat, Apr 03, 2021
April 01, 2021 11:51 IST
The railway plans to shift operations of some prominent north India-bound trains to Hadapsar to relieve the load on the Pune Railway Station.
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
March 28, 2021 13:50 IST
As per the 'Mission Begin Again' directives issued on Saturday, the Maharashtra government had ordered that "all public places to remain closed from 8 pm to 7 am effective from March 27."
Mon, Mar 29, 2021
March 28, 2021 01:01 IST
Officials said although over 3,500 positive cases were detected out of these samples every day in the PMC jurisdiction, most were asymptomatic and, in addition, lacked other markers of Covid-19.
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
March 27, 2021 02:45 IST
Pawar said the decision regarding the imposition of lockdown in the district will be made in the next meeting scheduled for April 2.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
March 26, 2021 20:46 IST
So far, about 4.5 lakh beneficiaries in Pune have received the jab (either one or both doses) at the operational centres. The district has a population of close to 90 lakh and, hence, the administration is worried about the slow pace of the vaccination.
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
March 26, 2021 13:15 IST
The Covid-19 infection has spread at a very fast rate in Pune district in the last few weeks, with approximately 7,000 new cases being detected per day.
Sat, Apr 03, 2021
March 25, 2021 11:40 IST
The joint measurement survey for the ring road has commenced in the western part of the district and will be finished before the end of April, Pune District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh said.
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
March 21, 2021 12:49 IST
As per PMC officials, of the total 2918 flats constructed to be allotted under PMAY(U) for deserving poor families, about 850 flats still remain unsold, after two rounds of allotment and opening up for the general public who had not made the application initially.
Sun, Mar 21, 2021
March 13, 2021 16:52 IST
As per officials, the areas which are seeing higher incidents of infections since February 2021 mostly have citizens staying inside housing societies and apartments, rather than in slums and unorganised settlements as was the case with initial months of COVID spread in the city last year.
Sat, Mar 13, 2021
March 13, 2021 04:54 IST
According to central government policy, only health workers, frontline staff, senior citizens and persons aged above 45 with co-morbidities can get the vaccine jab as of now.
Sat, Mar 13, 2021
March 13, 2021 00:02 IST
Pune Covid restrictions: Restaurants, bars, malls to shut down at 10 pm; public gardens open only during morning hours
Sun, Mar 14, 2021
March 12, 2021 14:57 IST
As per the Central government policy, only health workers, frontline staffers, senior citizens (above age of 60) and persons above the age of 45 with certain comorbidities can get the vaccine jabs.
Fri, Mar 12, 2021
March 12, 2021 12:49 IST
In a relief to common citizens, no change has been made in the night curfew timings which will remain as they are now, from 11 pm to 6 am.
Fri, Mar 12, 2021
March 06, 2021 19:37 IST
The new building will come up behind the current complex at a plot that presently houses the old and dilapidated barracks. These will be cleared to construct a five-story and resource-efficient green building.
Sat, Mar 06, 2021
March 05, 2021 13:52 IST
Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that the home department, via its Maharashtra Cyber office, was trying to reduce such instances by creating awareness among the citizens about precautions to be taken while making online transactions.
Fri, Mar 05, 2021
March 04, 2021 20:48 IST
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said in the state assembly that a standard operating procedure would be formed before March 31 to ensure such incidents do not happen in future.
Thu, Mar 04, 2021
March 04, 2021 13:16 IST
Ajit Pawar said in the state assembly that a standard operating procedure (SOP) will be formalised before March 31 to ensure such "unfortunate incidents" do not happen at Covid hospitals in future.
Thu, Mar 04, 2021
February 28, 2021 16:28 IST
Pune schools and colleges will also remain closed till March 14.
Mon, Mar 01, 2021
February 22, 2021 03:11 IST
The decision was taken at a review meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday.
Mon, Feb 22, 2021
February 21, 2021 19:40 IST
Several other decisions were also taken at the meeting, most of which include stringent implementation of guidelines which are already in place, while in some cases concession granted in recent months have been revoked.
Mon, Feb 22, 2021
February 20, 2021 22:50 IST
These are staffers at the Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTF), who have collected and disposed of over 1,100 tonnes of Covid-related waste from public and private hospitals in the last 11 months.
Sat, Feb 20, 2021
February 15, 2021 21:30 IST
According to officials, the project will help the city in faster adoption of e-vehicles by ensuring safe, reliable, accessible and affordable charging infrastructure.
Mon, Feb 15, 2021
February 10, 2021 00:20 IST
NFDC to become umbrella organisation for Films Division, National Film Archive of India, Children's Film Society of India, Directorate of Film Festivals
Wed, Feb 10, 2021
January 13, 2021 04:45 IST
The first consignment of 2.64 lakh doses of the vaccine took off for Delhi on a SpiceJet flight soon after 8 am, landing in the national capital a little before 10 am. A GoAir flight to Chennai and an Air India flight to Ahmedabad followed.
Wed, Jan 13, 2021



