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Among the retired doctors are those who had worked successfully to tacke the H1N1 scare in 2009.

The civic chief said 10 residents were served notices under Section 188 for violating home quarantine norms. “We have served notices to 10 residents, who were told to remain under home quarantine but violated the orders,” Hardikar said.

A top official of Yes Bank told The Indian Express, “We had received permission from the RBI to transfer the amount. Therefore we transferred the amount through NEFT process to Bank of Baroda, which is as per PCMC’s request...,” he said.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is trying to procure 'personal protective equipment' (PPE) kits for medical staff who are handling patients in isolation wards set up the civic body.

“I spoke to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday about the proactive steps that need to be taken to stop coronavirus from spreading. The government might soon make a decision in this connection as it was already planning to move faster,” said Chavan.

“The loudspeakers were played at full volume throughout the day on Tuesday. How can the police permit the playing of loudspeakers at such high volumes, especially at a time when SSC exams are underway?” said V Landge, a city resident.

Tiwari adopted 22-month-old child with special needs in 2016; now on a mission to guide and motivate parents like him.

Meanwhile, a grade separator in the same area, for which only finishing touches remain, is said to be part of the same tussle, PCMC officials added.

“The CAA is not a threat to any citizen. Nobody will lose citizenship if the CAA is implemented. There is no need for any groups to fear and, therefore, protest against it,” he said. Nirgudkar claimed that the state government was also in favour of the CAA.

The ruling Shiv Sena said the refinery could not be planned at the original site, though it could be relocated somewhere else in the Konkan region.

Officials from Pathardi police station said Batula probably ended his life because of the pressure of mounting debts.

“All former and current Pune police officials are under the scanner,” said Anil Deshmukh, adding the Home departmnt has started reviewing the cases filed by Pune police, following a meeting he held with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in January.

Asked why Sharad Pawar was repeatedly criticising the Pune police for its investigation into the case, Ravindra Kadam said that question should be directed at the person concerned.

In its over four-decade-long existence, PCMC has never had a parking policy in place. Local residents park their vehicles wherever they get some space.

An analysis of the affidavits filed by the 288 candidates, who fought the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections and became MLAs, reveals that 40 per cent of them are facing serious criminal charges.

Major demands include refinance facilities, better infra in industrial areas, interest rate cuts, relief in filing GST returns, stringent implementation of MSME Act

“If politicians don’t give money, it won’t matter. Farmers don’t need loan waivers, we need to give them emotional support and comfort them. We need to talk to them. Loan waivers alone will not help, farmers are not beggars,” Patekar said during an open interview session at an event in Chinchwad on Wednesday.

Prithviraj Chavan insisted that the “Sena did approach the Congress,” but refused to go into details.

"I will not reveal names of the leaders who approached us. If I do, then I will be betraying confidence that they (Sena) showed in me," Chavan told this paper.