Pune: Two arrested for accepting Rs 500 bribe from coconut seller
A press release issued by Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB) Shrihari Patil stated that the complainant told police that Sharma demanded Rs 1,000 to ensure that the Wadgaon Sheri Ward Office did not take any action against his coconut stall.
To raise Awareness on Organ Donation: ‘When I donated kidney, I understood only a human can save another’
A volunteer for ‘Bharat Organ Yatra 2.0’ at Pune-based ReBirth Foundation, said the organisation has worked to raise awareness on organ donation since 2015.
Maharashtra: CREDAI urges state govt to speed up flat registration process
Home buyers are facing problems as they are not able to get possession of their flats. Buyers are already paying their EMIs for the new flat but have not got possession as the registration process has not been completed, CREDAI said.
India held back due to lack of maritime culture, says member of International Institute of Strategic Studies
Kalinga was trading with Indonesia 2,000 years ago, which is why Ashoka invaded Kalinga. He was lured by Kalinga’s wealth. We were trading overseas but forgot it as Indians began to suffer from the kala pani taboo, which was centred around ocean travel, where it was believed that if you crossed the ocean, your dharma will be tainted and you will become an outcast.
Promised lottery prize money, Pune woman duped of Rs 12.4 lakh
Police said the fraudsters got in touch with the woman by sending her an e-mail in June 2019, and offering her a lottery prize in foreign currency.
Pune: Youth suffers cardiac arrest while playing online game, dies 2 days later
According to police, Memane was playing the online game on his phone on Thursday evening, when he suffered a heart attack and fell unconscious.
Maharashtra: State govt plans ‘achievement survey’ for schools
Officials at the Education department confirm that a state-level meeting had taken place a few weeks ago where it was decided to conduct a State Achievement Survey, on the lines of the National Achievement Survey.
After NGT rap, Pune civic body to spend Rs 50 lakh to clean Mutha river
“The PMC has invited applications from private agencies for the work of removing encroachments and cleaning up Mutha and Mula, as per directions of the NGT,” said a civic officer.
Wish for every policeman’s aim to be accurate, says Uddhav Thackeray
The CM was speaking at the closing ceremony of the 13th All India Police Shooting Sports Championship at Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Saturday.
Pune City Police gets award for ‘Third I’ initiative
Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Bachchan Singh, who received the award, said, “It (‘Third I’) aims to provide insights to police stations so that they can plan targeted interventions.”
NCP directs Barate to step down from post of LoP in Pune civic body
Barate had replaced Chetan Tupe last year after the latter was made the city unit chief of the NCP. Tupe has now been elected to the state legislative assembly and also holds the responsibility of city NCP.
Co-created by Pune school students, robot ‘Armaan’ to greet visitors at Mumbai marathon
Since 2017, the Salaam Bombay Foundation has collaborated with Indiafirst, offering training in robotics and artificial intelligence to young students.
At Pune Cantonment Board meeting, MP Bapat calls for abolishing cantonments
Bapat, who made his maiden appearance at the GB meeting as the city’s elected representative, also promised Rs 1 crore for the PCB from the Local Area Development Scheme. Pune Cantonment MLA Sunil Kamble, who was also present at the meeting, promised another Rs 1 crore.
On coldest day this season, Pune temperature plunges to 8.2 degrees C
Nashik was the coldest city in Maharashtra on Friday, with a minimum temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest day of the season on Friday.
As PMPML gets 16th chief in 13 years, no end to Pune’s public transport woes in sight
In fact, in the transport body’s 13 years of existence, only one chairman and managing director (CMD), R N Joshi, could complete the full term of three years.
Maharashtra: ‘Not undertaken anywhere’, govt may scrap Hyperloop project, hints Ajit Pawar
“The Hyperloop project has not been undertaken anywhere in the world. Let it first be implemented somewhere... where at least 10 km of it should be completed... If it is successful, than we will consider implementing it in the state,” said Pawar.
Pune: Failing to get Rs 4.5 lakh back from DSK Group, auto driver commits suicide
Korke was found hanging from the ceiling of his house in Ghorpadi on Friday morning. He left a suicide note blaming real estate developer Deepak Sakharam Kulkarni (70), chairman of the DSK Group.
Demand pending salaries: 77 special teachers go on fast unto death
On Thursday, both she and her husband joined 77 special teachers, who staged a hunger strike outside the Central Building in Pune, which houses the offices of the commissioner and director of primary education.
Chulivarcha jevan to jungle treks: MTDC finds new ways to attract tourists to resorts
The corporation has recently taken charge of restaurants at its holiday resorts, which were earlier leased to private players on contract basis.
Pune Division to issue IDs enabled with QR code to ticket-checking staff
In recent times, the Railways has received numerous complaints from passengers of suspicious-looking TTEs entering train coaches and checking tickets of passengers.
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