Pune: PMC has finalised three designs for the proposed national monument at Bhide Wada — the first school for girls in the country founded by social reformers Mahatma Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule with eight students in 1848.After being in a shambles for years, the school is now on the way to be redeveloped after over […]
Pune: Four men have been arrested by the crime branch of the Pimpri Chinchwad police for possessing four country-made pistols and 10 cartridges.As per initial investigation, the guns were bought from Madhya Pradesh. The crime branch team led by inspector Jitenrda Kadam made the arrests after receiving information from police constable Shivanand Swami.Deputy commissioner of […]
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police have assigned five dedicated pickup spots for private buses to avert traffic congestion and accidents. The bus operators will be penalized if they are found picking up or dropping passengers anywhere else.These pickup spots are Bhakti-Shaktri circle in Nigdi, Tower Line in Talawade, Babar petrol pump in Landewadi, village fair […]
Pune: The state election department has received over 12 lakh applications, including those for new voters as well as for deletion of names and change of address, ahead of December 9, the last date for submission of applications to register as voters for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The election officials have told voters to check […]
Pune: Eight flights were cancelled from the city though the Chennai airport reopened for operations on Tuesday, a day after the deluge in Tamil Nadu capital.Some of the flights cancelled were to and from Chennai, Varanasi, Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam. On Monday, a total of 12 flights were cancelled due to the closure of the Chennai […]
PUNE: Vydurya Lokesh wanted to surprise her husband on their wedding anniversary. So instead of going to a fine-dine restaurant, she called the gourmet chef home.“The private chef and his team helped set up a candle-light dinner on our terrace. My husband loved the surprise. We had an Italian menu and the chef surprised us […]
PUNE: Sassoon General Hospital’s doctors, especially those part of the medical team which handled drug kingpin Lalit Patil’s treatment, are worried about what fate holds for them after the arrest of the suspended head of the orthopaedic department, Dr Pravin Deokate.Most members of the medical team are facing police investigation with regards to Patil’s escape […]
Pune: A feasibility study conducted by the civic body and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) recently has prompted a go-ahead to extend the under-construction flyover’s landing on Katraj-Kondhwa Road by around 900 metres towards the Kondhwa side, in a bid to help reduce the ever-present traffic congestion on this stretch.The NHAI is currently […]
PUNE: In a ground-breaking medical achievement, the expert team from a city-based hospital collaborated seamlessly to perform a novel Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) on a 15-day-old neonate with a large congenital cyst in the chest, disrupting his respiratory and feeding functions. The surgery, led by Dr. Geeta Kekre and Dr. Vishesh Dikshit, marked a significant […]
