ast Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two stretches of Pune Metro rail routes – Garware college to Vanaz station (5 kilometres) and PCMC headquarters or Pimpri to Phugewadi (7 kilometres).Pune News Live Updates: With the two recently inaugurated Metro routes in Pune getting good public response, MahaMetro, the implementing agency for the Metro project, has now set a target of completing 33.2 kilometres of Phase-I by the end of December. To begin with, it is targeting the stretch from Phugewadi to Shivajinagar. Last Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two stretches of Pune Metro rail routes – Garware college to Vanaz station (5 kilometres) and PCMC headquarters or Pimpri to Phugewadi (7 kilometres). Both the routes have five stations each.
Meanwhile, the Pune city police have arrested two cyber experts for allegedly committing a multicrore cryptocurrency seizure scam when their help was sought by the cops for investigating a cryptocurrency fraud which was unearthed in 2018. The accused have been identified as Pankaj Prakash Ghode (38) and Ravindranath Prabhakar Patil (45). In other news, the parents of a student who went to Kline Memorial High School in Bibwewadi to question authorities regarding fees were allegedly manhandled by a female bouncer.
Also, a big turnout was seen at the ‘Jansabha’ or ‘tax-payers general body meeting’ organised by the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena at Acharya Atre Hall in Sant Tukaram Nagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad. The meeting was held to protest against BJP’s refusal to hold a special civic general body meeting to discuss civic budget proposals.
Pune’s newest art gallery’s aim is to promote up-and-coming and unknown talents, especially women. Its inaugural exhibition features the work of an artist who is an insurance professional by day while pursuing her painting passion.
Supriya Cohen, 54, had wanted to be a professional artist but life had different plans. Supriya’s Art, a collection of 51 oil and acrylic paintings that is being exhibited at India Gift House’s gallery, which was inaugurated on March 8 in Camp, features her core inspirations — nature, floral designs and architecture.
“My grandfather and mother were skilled artists and since childhood, I aspired to pursue arts but could not do so. I started painting again in 2013 and realised the amount of joy and happiness my life was missing. Initially, it was just a hobby and I never imagined I would have a solo exhibition,” says Cohen. Read more
The Pimpri Chinchwad police have arrested three people and booked five others for allegedly selling rice and wheat from government ration shops at higher prices in the black market. Police Havaldar Pravin Dale of the Crime Branch lodged the First Information Report (FIR) in this case at the Wakad police station on Saturday.
The police have also seized a truck along with 358 wheat bags and 605 rice bags, all worth Rs 28.29 lakh, from the accused persons. As per the press release issued Sunday, the arrested accused include the truck driver Balasaheb Jadhav, 37 of Ambegaon, cleaner Kalpesh Kapadi, 33 of Ambegaon and a trader, Chhote Lal Gupta, from Kalewadi. Suraj of Akurdi, Rahul Bansode, Amle and Kendre of Nigdi and one Mavle of Narayangaon have been booked in this case. Read more
A book, authored by a former intelligence officer, has attempted to show how the country's counter-intelligence arm thwarted a Pakistan undercover operation in India. The espionage thriller, titled 'The Ace of Shadows', written by former intelligence officer Balakrishna Kamath, was released in Pune on Saturday by former Mumbai police commissioner Shrikant Bapat. Set in 1980s, this second book by Kamath, who has won the President's medal for distinguished services, brings an insight into the intelligence operations through its main character - Yashwant Narayan Godbole. While releasing the book, Bapat recalled his association with Kamath and said the latter, through his racy writing, has brought alive the fictional characters of his book.
Kamath's first thriller, 'The Velvet Gloves', was published in November 2018 and is being adapted into a web series. Additional Director General of Police (prisons) Atulchandra Kulkarni and noted journalist Nitin Gokhale were present at the book release function. Read more
A book, authored by a former intelligence officer, has attempted to show how the country's counter-intelligence arm thwarted a Pakistan undercover operation in India. The espionage thriller, titled 'The Ace of Shadows', written by former intelligence officer Balakrishna Kamath, was released in Pune on Saturday by former Mumbai police commissioner Shrikant Bapat.
Set in 1980s, this second book by Kamath, who has won the President's medal for distinguished services, brings an insight into the intelligence operations through its main character - Yashwant Narayan Godbole. While releasing the book, Bapat recalled his association with Kamath and said the latter, through his racy writing, has brought alive the fictional characters of his book.
Kamath's first thriller, 'The Velvet Gloves', was published in November 2018 and is being adapted into a web series. Additional Director General of Police (prisons) Atulchandra Kulkarni and noted journalist Nitin Gokhale were present at the book release function. (PTI)
The Pimpri Chinchwad City District Congress Committee has appointed Narendra Bansode as its senior vice president. The letter was handed over by Pimpri-Chinchwad Congress’s City President Kailas Kadam at the party’s office in the presence of Secretary of All India Congress Committee Prithviraj Sathe.
Narendra Bansode has been working with the Congress since the students’ movement. His political career started in 2002 when he became the ward vice president of NSUI. He then went on to become NSUI’s divisional president, followed by city general secretary, general secretary of western Maharashtra, and finally the state secretary in 2009, the party said. Read more
An FIR has been registered against the wife of a police sub-inspector who died due to illness for allegedly submitting fake documents to seek a government job on compassionate grounds. An FIR has been registered against the wife of a police sub-inspector who died due to illness for allegedly submitting fake documents to seek a government job on compassionate grounds. Read more
The Pune city police have arrested two cyber experts for allegedly committing a multicrore cryptocurrency seizure scam when their help was sought by the cops for investigating a cryptocurrency fraud which was unearthed in 2018. The accused have been identified as Pankaj Prakash Ghode (38) and Ravindranath Prabhakar Patil (45).
In April 2018, the Pune city police had busted a racket in which several persons were cheated by offering lucrative returns by investing money in cryptocurrency. IPS officer Rashmi Shukla was the commissioner of Pune city police at that time. Two FIRs were lodged at Dattawadi and Nigdi police stations for probing the fraud, under sections 406, 409, 420, 120 b, 109, 201 of the IPC and sections of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act. Read more
The parents of a student who went to Kline Memorial High School in Bibwewadi to question authorities regarding fees were allegedly manhandled by a female bouncer. Mangesh Gaikwad has lodged a complaint at Bibwewadi police station. “A non-cognizable offence has been registered. There has been a dispute over fees between parents and school, after which the incident took place,” said Senior Inspector Sunil Zavare. Read more
A big turnout was seen at the ‘Jansabha’ or ‘tax-payers general body meeting’ organised by the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena at Acharya Atre Hall in Sant Tukaram Nagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad. The meeting was held to protest against BJP’s refusal to hold a special civic general body meeting to discuss civic budget proposals. The meeting was organised in protest against the ruling BJP’s refusal to hold a special civic general body meeting to discuss the civic budget proposals. Read more
Some cried, others applauded at City Pride Kothrud on Friday as The Kashmir Files, based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, opened on the big screen. Rohit Kachroo, 36, a Kashmiri Pandit who has established the India for Kashmir forum, said, “Before the film, I was determined not to lose my composure but the scenes reminded me of personal pain, especially the death of my grandfather, who my family did not have the money to treat. I hope we can return to Kashmir.”
For Anushka Kaul, 21, a third-generation Kashmiri Pandit migrant, the film was a visual narrative of events she had grown up hearing. “I have heard of gruesome events but today I watched these play out on screen. It was painful. Many of the victims are still dealing with the trauma,” she said. Read more
With the two recently inaugurated Metro routes in Pune getting good public response, MahaMetro, the implementing agency for the Metro project, has now set a target of completing 33.2 kilometres of Phase-I by the end of December. To begin with, it is targeting the stretch from Phugewadi to Shivajinagar. Last Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two stretches of Pune Metro rail routes – Garware college to Vanaz station (5 kilometres) and PCMC headquarters or Pimpri to Phugewadi (7 kilometres). Both the routes have five stations each.
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Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 324 new coronavirus infections and two pandemic-related deaths, the health department said.
The state's Covid-19 caseload rose to 78,70,951, and death toll reached 1,43,752. Mumbai and Pune cities recorded 31 and 70 new infections but no deaths.
Of the eight administrative circles (each comprising several districts), the Pune circle recorded 149 new coronavirus cases, followed by Mumbai (70), Nashik (56), Akola (14), Aurangabad (six), Kolhapur and Latur (five each) and Nagpur (19). (PTI)
With the two recently inaugurated Metro routes in Pune getting good public response, MahaMetro, the implementing agency for the Metro project, has now set a target of completing 33.2 kilometres of Phase-I by the end of December.
To begin with, it is targeting the stretch from Phugewadi to Shivajinagar.
Last Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two stretches of Pune Metro rail routes – Garware college to Vanaz station (5 kilometres) and PCMC headquarters or Pimpri to Phugewadi (7 kilometres). Both the routes have five stations each. Read more
Union Minister Raosaheb Danve on Saturday said for development of the railways in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government has to contribute 50 per cent of its share for projects.
The Union Minister of state for railways was speaking at the inauguration of railway electrification from Manmad to Mudkhed at Jalna railway station.
Danve inaugurated the sub-station and electric pole for railway electrification from Manmad to Mudkhed. (PTI)
Days after BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis accused the ruling MVA of hatching conspiracies against opponents, which he said were "video-recorded" at special public prosecutor Pravin Chavan's office, the latter alleged that the videos were manipulated, and called for an inquiry.
He also expressed suspicion that one of his clients could have done the recordings possibly through a camera hidden inside a wall clock, which the client had installed at his office.
Speaking in the Assembly earlier this week, Fadnavis had said that he had submitted a pen drive containing the video recordings running into 125 hours to Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, showing how conspiracies were hatched by the police and members of the MVA (Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) to frame BJP leaders, including himself, in false cases at Chavan's office. (PTI)
Mumbai cyber police have issued a notice to senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, asking him to appear before them on Sunday in connection with a case of alleged illegal phone tapping, an official said on Saturday.
Talking to reporters, Fadnavis said he has received the notice and he would visit the police station at 11 am on Sunday as being asked.
The police official said, "In the notice issued to Fadnavis, police have said that questionnaires were earlier sent to him in sealed envelopes in connection with the case, but he did not respond to them. Besides, notices were also issued to him twice to seek his reply, but he had again failed to reply." (PTI)
The NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena, which together form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra, have organised a ‘people’s civic general body’ meeting at Acharya Atre hall in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Saturday in protest against the ruling BJP’s refusal to hold a special civic general body meeting to discuss the budget proposals.
Alleging that the BJP had “tampered with the budget proposals” presented by the Pimpri-Chinchwad civic administration, NCP spokesperson Yogesh Behl said, “When the civic general body meeting was held in February to discuss the budget proposals, the Mayor adjourned the meeting till March 17, but the civic general body’s term ends on March 13, which means the ruling BJP did not intend to hold the meeting.” Read more