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PMC’s sets January-end deadline for Katraj-Swargate BRTS; PMPML unsure
By Manasi Deshpande, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:47 PM IST
The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has claimed that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has still not been able to carry out improvement works on the Katraj-Swargate Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) stretch despite writing a letter last month

Man arrested for alleged extortion of contractor
By Shalaka Shinde, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:46 PM IST
A man has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody, after spending three days in police custody for the alleged extortion of a contractor

Man arrested for threatening to spread video of live-in partner
By Shalaka Shinde, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:46 PM IST
A man has been arrested for posing as a journalist and threatening to spread a video of his live-in partner, if she refused to pay him ₹6 lakh

Pune rural stays with NCP; all parties claim victory in Maharashtra
By Siddharth Gadkari and Manasi Deshpande, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 09:46 PM IST
In Western Maharashtra, most of the senior leaders of all parties received a setback in the gram panchayat polls while in Pune district, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) managed to win 500 of 752 gram panchayats

Pandemic slowdown “concerns” ruling BJP with polls scheduled early next year
By Siddharth Gadkari, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 11:11 PM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is in power in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is staring at poll-bound difficulties with elections fast approaching early next year

Two samples from Pune found positive for bird flu, central team to visit district
By Steffy Thevar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 11:11 PM IST
Two samples of poultry birds from Pune district were found positive for the bird flu virus of the 11 bird samples that were sent to the Bhopal laboratory

Serum Institute’s Adar Poonawalla takes Covishield vaccine, congratulates PM
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 16, 2021 02:27 PM IST
- The SII also plans to export Covishield doses to Brazil in the coming days.

Pune district reports 563 fresh Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths in 24 hours
By Namrata Devikar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 08:10 PM IST
Pune district on Thursday reported a total of 563 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection with 11 deaths in the last 24 hours

Pune district reports 8 deaths and 688 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
By HT Correspondent, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 13, 2021 09:53 PM IST
On Wednesday, Pune district reported eight deaths due to Covid-19 infection in 24 hours

PMC seeks list of items purchased for Covid centres, present status of equipment
By Abhay Khairnar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 13, 2021 08:31 PM IST
The Pune Municipal Corporation has sought a report regarding the present status of materials purchased during the Covid-19 pandemic

Two businessmen running illegal gutkha factory in Silvassa arrested
By Nadeem Inamdar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 09:46 PM IST
In a major breakthrough, crime branch officials attached to unit IV have arrested two businessmen who ran an illegal gutkha manufacturing facility in Silvassa, in connection with the ₹15 crore illegal Gutkha seizure case

SPPU reprinting and selling rare, old books
By Dheeraj Bengrut, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 09:45 PM IST
The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is now reprinting its old and rare books related to history, mythology and autobiographies and making it available online for sale

25-year old arrested for assaulting traffic constable
By Nadeem Inamdar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 09:45 PM IST
The Mundhwa police have arrested a 25-year old man on charges of physically assaulting a traffic constable on duty who stopped him for not wearing a seat belt during driving

As vaccine trucks leave Serum campus, India starts fight to end Covid in country
By Shalaka Shinde, Steffy Thevar, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 10:44 PM IST
At the stroke of 4:53 am, the gates opened, a police escort van remerged; it was followed by three trucks, with boxes carrying 5.65 million doses of the vaccine meant for Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Patna, Bengaluru, and Lucknow.

Nine flights to 12 cities leave Pune with Covid vaccine doses
By Steffy Thevar and Shalaka Shinde, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 09:53 PM IST
Pune Tuesday morning saw an otherwise quiet Lohegaon airport in Pune witness high drama as the country’s first batch of Covishield vaccine doses left for 12 different cities on nine passenger and freight flights

Pune district sees 496 fresh Covid-19 cases, 0 deaths in 24 hours
By Namrata Devikar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 08:26 PM IST
Pune district on Tuesday reported a total of 496 new cases of Covid-19 with no deaths in the last 24 hours

97 samples from 17 districts tested for bird flu in Pune, 18 positive
By Jigar Hindocha, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 08:25 PM IST
With the cases of Avian influenza, popularly known as “bird flu” on the rise across India, sample testing for the virus has begun in Pune at the animal husbandry commissionerate

Pre-Covid buzz to return in city as classes, coaching centres reopen
By Dheeraj Bengrut, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 08:22 PM IST
After the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) decided to reopen coaching classes, the movement of students across the city is set to increase after a break of nine months

Culling of hens begins in Parbhani after Avian influenza outbreak
By Abhay Khairnar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:33 PM IST
Following the outbreak of Avian influenza, commonly-known as bird flu in the Parbhani district of Maharashtra, the state animal husbandry department has issued instructions for the culling of 6,000 birds

Pune dist has no cases of bird flu; admin forms 13 rapid response teams
By Jigar Hindocha, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:32 PM IST
Following the detection of bird flu cases in Parbhani district of Marathwada, the state animal husbandry department has formed 13 rapid response teams in Pune district

Pulse polio vaccination postponed indefinitely
By Steffy Thevar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:32 PM IST
In view of the upcoming large-scale Covid-19 vaccination drive, the central government has postponed the National Pulse Polio vaccination drive indefinitely

Centre signs purchase order for 11 mn Covishield doses, transportation begins today
By Steffy Thevar and Shalaka Shinde, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:31 PM IST
After days of speculation, Pune based Serum Institute of India (SII) finally received the official purchase order on Monday from the government of India for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, named Covishield

PMC finalises 16 vaccination centres in Pune
By Siddharth Gadkari, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:31 PM IST
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has finalised 16 vaccination centres at government and private hospitals in the city for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine

Ga Di Ma cultural festival moves to GD Madgulkar’s hometown
By Prachi Bari, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:29 PM IST
The Maharashtra Kamgar Sahitya Parishad, Gadima Sahitya Kala Akademi, Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad and Madgul villagers have organised the Ga Di Ma cultural festival to celebrate the 101st birth anniversary of Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (October 1)

Class 11 admissions FCFS round to start from January 13
By HT Correspondent, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:28 PM IST
After completing three regular rounds and two special rounds of the first year junior college (FYJC) admission process, the deputy director of education (DYDE), Pune, on Monday released the timetable for the first-come-first-served (FCFS) round one starting from January 13

PMC chief seeks permission to call for water scheme tenders for newly-merged villages
By HT Correspondent, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:28 PM IST
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has planned to execute the water supply scheme in the newly merged 34 villages and sought permission from the standing committee to float tenders for the same

Digital map leads man to drive car into dam waters; 2 swim to safety, 1 drowns
By Nadeem Inamdar, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:27 PM IST
Travellers commuting into unknown areas using digital maps will have to be cautious next times as their ride could turn fatal

Attempted murder by drunk man in Lohegaon
By HT Correspondent, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:27 PM IST
A 50-year-old man has been arrested by the Pune police on Sunday for attempted murder of another man who worked in a cardboard company in Lohegaon area

Three killed, at least 16 injured in four accidents in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad
By Shalaka Shinde, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:26 PM IST
In four separate early morning collisions of heavy vehicles, three people were killed while at least 16 people have been reported as injured on Monday in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas

SPPU’s senate meeting concludes on “disappointing” note
By HT Correspondent, Pune
PUBLISHED ON JAN 10, 2021 09:51 PM IST
The two-day senate meeting of the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) concluded on Sunday after several issues were discussed by the senate members