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TOI : PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will enforce pay-and-park scheme for four-wheelers on main city roads from March 15.

The scheme will be enforced on following roads: Jangali Maharaj road, Fergusson College road, Tilak road, PMC headquarters area and the area around Shivaji statue. It will also be implemented in four different stretches of roads.

Stretch 1: District session court to Sangam bridge to Sancheti hospital to Kennedy road to RTO to Sun-n-Sand hotel.

Stretch 2: Apte road to Sangli bank to Bhandarkar road to Deccan chowk to Law College road to Symbiosis to Karve road.

Stretch 3: Soharab hall to Tadiwala road to Blue Diamond hotel.

Stretch 4: B J Medical college to Council hall to Blue Nile hotel to Band Garden police chowky to GPO road to Alankar talkies to Nehru Memorial Hall.

Vehicle owners will have to pay a parking fee of Rs 5 per hour to contractors appointed by the PMC. The general body and the standing committee of the PMC have already approved the pay-and-park scheme. Vehicles that are parked in the ‘no-parking zone’ will be charged a fine of Rs 500.

The PMC has appealed to the citizens to co-operate with the PMC in implementing the scheme. This scheme is implemented to streamline the traffic and avoid congestion, stated the a PMC press release issued on Monday. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: In a gruesome murder, a salesman hailing from Nepal, Dhruva Mandir Rawat (22), killed his elder brother’s two-and-a-half-month-old son. He had some differences with his brother Revant (25) and was seeking revenge, the police said.

The incident happened in the wee hours of Sunday at Om Market in Sadashiv Peth, where Revant lives. Revant is a labourer.

The Rawat family, which hails from Nepal, has been staying in the city for the last eight years. Dhruva and Revant had verbal spats regularly. A quarrel had taken place during the last Ganesh festival. Dhruva wanted to take revenge, police sub-inspector A.S. Mulani said.

According to the Visharambaug police, Revant and his wife left their home after putting their children — daughters Karina (5) and Urmila (3), and son Meen — to sleep. Dhruva entered the house later and strangulated Meen. The accused has been arrested.PUNE: In a gruesome murder, a salesman hailing from Nepal, Dhruva Mandir Rawat (22), killed his elder brother’s two-and-a-half-month-old son. He had some differences with his brother Revant (25) and was seeking revenge, the police said.

The incident happened in the wee hours of Sunday at Om Market in Sadashiv Peth, where Revant lives. Revant is a labourer.

The Rawat family, which hails from Nepal, has been staying in the city for the last eight years. Dhruva and Revant had verbal spats regularly. A quarrel had taken place during the last Ganesh festival. Dhruva wanted to take revenge, police sub-inspector A.S. Mulani said.

According to the Visharambaug police, Revant and his wife left their home after putting their children — daughters Karina (5) and Urmila (3), and son Meen — to sleep. Dhruva entered the house later and strangulated Meen. The accused has been arrested. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: Establishing its stronghold in the fast growing twin industrial township of Pimpri-Chinchwad, The Times of India opened its new office in Pimpri on Monday.

The new office will cater to the readers and clients in Pimpri-Chinchwad and neighbouring areas of Dehu road, Talegaon and Lonavla. The office is located at Jewel of Pimpri, office number 40, second floor, Kamla Cross Road, opposite PCMC main building, Mumbai-Pune road, Pune - 17. The telephone number is (020) 27425207/08, and telefax number is (020) 27425206.

Municipal commissioner Dilip Band inaugurated the office by cutting the red ribbon while mayor Vaishali Ghodekar lit the ceremonial lamp. A traditional pooja was performed on the occasion.

Prominently present were Krishnakumar Goyal of Kohinoor Group, prominent developer Sushil Goyal, Ashish Bhandari of Mindspace Realities, additional municipal commissioner Subhash Dumbre, standing committee chairman Ajit Gavhane and PCMC medical chief K.Nagkumar.

A large number of advertisers and well-wishers, who were present for the inauguration, observed that the opening of the office gave them an added advantage. “The office is located conveniently,” said Yogesh Wani, owner of an advertising firm. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: The anti narcotics wing of the city police seized around 250 grams of pure brown sugar— estimated at Rs 10 lakh in the international market, other material — worth Rs. 3.50 lakh, and also arrested four women during a raid conducted at a chawl in Hadapsar.

With this raid at the Gosawi Vasti, the police claim to have unearthed a state-wide narcotics racket.
The four arrested women are Rekha Krishna Netake (24) Ambedkarnagar slum, Market Yard; Lalita Ratan Lokhande (36) Patryachi chawl, Nana Peth; Parvati Mahendra Landge (45) Manjari Budruk, Haveli and Jaibun Mohemad Shaikh (30), Chavhan Colony, Bhiwandi. Key accused Imran Hasan Khan (25) of Chudaman Talim Chowk, Bhavani is on the run.

According to the police, the group was involved in distributing brown sugar and other drugs in the district. Moreover, some chemicals seized here were being used to increase the weight of the drugs.

“Using chemicals, brown sugar weighing 250 grams can be made to weigh four kg. This group was doing the same. After that, they would make small packets and distribute the brown sugar,” head of the anti narcotic department J.V. Nikam told the media. “Some colours were also found in the room, from where the gang was running their business, presumably being used to create colourful brown sugar.”

The other seized materials include a motorcycle, packets of brown sugar, ‘panni’, chemicals and weighing instruments.

Terming the arrest of the four women as an “alarming trend in drug trafficking”, DCP cyber crime Sunil Phulari said the police had laid a trap for the past 15 days to nab this gang. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: A fifty-year-old employee, Sukhdev Gaikwad, was injured in an accident at a chemical factory in the industrial belt at Pimpri on Sunday afternoon.

A fire broke out at Epson Fine Chemicals company, near New Star Chemicals, A-27/28, H-block, MIDC, at Morwadi at around 2.30 pm.

The firemen received a call at around 2.50 pm after which four fire-tenders were rushed to the site. Fire-tenders from Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors and Pune Municipal Corporation also reached the site. The brigade battled for three hours to control the fire. Two to four tanks and around 15 drums filled with chemicals were used by firemen. However, there were two explosions. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More