Latest news and updates about Pune.
Featured Coverage
Explainers & Analysis
No explainers tagged yet. We are curating them now.
Three suspected members (faces blurred) of the inter-state drug racket arrested by the Pune rural police. (Photo Credit: Special Arrangement) In a major drug haul earlier this year, the Pune rural police quite literally stumbled upon 479 kilograms of marijuana concealed in 465 adhesive-taped packets and hidden inside two empty water drums abandoned on a secluded, uncultivated patch of land in Baramati. Suspecting that the consignment had been stockpiled to cater to the spike in demand during the Holi festival, the police launched a coordinated probe despite initially having no clues as to who had brought the marijuana there, where it came from, or who was meant to receive it.
Lab results obtained by BJP leader Sandeep Khardekar show the water lacks essential disinfection, making it unfit for consumption (Express photo). The practice has sparked significant health concerns for local residents, particularly students, who rely on these machines for affordable drinking water. There is no accounting for how many tanker trips take place from the refilling point, leading to civic loss,” said Khardekar.
Chaudhari said the metro line would start operations in phases, with the first phase starting by June 15, covering 12 stations from the Hinjewadi side. Puneri Metro is the first public-private partnership-based metro project approved in the country.
Pune's Vaikuntha Crematorium handles a large number of cremations daily. “As of now, we see a 50 per cent shift to eco-friendly cremations, and the new initiative is projected to increase this even more,” she said.
Even as the ongoing West Asia crisis continues to dominate headlines, it is quietly reshaping how Pune travellers are planning their holidays — especially those who had set their sights on the United States this year. “In the current situation, around 14 to 15 of our group tours planned until the first week of April have been cancelled. “We waited months for a visa appointment, and it was approved last November.
Among other cases, Shubham Lonkar’s name has surfaced in connection with the recent firing outside Bollywood director Rohit Shetty’s house, for threatening financer Sunny Waghchoure, and in the Baba Siddique murder case.
