Pune
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Pune Expressway Missing Link: Goods Vehicles Barred for Good From Nov 1
From November 1, tempos and pickups lose the Missing Link for good, while cars get a 100 kmph cap and buses 80 kmph. Who can use the Khopoli-Kusgaon stretch.
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Pune Dengue Cases Pass 2,400: Where to Get Tested for Free
PMC has logged 2,413 dengue cases this year, and October is running faster than September. Where to get a free test, which hospital has beds, and what to empty.
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Pune Water Off Every Thursday From Oct 15: How to Plan Your Week
PMC will stop Pune’s water supply every Thursday from October 15 to stretch dam stock to August 2027. What changes for homes, builders and car washes.
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Pune MPSC Sit-In Day 9: What Aspirants Have Won and What’s Pending
MPSC aspirants in Pune have won a Rs 100 fee cap and offline exams on paper, but mains dates and the chairman’s fate remain open. What to track next.
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Pune Fire Safety Drive Hits PGs, Coaching Classes: What to Check
PMC’s fire brigade has inspected hundreds of Pune PGs, coaching classes and scrap units, sealing some. What students and parents should check before paying.
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Pune Visarjan Sept 25: Roads Shut From 5 am, Metro Runs 41 Hours
Pune closes 17 road stretches for the Sept 25 immersion, bans parking from 11 pm tonight and runs Metro nonstop for 41 hours. What to plan before you leave.
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Pune Hires 500 Traffic Wardens for 250 Junctions, Without a Tender
PMC’s standing committee cleared Rs 17.09 crore for 500 traffic wardens at 250 Pune junctions for one year, bypassing a tender. What the deal covers and costs.
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Pune’s Ganeshotsav Dry Days Cut to Two After Bombay HC Rebuke
Pune cut its Ganeshotsav liquor ban to two days after the Bombay HC asked why Pune alone was targeted: Sept 14 till 4 pm and all of Sept 25. The…
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Pune’s 15-Day Rail Block Falls Inside Ganeshotsav: 42 Trains Cut
Central Railway will block the Pune-Hadapsar section from September 19 to October 4 to commission a third line. 42 trains stand cancelled, 25 diverted.
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Pune’s Complaint App Is Sitting on 14,644 Unresolved Tickets
PMC Care 2.0 has 14,644 complaints pending across 15 ward offices. Kondhwa alone accounts for 2,010. What Pune residents can do to keep a ticket alive.
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MHADA’s Pune Lottery: 4,462 Homes, September 15 Deadline
MHADA is offering 4,462 homes across Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Applications and deposits close September 15; the computerised draw follows on October 13.
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Bombay HC Slams FDA’s ‘High-Handed’ Cancellation of Cipla’s Pune Licence
The Bombay High Court forced Maharashtra’s FDA to withdraw its cancellation of Cipla’s Pune drug licence, calling the process a breach of natural justice.
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Pune Water Cut August 27: Areas Facing 24-Hour Supply Shutdown
Pune’s civic body will halt water supply for 24 hours from Wednesday midnight for urgent repairs, hitting dozens of neighbourhoods from Kothrud to Kharadi.
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Pune Ring Road’s Rs 10,502-Crore Eastern Expansion Gets the Green Light
Maharashtra has approved a Rs 10,502-crore eastern expansion of Pune Ring Road, due by June 2029. Here’s what the long-delayed bypass means for the city.
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Pune Traffic Panel Plans 3,000 More Buses, 35 Local Committees
Pune’s traffic advisory panel has ordered 35 outpost-level committees and a push for thousands more buses. Here’s what changes for commuters and when.
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Pune’s Civic Body to Borrow Rs 1,167 Crore, First Big Loan Since 2017
Pune civic body PMC plans its first major loan since 2017: Rs 1,167 crore for water, flood and sewage works in villages merged into the city.
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Pimpri-Chinchwad’s Pothole Repairs Can’t Outpace the Monsoon
PCMC has fixed 1,609 of 2,164 reported potholes, but temporary patches and relentless rain keep the backlog refilling across the twin township.
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Pune’s Dhanori Push for Freeze After 30-Year Civic Wait
Pune corporators want new construction paused in Dhanori until roads, water and drainage catch up after nearly three decades of civic neglect.
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Pune Metro’s Nigdi-Chakan Line Gets Sent Back for a Third Rewrite
PCMC has asked Maha Metro to revise the Nigdi-Chakan metro plan again, even as its cost has already grown by 25% since the first draft.