5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (319+ words) Pune, 9th September 2026: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued show-cause notices to four private contractors over alleged lapses in road-sweeping and cleanliness work across several parts of the city. The notices were issued by Additional Municipal Commissioner Prajit Nair to…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (431+ words) Pune, 9th September 2026: A Tathawade-based SUV owner has been fined ₹4,500 by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Regional Transport Office (RTO) after officials found a mechanism installed on his vehicle that could conceal its registration number at the push of a button. The action followed…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (259+ words) Punekar News Pune, 7th September 2026: With DJ noise under close police scrutiny during this year’s Dahihandi celebrations, Pune police have initiated action against 106 mandals and seized four plasma speakers and a sound system for alleged violations of noise pollution norms. Sound-level…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (410+ words) Reported by Mubarak Ansari Pune, 4th September 2026: A Pune court on Friday remanded a 32-year-old man to one day of police custody for allegedly assaulting social activist Vidyanand Bapat, who has been vocal against noise pollution and the use of DJs…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (393+ words) Pune, 3rd September 2026: Narayan Peth resident Vidyanand Bapat, who has emerged as the face of a campaign against high-decibel DJ music and loudspeakers during Ganeshotsav, was allegedly attacked by an unidentified person while he was speaking to media personnel on Tilak…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (605+ words) Pune, 1st September 2026: Satyaki Savarkar told a special MP/MLA court in Pune that his personal reputation was distinct from that of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, adding that the freedom fighter’s reputation in society was “certainly greater” than his own....

2+ week, 33+ min ago   (311+ words) Pune, 31st August 2026: An FIR has been registered against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Amit Thackeray and 20 to 25 unidentified party workers after MNS workers allegedly removed a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the principal’s office of Government Polytechnic College…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (282+ words) Pune, 29th August 2026: A contempt petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court against Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar, alleging failure to effectively curb noise pollution in the city and comply with the court’s directions on the issue. The petitioners…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (694+ words) Reported by Mubarak Ansari Shivajinagar, 22nd August 2026: The political controversy surrounding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chhatro Ki Goonj’ programme has intensified after Shivajinagar police registered a case against seven named individuals and 50 to 60 workers of the NSUI and Youth Congress following…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (438+ words) Pune, 18th August 2026: Haveli police have registered a case against eight alleged members of the Samast Hindu Bandhav Army, also referred to as the SHB Army, after a family and several other tourists were allegedly assaulted at Sinhagad Fort over their…...