5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (223+ words) Pune city police have stepped up enforcement against noise violations during public celebrations, filing 11 cases and initiating proceedings against 130 mandals for allegedly exceeding prescribed noise limits during this year’s Dahi Handi festivities. According to police, 18 sound systems were also seized…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (305+ words) A Pune court has remanded Santosh Gajanan Pandit, 48, to 14 days of judicial custody after he was arrested for allegedly making objectionable remarks about Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil and a woman corporator in a social media reel....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (285+ words) Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation has put four private contractors on notice after inspections across the city turned up piles of uncleared garbage, dust and debris on roads that were supposed to have been swept clean, exposing gaps in a…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (227+ words) Pimpri-Chinchwad Police have launched a crackdown on Dahi Handi organisers and DJ operators for allegedly breaching the prescribed noise limits during celebrations and have registered 16 cases and seized DJ equipment from the affected venues. Police teams carried out inspections at…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (298+ words) Pune’s central areas had witness a relatively quieter Dahi Handi this year as growing public opposition to DJs, stricter police restrictions and voluntary decisions by some mandals to celebrate without DJs appear to have reduced the sound levels during the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (283+ words) Pune Police have registered the first reported case of this year’s Dahi Handi celebrations against a Bibwewadi-based mandal for allegedly violating restrictions on loudspeaker use. The Shri Krishna Tarun Mandal at Bibwewadi had allegedly installed eight bass and eight top…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (250+ words) Pune Police have stepped up preparations for Dahi Handi and Ganeshostav celebrations as special teams are set to monitor the noise levels across the city and take action against organisers and DJ operators violating prescribed limits. Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (310+ words) Pune-based YouTuber and activist Santosh Pandit, who has frequently raised questions over civic works and development projects in the city, has been arrested following a complaint alleging that he made obscene and abusive remarks about women in his videos. Police…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (378+ words) Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar has called for a cleaner and more disciplined Ganeshotsav in the city and have asked organisers to move away from high-powered sound systems and intense laser displays during festivals. Speaking at an event, Kumar said…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (266+ words) Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee chairman Shrinath Bhimale has asked the civic administration to provide ₹6 lakh compensation to the family of a 10-year-old boy who died in a road accident on the Sus-Mhalunge Road. The boy was travelling on…...