Using technology to keep coronavirus at bay, the Central Railway's Railway Protection Force has deployed a robot, 'Captain Arjun', to screen patients and also enhance security surveillance at the Pune station, an official said.
Coronavirus cases in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad area have risen to 11,202 with 390 new infections in the last 24 hours. As per latest figures, the death toll in Pune has surged to 471.
After a series of trials, the single emergency helpline number 112, which will connect people in distress with the police, has been made operational in five cities of Maharashtra, officials said on Friday.
In a bizarre yet tragic incident, a 14-year-old boy in Maharashtra's Pune committed suicide after he was allegedly denied access to TV to watch cartoon show by his mother.
A leopard cub that landed into a well was rescued by the forest department in Pimparwadi village in Junnar Taluka, Pune on June 08.
A 14-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Pune district after his mother reprimanded him for watching television for long hours,police said on Wednesday.
FIR registered against unknown people in connection with a violent protest staged by locals at a containment zone in Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune.
A cooperative department store in Pune in Maharashtra has arranged items on its shelves under 'swadeshi' and 'videshi' labels in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to people to buy products manufactured in the country as part of the "Atmanirbhar Bharat" drive.
Due to continuous rain in Pune, water logging has taken place on the streets of the city. Water was collected on the roads of Pune's Kondhwa area.
Cyclone Nisarga is likely to make landfall near Alibaug tomorrow and at the time of landfall, the wind speed is expected to be 100 kmph, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) official Dr Anupam Kashyapi said on Tuesday.
Pune's Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market resumed operations after 50 days on May 31.
Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated in India on May 25 amid coronavirus pandemic. Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offered Eid-ul-Fitr Namaz (prayers) at his residence in the national capital.
Pune registered the biggest single-day jump of 358 COVID-19 cases on Friday, due to which the district's tally of such patients crossed the 5,000-mark, a health official said. With the death of 15 more persons due to coronavirus infection, the number of victims reached 257 in the district, the official said.
The kin and neighbours of a 54- year-old man have alleged that he died waiting for an ambulance in Nana Peth area, one of the coronavirus hotspots in Pune. The incident took place in the early hours of Friday, they added.
Pune reported 6 deaths due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday, taking the death toll to 181 in the district. Also, 194 new COVID-19 cases surfaced in the district, surging the total number of virus cases to 3,426, said, health officials. The death toll in Pune on Wednesday was 163. Here are full list of COVID-19 hotspots in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad
In addition to e-token system, the Maharashtra government is also exploring the option of permitting home delivery of liquor as an option to ease overcrowding and ensure social distancing.
Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Pune district mounted to 2,857 with 125 more people testing positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a Health official said on Sunday.
Ninety-nine new coronavirus patients were detected in Pune district since previous night, taking the number of cases to 2,300, a health official said on Wednesday.
Maharashtra resumes sale of liquor: As per the new guidelines, liquor manufacturing units in rural and urban areas, and industrial townships, barring MMR and Pune region can restart working. Also, the shops that function should have 50 per cent labour capacity.
Completion of under-construction projects in the areas outside the coronavirus containment zones within Pune city limits and the district has been allowed with certain conditions, officials said on Saturday.
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