Pune Metro News: MahaMetro plans to complete the work on Metro lines till Ramwadi and Swargate over the next few months, following the successful launch of services on two sections on August 1.
Missing sr citizen spotted in photos of a charity drive, reunited with kin
Missing sr citizen spotted in photos of a charity drive, reunited with kin
ByAvinash RajputAvinash Rajput / Updated: May 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
MOTHER’S DAY MIRACLE
After being lost for over a month, the 65-year-old slum resident was seen in a WhatsApp forward when a local social group was distributing food among the homeless; she was recognised and taken back safely to her frantic family in Aundh
Good use of social media to help people during the difficult phase of the COVID-19
pandemic’s
second wave has been a ray of hope in recent months be it arranging for beds, plasma donors, or difficult-to-source medicines. And now, WhatsApp forwards circulated by a city-based social group have helped a local family find their lost mother, after she was missing for over a month.
Cops irate as public dishes out creative excuses to break curfew, step out
Cops irate as public dishes out creative excuses to break curfew, step out
ByGunwanti ParasteGunwanti Paraste / Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
EMPTY STREETS MEAN JOYRIDES FOR PUNEKARS
Police at nakabandis across areas routinely face innumerable justifications, from remdesivir purchases to hospital visits but usually, manage to disprove them with one call. Over 27,000 people booked since April 3 for such violations
A few days ago, traffic police in the Camp area stopped a bike rider defying the lockdown rules late in the evening. After being quizzed, the rider asserted that he was on the lookout for a remdesivir injection at a medical store on an urgent basis, which justified his movements. However, prodded just a little further and asked to produce a prescription for the same, he shamefully admitted that he had simply presented the excuse to roam around for no reason.