PMPML

A three-member inspection squad found a commuter without a valid ticket on PMPML bus number 17 on the Dhayari–Shivajinagar route, leading to high drama and a heated argument near the NuMaVi bus stop in Appa Balwant Chowk on Tuesday morning, around 10:30 am.

The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) plans to introduce 11 new feeder routes linking Pune Metro Line 3 stations with nearby areas.

The PMPML administration plans a driver monitoring system for 1,000 buses in Pune, putting PMP bus drivers under a ‘third eye’.

These are the 1,000 new buses that will join the PMPML fleet in the coming period.

The step is meant to prevent accidents caused by the negligence of PMP bus drivers during journeys.

A major fire broke out at an old wada opposite a church in the Guruwar Peth area of Pune, and fire tenders from the Pune Fire Brigade were sent to the spot to bring the flames under control.

Pune residents were allegedly cheated of lakhs in digital arrest threats, fake challans and crypto investment scams, among them a 75-year-old woman from Karvenagar who was allegedly cheated of ₹32 lakh.

On Monday night, a car allegedly driven on the wrong side of the road and at high speed rammed a two-wheeler on Shinde Bridge in Shivane, near the Warje-Kothrud belt.

Two groups allegedly got into a violent street fight in Bhekrainagar, Pune, and a video of it has gone viral on social media.

The video shows men kicking and assaulting each other. It has raised concerns over public safety and law and order.