Pune: Having won three medals (one silver and two bronze) in each of the past two editions, Indian sailors will be looking to add to their tally when they set out on the water at the Kaiyoh Yacht Harbour in Gamagori City, venue for sailing events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.Vishnu Saravanan (ILCA-7), Nethra Kumanan…
Residents and activists said the dark stretches have turned night travel into a dangerous gamble Pune: Commuters across the city, already battling pothole-ridden roads, are now facing a severe safety hazard due to erratic streetlighting.Local residents and activists said the dark stretches have turned night travel into a dangerous gamble, with abrupt power failures spiking…
Minister Dattatray Bharne Pune: State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharne on Thursday said declaration of drought in the state was imminent, as farmers were facing extreme distress due to severe crop losses.Bharne was speaking in his assembly constituency of Indapur, where he inaugurated an online portal to issue certificates to women farmers under the Maharashtra Women…
The proposal sought to regularise changes in allocations made for 14 works in the revised budget estimates for 2025–26 Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) standing committee on Wednesday deferred a proposal to adjust budgetary provisions for works worth Rs60.18 crore, after members raised questions over alleged irregularities in the payment of bills without mandatory…
An illustration of an arrest Pune: A 69-year-old man from Budhwar Peth has lodged a complaint with Vishrambaug police, stating that online fraudsters cheated him of Rs 29.15 lakh between Aug 14 and 28 after threatening to arrest him in a money laundering case.The suspects posed as officials of Nashik police and claimed that the…
An AI-generated illustration shows officials and recruiters speaking with fresh graduates and job seekers at an employment camp Pune: State govt will conduct employment camps for freshers, experienced graduates and postgraduates at 31 educational institutes in Pune district on Oct 29.The initiative is part of the larger drive to hold 500 employment drives in the…
Commuters have been urged to use stations like PMC, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Udyan and Deccan Gymkhana instead of crowding Mandai station Pune: Metro will run till 2am from Thursday till the last day of Ganeshotsav to facilitate the movement of devotees visiting central parts of the city.Maha Metro has urged commuters to use stations like PMC,…
Pune: The civic administration, for the first time, will showcase the city’s history through a light-and-sound show at Shaniwarwada in the evening from Sept 19 as part of the Ganeshotsav celebrations. The city’s journey over the years will be presented under the theme “Punawadi to Pune”.Each show will run for around 15 minutes, with multiple…
Pune: Nineteen retired BCCI panel scorers who served Indian cricket for more than three decades have made a fervent appeal to the Cricket Board to include their welfare in their agenda for the AGM on Friday in Mumbai.The scorers, compulsorily retired at 65 since 2022, have sought monthly pension, one-time ex-gratia and medical insurance at…
Pune: Additional sessions judge S U Wadgaonkar on Wednesday granted bail to city-based social media activist Santosh Pandit, arrested in connection with allegations of making obscene and sexually suggestive remarks against Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil and a woman corporator of Pune Municipal Corporation.The court noted that the offences invoked carried a maximum punishment of three…
