The action comes amid more than 22,000 complaints of poor soybean seed germination reported across Maharashtra this season Pune: The state agriculture department has revoked the licence of a Madhya Pradesh-based seed company for allegedly rebranding and selling leftover soybean seeds from the previous season without required revalidation or proof of a new seed production…
Pune: The state revenue department has launched a “land bank” module to build a unified digital inventory of govt land, current allotments and parcels available for future allocation in its bid to tighten safeguards after the Mundhwa land controversy.“The initiative follows recommendations made by the Vikas Kharge committee after the Mundhwa land row, which called…
Pune: A 37-year-old farmer allegedly shot his friend inside a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) in the early hours of Monday at Jadhavwadi in Chikhali.The victim, Ravi Ghogare (26) of Jadhavwadi, suffered a bullet injury to his stomach. After receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, Ghogare lodged a complaint against his friend, Swapnil Jadhav, and the latter’s…
MOISTURE STRESS, MOUNTING LOSSES: Rain gap forces soybean farmers to destroy standing crop Pune: A prolonged break in monsoon has pushed soybean farmers across Maharashtra into deep distress, with many now running tractors over their own standing crops instead of harvesting them.After an initially promising start to the kharif season, a long dry spell left…
Pune: A 20-month-old girl was run over by a tempo while it was being reversed at the entrance of Omkar Rose Nursery at Soratpawadi Phata on Pune-Solapur Highway around 9.30am on Sunday.The Uruli Kanchan police on Monday registered a case against the tempo driver for rash and negligent driving. Senior inspector Vijaymala Pawar of Uruli…
Pune: Cybercrooks posing as bank officials allegedly duped a 65-year-old ex-serviceman from Shirur of Rs28.72 lakh on the pretext of helping him open a senior citizen pension account.The crooks on Sept 11 shared an APK file named “India Pension Card Verification Retired Pe..” with the elderly man and siphoned off money from his bank account….
The court ruled that the applicant’s severe physical difficulties, coupled with her prolonged pretrial incarceration, warranted bail Pune: The high court has granted bail to a 41-year-old woman accused of murdering her husband, taking into consideration her serious spinal ailments and her incarceration of over two years and ten months pending trial.Justice Milind N. Jadhav…
People board a bus at Swargate bus station File picture of an MSRTC bus Screenshot Picture of an MSRTC bus at Swargate on Sunday People board a bus at Swargate bus station File picture of an MSRTC bus Screenshot Picture of an MSRTC bus at Swargate on Sunday People board a bus at Swargate bus…
Pune: Police have banned the use of drones to record Ganapati mandals and festivities in old parts of the city.Pune commissioner of police (CP) Amitesh Kumar issued an order in this regard. If drones are spotted flying and shooting without permission, those will be seized.A special drone seizure team has been deployed in the city…
Pune: A drunk motorcycle rider, aged 32, allegedly drove his two-wheeler recklessly into the path of Union minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol’s moving convoy on JM Road, near Sancheti Chowk, around 8.30pm on SundayThe minister’s police guard, assistant police sub-inspector Ishwar Bhikule, lodged a complaint with the Shivajinagar police on Monday who…
