Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday announced that the Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) had decided to double the subsidy — from Rs9,250 to Rs18,250 per hectare for the 2025–26 crushing season — for 5,000 farmers who have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) in sugar cane cultivation.A key member of the governing council of the…
Thane: NCP (SP) will participate in the MNS-Shiv Sena (UBT) protest march on Monday against alleged corruption in Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and issues such as traffic congestion and water crisis. NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad will also join the march, which will begin from Ram Ganesh Gadkari Rangayatan and culminate at TMC Headquarters.Currently, TMC…
New Delhi: At 4.30 am on Sunday, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was buzzing with over 40,500 runners who gathered for the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon. First-timers rubbed shoulders with seasoned runners. Children and senior citizens encouraged each other. The differently-abled were there in hundreds. Some came in ghagras that twirled over their running shoes. Others wore…
Pune: As Diwali approaches, the demand for festive catering services in Pune has surged significantly. Families and housing societies are increasingly choosing professionally curated culinary spreads to celebrate the festival, easing the burden of preparation.Caterers across the city are experiencing a notable rise in bulk orders for traditional sweets, savory snacks, and elaborate festive thalis….
Mumbai: An FIR has been filed against a Kandivli housing society’s secretary for allegedly sending obscene and defamatory emails and messages targeting a fellow committee member and his wife.According to the complaint lodged with Samatanagar police, Vinod Verma sent an obscene and abusive email from the housing society’s official email ID to 16 committee members…
Delhi’s Delhi Arogya Kosh (DAK) scheme is providing crucial cashless treatment for road accident victims, with over 14,800 beneficiaries receiving care in the last three years NEW DELHI: Twenty-one-year-old law intern Piyush Mudgal had just finished a day’s work at Tis Hazari when his bike skidded near LG House on Feb 19. He suffered a…
PUNE: On the death anniversary of Padma Vibhushan Ratan Tata (1937–2024), Gyan Dhyeya Foundation and Asian Machine Tool Corporation jointly upheld their social commitment by distributing essential food grains to tribal families in Shere village, near Pirangut, on the occasion of Diwali.About 15 families received grocery kits containing staples sufficient for nearly four months —…
Navi Mumbai: In the 47th National Badminton 2025 Championship of the All India Electric Sports Control Board, the women’s team of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) won the gold medal for the second consecutive time, while the men’s team won the bronze medal. Along with this, the women players dominated the national competition…
To encourage the artists and support the cause of conservation, these paintings are up for sale NEW DELHI: From a canvas bringing to life the story of Maya -the famed tigress from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve -to folklore surrounding the tigers of Kaziranga in Assam, Ranthambore in Rajasthan and Kamlang in Arunachal, where communities see the…
Pune: Around 3,000 participants took part in the “PCMC Rotary Mirae Asset Mutual Fund Runathon of Hope” organized by the Rotary Club of Nigdi–Pune in association with the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).The event was inaugurated in the presence of PCMC Assistant Commissioner Anna Bodade, world record–holding marathon runner Ashish Kasodekar, Ironman Vikrant Ghotge, Mirae…
