Pune: The state’s first zilla parishad (ZP) school operating under a public-private partnership (PPP) model will be inaugurated this Saturday in Khanwadi. The village is the birthplace of legendary social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.The school, which is also the first ZP institution in Pune district to be affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education…
Pune:State health minister Prakashrao Abitkar has urged private doctors to participate in the central govt’s Jan SEHAT(Service for enhanced health access and treatment) Setu and extend free consulting services to the poor for one day every month.Abitkar and minister of labour and employment Mansukh Mandviya were present for the launch of the programme at the…
Pune: The medical superintendent at Regional Mental Hospital, Yerawada, issued a show-cause notice to the cleaning contractor after videos showing inmates cleaning at the hospital surfaced online.In a notice issued on Friday, the RMH authorities said the contractor, M/s Lokrajya Swayamrojgar Seva Sahakari Sanstha Ltd., had been responsible for maintaining cleanliness at the facility since…
Pune: The Avartan Dance Foundation has organised the Dance for Parkinson’s Symposium 2026, positioning performance as a tool for healing, expression and community building among those with Parkinson’s disease.The condition is often understood through its visible symptoms of tremors, stiffness and a gradual loss of motor control. However, practitioners in Pune are making an attempt…
Pune: A 26-week premature baby weighing just 540gm at birth was successfully treated and discharged after 68 days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s YCM Hospital.The reported birth weight was among the lowest-ever seen at the hospital.Born without any reported maternal high-risk conditions, the infant required immediate resuscitation…
Pune: Awareness of critical cyber safety concepts among school and college students has risen sharply following focused training programmes, a survey conducted by the Quick Heal Foundation between Aug and Nov last year showed.The findings, released on March 26, showed a dramatic improvement across all age groups. Awareness levels increased from 43% to 89% among…
Pune: Three people collectively lost Rs 88.2 lakh in online share-trading frauds between Nov last year and this March.Separate complaints have been registered with the Lohegaon police and Baramati Rural police.A cooperative sugar factory officer (57) from Baramati taluka and his friend together lost Rs 68.2 lakh to cybercrooks between Feb and March.The victim, in…
Pune: More than a month after terminating the contract for the Bhama Askhed water pipeline project due to persistent delays, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has invited bids to appoint a new agency for the remaining work.Civic officials confirmed that the tendering process is currently underway. A fresh 10-month deadline has been set, with…
Pune: Recruited for a four-year period into the armed forces under the Agnipath scheme in 2022, the Agniveers are on the verge of completing their tenure later this year. But they are not looking into the future with optimism in their eyes.With the Agnipath scheme designed to retain only 25% of recruits in the armed…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only PUNE: A sessions court convicted and sentenced an application development team leader (41) with a prominent IT company in Hinjewadi to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 12-year-old niece over a period of three years before May 11, 2021.The minor rape survivor was living with her…
