Pune: The upcoming summer schedule from Sunday is unlikely to be an exciting affair for Pune because of limited flight additions and disruption in international connectivity.Minor schedule adjustments are expected, though. IndiGo’s Patna flight would have a red-eye slot, but the 15 additional slots allocated to Pune last year might remain underutilised, a source said.Pune…
Mumbai: The Centre’s Rs 10 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel is unlikely to bring immediate relief to consumers, as the benefit appears to have been absorbed by oil marketing companies, said experts. Retail fuel prices in cities like Mumbai have remained unchanged.Industry data shows even as central excise duty was…
28-03-2026 Donations are being received at Embassy of Iran in Delhi which is being used to buy medicines ____________ TARUN RAWAT New Delhi: A hesitant third-grader, Sarwar, glanced at his father before speaking, his voice barely above a whisper as he tried to explain why he had come to the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi…
Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)on Saturday decided to scan answer sheets of some courses from this session, three years after announcing to go digital.Parag Kalkar, pro vice-chancellor of the university, said answer sheets of students in certain courses would be scanned and uploaded to the Cloud. He said students, after paying a fee, would…
Mumbai: A month after the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) could try certain new, speedier and easier tests, there are indications that the BMC may conduct a pilot project to check the efficacy of one of these recommendations: tongue swabs.Tongue swabs entail using a swab to…
New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday attended the ‘India Innovates 2026 – World’s Biggest Hackathon’ at Bharat Mandapam, where she lauded young innovators and urged them to play a greater role in shaping the country’s future.The event, which drew thousands of participants and delegates from across India, focused on themes such as…
Pune: The court of special judge B D Shelke in Baramati sentenced a 23-year-old grocery store owner to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl (8) for more than a year.Stating that the special public prosecutor, K S Navale, had proved the charges beyond reasonable doubt, the court on Wednesday…
Mumbai: The state govt has invited corporates to undertake social responsibility schemes in various districts to improve healthcare access for the people.This appeal was made at a meeting held as a part of the Maharashtra Impact and Sustainability Convergence Programme on Saturday, with state health minister Prakash Abitkar addressing national and international organisations involved in…
New Delhi: A 22-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by a relative on Saturday morning in Outer Delhi’s Paschim Vihar over suspicions of an illicit relationship with the attacker’s mother.The deceased was identified as Aman Kumar.According to police, a PCR call was received at 2:27 pm reporting a stabbing incident in the area. On…
PUNE: Vasai-based godman Hrishikesh Vaidya (39) was arrested from Pimpri in the early hours of Saturday in connection with a sexual assault and criminal intimidation case.The arrested godman was produced before a court in Pune later in the day. “The judge remanded him in police custody till April 6,” deputy commissioner of police (crime), Pune,…
