Pune: The state health department has increased the honorarium for frontline workers by threefold to accelerate the reach of government-led health insurance schemes. Previously, these workers received Rs8 per KYC verification and card distribution, an amount now raised to Rs30. The state and central government’s integrated health insurance schemes — Mahatma Jyotiraditya Phule Jan Arogya…
New Delhi: While the blast near Red Fort left the area shaken on Monday, the next day unfolded in uneasy silence. Thin traffic, shuttered shops and wary locals kept the stretch around the monument unusually still.By Wednesday, however, the area began slowly limping back to normalcy. For instance, on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg, the key…
Pune: State forest minister Ganesh Naik said on Wednesday that families of victims killed in last three leopard attacks in Junnar would be offered jobs in the forest department. The assurance came during his visit to Pimparkhed village, a region grappling with a surge in human-wildlife conflict. Naik met members of three bereaved families who…
Mumbai: Eminent citizens from the city have demanded that the state govt issue a white paper detailing all public land transactions, leases, and monetisation proposals in Mumbai. With the upcoming civic elections, 127 citizens, including former police commissioner Julio Ribeiro, former Bombay high court judge G S Patel, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat (retired), former central information…
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has observed that a forest land in Bhati village in south Delhi does not have the requisite fencing, display boards warning trespassers or adequate plantation of trees, and waste was lying around. It has asked the forest department, Delhi govt and MCD to take action in the matter.The NGT…
Pune: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said the Mundhwa land belonged to govt and he would seek clarification from the inspector general of registration (IGR) on why a Rs 42 crore stamp duty notice was issued to Amadea Enterprises LLP, linked to deputy CM Ajit Pawar‘s son Parth.On Nov 7, the IGR served…
Mumbai: Congress’s state election committee is said to have finalised most of its candidates for municipal council and nagar panchayat elections in key districts after entering alliances with INDIA bloc partners. The party may make the formal announcement in a day or two, said sources.It will decide on going solo or forming an alliance for…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has drawn up a standard operating procedure to prepare for cold waves, with a focus on protecting the homeless, elderly and economically weaker sections. The plan readied by Delhi Disaster Management Authority stresses on timely response, inter-agency coordination and public awareness. It seeks to build healthcare capacity, ensure medical readiness, enhance…
Pune: A 37-year-old property dealer from Wadmukhwadi was shot dead by his two friends inside an SUV in Charholi on Wednesday evening.Police have identified the deceased as Nitin Gilbile of Wadmukhwadi. They have also ascertained the identities of the two assailants, and a search is on for them.A case of murder was registered with the…
Mumbai: Once the preserve of twenty-somethings fresh out of college, the law programme has today become a meeting ground of generations — drawing in everyone from postgraduates to pensioners, from civil servants to small-town dreamers.In the 2025–26 admission year, the largest cohort of legal aspirants with 1,767 candidates was 21 years old. They were followed…
