Pune: Nearly 18 months after the Maharashtra govt mandated high security registration plates (HSRPs) for vehicles registered before April 2019, compliance remains dismal. Currently, only 49% of eligible vehicles across the state have been fitted with the mandatory plates.State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik admitted that progress has been “very disappointing” and announced that a high-level…
Sunetra Pawar resigned from the Upper House on Wednesday, two days after winning the Baramati assembly bypoll with a record margin of over 2.18 lakh votes. NEW DELHI: A day after Maharashtra deputy chief minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar resigned from the Rajya Sabha following her victory in the Baramati bypoll, speculation intensified over…
PUNE: Ravi Pandit, co-founder and chairman of mobility technology firm KPIT Technologies and a prominent industry leader, died on Friday morning after a brief illness, the company said. He was 75.In a statement, the company said it was “deeply saddened” by the demise of its founder and chairman of the board on May 8.A gold-medallist…
Maharashtra’s house-to-house census enumeration is gearing up, with training for 2.3 lakh staff concluding by May 10. PUNE: The training of nearly 2.3 lakh enumerators and supervisors for the upcoming house-to-house census-linked enumeration exercise in the state will be completed by May 10, with field visits starting from May 16, census officials said on Thursday.Enumerators…
Pune: National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said the panel will soon submit recommendations to the Centre seeking amendments in prison and parole rules.“We will demand changes in the regulations so that those convicted in rape, sexual assault and other serious crimes against women are not granted parole,” she told TOI. The commission…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Nanded rural police seized 4,796 sharp-edged weapons, including swords, daggers, guptis and knives, during a nearly 24-hour raid that continued till around midnight Wednesday.Police on Thursday said the seizure was the largest of its kind in a single raid in the state. The raid was part of an operation, codenamed ‘Operation Crackdown’,…
Pune: A revised proposal to introduce “vertical property cards” for flat owners has been resubmitted to the state govt and is expected to be reviewed by the cabinet in June, officials from the settlement commissioner’s office told TOI on Saturday.The proposal, which has been pending for nearly four years, was recently sent to the law…
Pune: Water supply issues in the east city areas of Wadgaonsheri and Vimannagar have intensified with the onset of summer, forcing numerous housing societies to increasingly rely on costly water tankers.In Vimannagar, residents reported erratic supply and rising tanker costs. A resident from Eden Park near Ganpati Mandir Chowk chose anonymity and said, “We did…
Pune: Restaurants and various industries in the city are grappling with a significant labour shortage as a large number of migrant workers from West Bengal and North Indian states have returned to their hometowns. This mass exodus has created major operational challenges and driven up staffing costs across the city.Hospitality industry representatives noted that the…
Pune: A domestic dispute allegedly drove a 29-year-old man from Moshi to kill his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter and attempt to murder his five-year-old son in a forest area near Santwadi in Junnar taluka, around 100km from Pune, late on Tuesday night.Police said the accused, Sagar Shinde, first throttled his son and abandoned him in the forest,…
