Senas, MNS face uphill task for revival after poll defeat PUNE: A debacle in the PMC election has posed a tough revival challenge before both factions of Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde’s Sena and MNS did not win a single seat, while Shiv Sena (UBT) won…
Pune: Aspirants who could not get tickets to contest the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election are now trying to get a back-door entry into the house as co-opted members. As many as 13 members will be nominated to the general body of 165 corporators. BJP, with 119 corporators, can co-opt 10 members, while NCP can…
Pune: By winning more seats than the NCP, the BJP dominated in many merged areas that voted in the civic poll for the first time after their merger into Pune Municipal Corporation limits. As many as 10 wards were spread across the merged areas, from where 40 corporators were elected to PMC’s general body. The…
Pune: Vimannagar residents said that even though summer is some 1.5 months away, water supply problems have worsened following a brief stable period, forcing them to depend on private tankers once again.Chairman of Vimannagar’s Lunkad Colonnade 1 housing society Sambit Pradhan told TOI that the area had not faced water issues for nearly a month…
Pune: NCP chief Ajit Pawar held a meeting of the newly elected PMC corporators to discuss the reasons for a below-par performance in the poll. He also met corporators from Sharad Pawar’s NCP as the alliance is planning to appoint two separate leaders of parties in PMC.Of the 29 municipal corporations which went to the…
Pune: A research team from the department of chemistry at SPPU has developed an AI-enabled digital platform titled ‘Sickle Aadhaar’ to combat the growing health and social challenges posed by sickle cell disease (SCD). Conceptualised by Pooja J. Doshi and her team at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), the app aims to improve the quality…
Pune: Among the 40 newly elected corporators from the 22 areas brought under the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits in the last few years are two former sarpanch and a couple of former zilla parishad members, who won their maiden contest in the civic poll.More than five lakh people residing in the merged pockets voted…
Pune: The Congress party‘s state leadership has told its district units to ally with MVA partners for the 12 zilla parishad elections, but not to depend much on NCP (SP).The meeting of the parliamentary board members was held in Mumbai on Sunday, where the party’s performance in 29 municipal corporations, political equations in the state,…
Pune: The Rural Police arrested a driver and three of his accomplices for allegedly abducting his employer, an ayurveda practitioner, and extorting Rs19 lakh from him. The Uruli Kanchan police team, led by Inspector Sachin Wangde, recovered Rs7.80 lakh in cash and the vehicle used in the crime. While four suspects are in custody, three…
Pune: The road closures and diversions enforced for Monday’s cycling event caused major inconvenience to commuters using PMPML and MSRTC buses. Though PMPML did not cancel any services, officials confirmed that nearly 1,800 trips operated by about 150 buses were disrupted.MSRTC buses to Mumbai also faced delays, with routes via Karve Road and Ganeshkhind Road…
