Pune: Maharashtra recorded more than 21.93 lakh new tuberculosis (TB) cases between Jan and Dec 2025, marginally lower than the 23.05 lakh cases reported in 2024, official data showed.Data also indicates that treatment was successful in 88% of TB cases, while 3.3% of patients died due to the infection.Officials attributed the high number of reported…
PUNE: Electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the recently concluded municipal elections will be redeployed for the upcoming zilla parishad (ZP) and panchayat samiti (PS) polls across 12 districts. The State Election Commission (SEC) has directed that the memory cards from these machines be removed and secured in govt treasuries before the equipment is handed…
Pune: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) tentative results, released late on Friday, showed that nearly 10% of the 4.46 lakh candidates who took the Nov 2025 exam had qualified, an official from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) said. Candidates have been given time till 6pm on Jan 21 (Wednesday) to raise objections,…
PUNE: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday told the newly elected BJP corporators to follow transparent practices and work hard to make PMC the best municipal corporation in the country. He said the corporators’ high-handedness would not be tolerated. “You should strive to resolve the issues of citizens and work honestly,” Fadnavis told corporators in…
Pune: Scientists at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) finally solved the mystery of how Malin 1, the largest spiral galaxy ever discovered, is growing in size. Instead of violently colliding with other large galaxies, as is the standard process for giant galaxies to develop, Malin 1 is gradually absorbing much smaller dwarf…
PUNE: The State Election Commission (SEC) will return to traditional bottled indelible ink for the upcoming zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections on Feb 5, following controversy over marker pens used in recent municipal corporation polls, which allegedly left erasable marks, sparking concerns of bogus voting.“We will use indelible ink bottles instead of marker pens…
Two-Thirds Majority For Saffron Party In Pune & Pimpri Chinchwad | 14 Months After Powering Mahayuti Back To Office In State, Devendra Fadnavis Crafts Stunning Victories. Combined NCPs No Match As Lotus Blooms Again In Both Civic Bodies, Cong StrugglesPUNE: The two NCP groups forged an alliance in the hopes of recapturing the bastions in…
Pune: The State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday declared that 65 candidates were elected unopposed in the civic polls as it did not find discrepancies in the reports submitted by the commissioners of 10 municipal corporations. Of the 65 unopposed seats, BJP won 43, followed by Shiv Sena with 18, NCP with two, and two…
PUNE: Many of those who switched sides ahead of the civic polls managed to taste success, but several faced defeat, with the trend cutting across party lines.In Pimpri Chinchwad, 30 former corporators and candidates who finished second in the previous corporation poll shifted loyalties after they were denied tickets by their respective parties. Mumbai And…
Pune: The Pune Rural police detained a gang of five men who abducted a 58-year-old medical practitioner, his assistant, and driver, and extorted Rs19 lakh from them.The incident happened between Jan 10 and 12 near Uruli Kanchan. The gang, on Jan 10 at around 10.30pm, abducted the trio when they were driving in a car….
