Pune: Seismologist Arun Bapat passed away at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital after a brief illness on Saturday at the age of 85, his son Shrirang said.Based in Pune, Bapat served as head of the Earthquake Engineering Research Division at the Central Water and Power Research Station in Khadakwasla, retiring in 1998. He led pioneering work on…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge UP Kulkarni on Jan 5 ordered the deportation of 18 Bangladeshi nationals, including 10 women, after convicting them and converting their two years and four months time spent as undertrial in jail into a sentence, for illegally entering India and staying without valid documents.The Pune police on Sept…
Pune: Maharashtra public health and family welfare minister Prakash Abitkar has directed that all transfers and promotions within the health department be conducted transparently, based on performance evaluation reports. The decision follows allegations involving a senior health official in Pune for allegedly seeking bribe through another offical to facilitate an inter-district transfer. Pune Headlines Today…
Pune: The State Election Commission (SEC) has compiled data on about 60 candidates who have been elected unopposed across 29 municipal corporations in the state as municipal commissioners continue to submit their reports ahead of the Jan 15 civic elections.Senior SEC officials told TOI that results in these unopposed cases would be formally declared only…
Pune: The Baner police on Saturday registered a case against three workers of a political party for allegedly offering cash inducements to voters in the Sus-Baner-Pashan (9) ward. The police also seized Rs 2.53 lakh from two spots in Baner. The action followed after a tip-off received by senior inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant of the Baner…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday accused political opponents of trying to divert attention from BJP’s development work in Pimpri Chinchwad by fuelling debates and arguments.“Their frustration and anger are evident as they can clearly see the developmental works carried out by BJP during its last tenure. On the other hand, they do not…
Pune: A dispute over a mobile messaging app status led to the murder of a 25-year-old man in Kharadi late on Thursday night.The Kharadi police on Friday arrested the victim’s 23-year-old friend, who had fled the scene after the incident.The police identified the deceased as Akash Tarale, a resident of Lohegaon. The accused, Vijay Waghmare…
PUNE: The Pune police have initiated an investigation into allegations made by former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who claimed that a domestic help sedated her and her parents unconscious before stealing valuables from their residence, an official said on Sunday. Khedkar contacted the police late on Saturday night regarding the alleged incident at the family’s…
Pune: On his first evening back on Earth after returning from the International Space Station (ISS), Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla sat down to an entirely ordinary task — answering emails. After responding to a torrent of messages, he shut down and pushed his laptop aside, causing it to drop, instantly remembering of gravity.“That’s when I…
Pune: Safflower (kardai) cultivation in the Pune division, covering Pune, Solapur and Ahilyanagar districts, has recorded a sharp increase this rabi season, with farmers sowing more than 150% of the official target, indicating a revival of interest in the traditional oilseed crop.“This surge can be attributed to favourable agro-climatic conditions and a growing awareness among…
