Pune: The untimely death of a 25-year-old BHMS student in a Jalna two-wheeler accident on Dec 29, 2025, broke his family’s heart, but they gathered the strength to consent to organ donation that not only allowed a Pune patient to breathe on his own again, but gave lives to six more ailing people in various…
Pune: District collector Jitendra Dudi has directed concerned departments to carry out micro-level planning to ensure rider safety and smooth conduct of the international Bajaj Pune Grand Tour cycling race scheduled to be held from Jan 19 to 23 in Pune.Dudi chaired a high-level review meeting on Thursday and said the success of the race…
Pune: Several municipal corporations across the state will set up polling booths within, or in close proximity to, large housing societies, election officials said. The effort is to improve voter participation in the upcoming civic elections.Civic bodies such as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), PCMC and Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) are extending…
Pune: Residents across the city have decided to no longer take it lying down and are barring civic poll campaigners from entering their housing societies over unfulfilled election promises down the years.With the ongoing final week before the civic polls and campaigns hitting a crescendo, candidates are criss-crossing wards with daily visits, door-to-door appeals as…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police arrested one person and detained two minors in separate cases of two-wheeler theft. The teams also recovered 10 motorcycles, worth over Rs 5 lakh.A Sangvi police team led by senior inspector Jitendra Koli arrested Kishore Pawar (26) of Pimple Gurav and recovered 5 motorcycles worth over Rs 2.5 lakh.Koli said…
Pune: The Congress on Thursday released its manifesto for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections, promising zero property tax for houses measuring up to 500sqft, free bus services for women, and a crackdown on ‘koyta gang’ to improve law and order in the city.Addressing reporters after releasing the manifesto, former chief minister and senior Congress…
Pune: Theatre lovers in the city are in for a treat as the second edition of the World of Performing Arts (WOPA) Winter Festival opens with Autobiography, an English-language play directed by Lillette Dubey.True to WOPA’s signature approach, the festival prioritises intimate and idea-driven theatre, foregrounding reflection over spectacle and complexity over easy resolution in…
Pune: Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray filed an affidavit with the Koregaon Bhima inquiry commission in Pune stating that NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s letter, if any, written to him in his capacity as the CM in Jan 2020 and demanding an SIT probe into the Jan 1, 2018, riot at Koregaon Bhima, has…
Pune: A 31-year-old multi-tasking staff member of the National Defence Academy (NDA) died by suicide in one of the squadrons on the academy campus on Thursday evening.Police identified the deceased as Mayur Pawar, who worked as a cadet orderly at the NDA. According to an official statement issued by the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO),…
Pune: While older localities such as Pashan, Sus, Sutarwadi, Someshwarwadi, and other parts of Ward 9 are witnessing more door-to-door meet-and-greet campaigns throughout the day and night, the upmarket areas of Baner, Balewadi, and Mhalunge are seeing a greater number of evening rallies and housing society meetings. These areas are home to a large IT…
