Pune: BJP‘s state unit chief Ravindra Chavan on Saturday said NCP head Ajit Pawar should look within before levelling corruption charges on BJP, cautioning him against making such allegations.“If we speak against him, it will create a lot of trouble for him,” Chavan said in the city, after kickstarting the BJP’s campaign for Pune and…
Pune: NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Saturday once again justified his decision to support the candidature of gangsters’ kin in the PMC polls, saying a criminal’s family cannot be held responsible for his or her crime.“There is a difference between a criminal and his family. If a criminal commits a murder, how can his family…
Pune: A total of 15,931 candidates are finally on the state municipal corporation poll pitch, after scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations.These candidates will contest for 2,869 seats of corporators across 893 wards in 29 municipal corporations. The elections are slated for Jan 15.A total of 33,427 nomination papers were filed initially. Of these, 24,771 were…
Pune: If the much-delayed Nov payout of Rs1,500 late this week to nearly 2.5 crore beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana has brought temporary relief to the Mahayuti partners, the uncertainty over the Dec disbursement has created unease, with civic elections less than two weeks away. They fear this could upset women voters,…
Pune: Parts of Maharashtra, including Pune, are experiencing dry winter conditions characterised by low humidity, colder air and weak evaporation, district-level analyses by India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed on Saturday.IMD’s latest maps for the Aridity Anomaly Index, Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardised Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) for the period ending Dec 2025 indicated that…
Pune: A 30-year-old woman allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling of her rented house in Gokulnagar Pathar, Warje Malwadi, after strangling her two-year-old daughter between Friday morning and late afternoon.Her husband, an electrician (30), filed a complaint with the Warje police later that night. “The child was suffering from severe health…
Pune: The BJP state chief, Ravindra Chavan, on Saturday cited the example of Kalyan-Dombivli municipal body to justify the unopposed election of 68 Mahayuti candidates in different municipal corporations to counter the opposition’s charge of power misuse. Chavan said, “BJP and Shiv Sena contested against each other for several years in Kalyan-Dombivli. This time, BJP…
Pune: Shiv Sena politician and state cabinet minister Uday Samant on Saturday kicked off the party’s campaign for the Jan 15 Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election, saying any decision on Pune mayor would require Sena’s consent as the party was poised to win a significant share of seats.Samant said discussions with BJP regarding a possible…
Pune: The state health department has directed govt hospitals to discontinue the use of mercury-based medical instruments, including thermometers and traditional sphygmomanometers, in its bid to safeguard patients, healthcare workers and the environment.The department on Dec 26, 2025, directed district and municipal health systems to adopt safe alternatives, such as mercury-free digital and electronic devices….
Pune: For many, it’s a battle to reclaim lost bastions while some consider it a prestige issue and do what it takes to reign supreme in the political arena. A few just fight it out to stay relevant in the changing landscape. However, a good mix of people from these three categories wants to see…
