Senior general surgeon Dr Vishwas Sapatnekar has been the lifeline for poor and tribal communities across Palghar and Thane districts for over three decades — delivering medical care to those with little or no access to healthcare. At an age when many are enjoying a retired life with their families, Sapatnekar (78) continues to wear…
Pune: The daily routine Nana Peth resident Nilkanth Mandhre follows includes a careful scan of newspapers and identifying reports related to accidents involving PMPML buses.After carefully reading the accident reports, Mandhre visits the local police station where the accident report is registered to find out the identities and addresses of the victims. He then meet…
Pune: The nationwide New Year’s Eve strike to protest low pay and lack of social security benefits elicited a mixed response from delivery workers even as app-based platforms offered festive bonuses in a bid to counter delayed service and manpower shortage. Most customers in the city had no clue about the strike called by the…
Pune: The Bombay high court (HC) has taken an exception to the MHADA officials “overstepping their authority and jurisdiction” to misconstrue the chief minister’s (CM) remark on a letter by BJP’s Kasba Peth MLA Hemant Rasne, as a stay on the redevelopment of Sunglory housing cooperative and on a redevelopment proposal of the Nutan housing…
PUNE: A Shiv Sena candidate from the Dhankawdi-Sahakarnagar ward of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was booked on Wednesday after he allegedly swallowed the A and B form of another party member at the ward office in the afternoon.Assistant election officer and nayab tehsildar Manisha Bhutkar filed a complaint with the Bharati Vidyapeeth police, after…
Pune: Three peole suffered injuries after a container truck rammed into four vehicles on the Talegaon-Chakan road around 8.30pm on Monday.A gym trainer (27) from Mahalunge, who suffered severe injuries in the accident, lodged a complaint with the police. The Mahalunge MIDC police on Tuesday registered a case against the driver of the container truck….
Pune: An MP/MLA court in Pune on Tuesday completed the chief examination of Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in a defamation case he has filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s alleged objectionable remarks during his March 2023 speech in London.The court proceedings lasted for over five hours….
PUNE: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said his NCP is in discussions with Shiv Sena, led by Eknath Shinde, over seat sharing for the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad civic polls. Speaking to reporters after paying tribute at the ‘Jay Stambh’ near Pune on the 208th anniversary of the Koregaon Bhima battle, Pawar said…
Pune: With the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election approaching, residents of Vimannagar have released a citizens’ charter outlining a set of civic demands and making it clear that electoral support will depend on measurable delivery rather than campaign promises. The charter, “Our Vote, Our City, Our Conditions”, reflected long-standing grievances over civic services and enforcement,…
Pune: Scrutiny of nominations has become an uphill task for election officers across Maharashtra as a whopping 33,606 forms were received against 2,869 seats in the 29 corporations. While Jan 2 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations, a final list of candidates will be released after the examination the next day.Political analysts said…
