Pune: The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has announced sweeping changes to its objective examination answer sheets and evaluation process, aiming to enhance transparency, standardisation and accountability in its competitive exams in a move set to impact thousands of aspirants across the state.The commission announced through an official circular that the revised system will be…
Pune: The traffic police claimed that the one-way rotary traffic system in Vimannagar, introduced a month ago, has reduced travel time by nearly 8 minutes.Additional commissioner of police Manoj Patil said, “We analysised data from the cellphones network of the motorists and found that they were taking lesser time to travel on the Datta Mandir…
Pune: A 30-year-old software engineer from Hinjewadi was allegedly duped of Rs 34 lakh by cybercrooks who promised him 40% returns on cryptocurrency investments.According to police, the fraud took place in Oct this year. The victim lodged a complaint with the Hinjewadi police on Saturday.An officer from the Hinjewadi police said the victim received a…
Pune: A 56-year-old private company employee from Thergaon lost Rs 98 lakh to cyber crooks after the latter promised him a 15% profit on his investments between Sept and Nov.He approached the Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police and lodged a complaint. Pune Headlines Today — Key Stories You Shouldn’t Miss. An officer from the Pimpri Chinchwad…
Pune: The addition of five new parking bays and three remote bays at Pune airport could take more than a year, as the transfer of land from the Indian Air Force (IAF) to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) remains pending.Pune airport director Santosh Dhoke told TOI on Sunday that the formal transfer of 13…
Pune: A 28-year-man was found hanging from a pipe in the bathroom of a lodge on Bund Garden Road on Sunday evening while his wife (27) was found with self-inflicted injuries in the room.Senior inspector Vijayraj Doke of Koregaon Park police told TOI that the deceased stays in Qatar and he is a native of…
Pune: An Air India Express Delhi-Pune flight had to abort landing at Pune airport on Sunday afternoon over ‘adverse weather conditions’, the airline’s officials said. It then went around before landing safely. The flight (IX-1083) took off from Delhi at 10am with more than 100 flyers and was to land in Pune around 12.25pm. Pune…
PUNE: Former corporator Yogesh Mulik on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Pune Municipal Corporation elections from Ward No. 5 (D), Kalyani Nagar–Vadgaonsheri. He is contesting as the official candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party under the Mahayuti alliance.Mulik submitted his nomination at the Vadgaonsheri regional office in the presence of party workers and…
PUNE: Even as citizens across Maharashtra continued to face issues with Aadhaar-based online verification for property registrations for over a week, state registration officials on Monday told TOI that they were in constant follow-up with the state information technology department to restore the service. Citizens’ groups raised the issue last week.State registration officials, after reviewing…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Saturday claimed to have solved 12 burglaries committed by three criminals on police records who were nabbed near Somatane toll plaza near Talegaon Dabhade on Pune-Mumbai highway on Nov 27.One of them fired at the police team. Two country-made pistols, seven cartridges, gold jewellery, and a car which…
