Pune: The city’s oldest stone churches and newer parishes are brimming with anticipation this Christmas Eve as Midnight Mass draws near, and congregations prepare to welcome the season’s most cherished services. At St Patrick’s Cathedral in Camp, carols are traditionally expected from 10pm before the Midnight Mass, which then continues past midnight. The cathedral’s spacious…
Pune: Activists Anjali Damania and Vijay Kumbhar on Tuesday submitted applications to the Bavdhan police and the economic offences wing (EOW) of the Pune police, demanding the naming of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s elder son, Parth, in the two FIRs related to the Mundhwa land deal. They also demanded that the two FIRs —…
Pune: The state prosecution on Tuesday told a magisterial court in Paud that power of attorney (PoA) holder Sheetal Tejwani’s office boy signed the application, affidavit and an authorisation letter as partner in Amadea Enterprises LLP in an adjudication process before the collector of stamps to determine stamp duty on the Mundhwa land parcel.Public prosecutor…
Pune: The city’s air quality slipped into the ‘poor’ category with an AQI of 201 on Monday and Tuesday, showed data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)’s air quality early warning and decision support system.Fine particulate matter PM2.5 was identified as the prominent pollutant. Of the…
Pune: Gift wrapping in India has evolved from a perfunctory paper-and-tape task into a high-stakes art, blending sustainability with contemporary design. Across the country’s bustling metros, professional wrappers are no longer just concealing a present — they are transforming it into a design-led showpiece. Anita Chopra, a partner at The Wrapping Company India in Mumbai,…
Pune: After bagging 207 presidents’ posts in the first phase of municipal council and nagar panchayat elections, the BJP-led ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra consolidated its hold over local bodies in the councillor posts too, crossing 4,422 seats (64.6%) across 288 civic bodies. The BJP emerged as the single largest party with 2,431 seats (35.5%), followed…
Pune: Doctors at a city hospital successfully performed motorised transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on a 61-year-old patient recently.The man had suffered severe aortic stenosis. He was deemed unfit for conventional open-heart surgery due to his complex medical history.Aortic stenosis is a critical condition where the heart’s aortic valve narrows, severely restricting blood flow to…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the state govt was considering to offer the highest possible compensation for land to be acquired for the proposed Purandar airport, while rehabilitation and future livelihood of farmers from seven affected villages in Purandar taluka would be its top priority.Interacting with around 40 representatives of project-affected villages…
Pune: Imagine the fear of being run over by a vehicle propelling you to pay an autorickshaw just to cross a road — the daily reality for hundreds of domestic helpers, who cross the busy Ganeshkhind Road to get to work in Bhosalenagar.This unfortunate necessity also turned fatal for a woman on Nov 21 this…
Pune: Former corporator and NCP (SP) leader Rahul Kalate on Tuesday joined the BJP in Mumbai in the presence of state party president Ravindra Chavan, despite strong opposition from local aspirants and office-bearers to his induction. Considered an influential leader in Pimpri Chinchwad, his induction is expected to impact the outcome in several wards in…
