Pune: Teachers are unhappy over the Directorate of Secondary Education’s advisory to schools on Thursday to guide students in filling up the forms after technical glitches adversely impacted the online centralised admission process for the first year of junior college (FYJC). Teachers feel the state administration is trying to cover up its inadequacy in running…
Pune: A Pimpri Chinchwad police crime branch team on Friday nabbed Nilesh Chavan, a business associate of Shashank Hagawane and co-accused in the Vaishnavi Hagawane dowry death case, from Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh close to the India-Nepal border.“Nilesh Chavan was trying to run away to Nepal, but police arrested him before he could cross…
Pune: PMRDA has allocated Rs 5.5 crore for removing encroachments on nullahs and addressing flood-prone spots across its 6,000 sqkm area, senior officials told TOI.While pre-monsoon cleaning typically begins before the rains, delay in the tendering process affected the cleanup work. “The funds were allocated, and the work will proceed even during the monsoon,” said…
Pune: The Pune division of forest department will continue its anti-encroachment drive on 36-hectares of the Sinhagad Fort premises till June 2.The forest division, along with many other departments, razed as many as six buildings since the driver started on Thursday.The administration has shut the fort for public and trekkers till the conclusion of the…
Pune: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Pune city police has taken over the investigation of an investment fraud case worth Rs 9.5 crore. Senior inspector Girisha Nimbalkar of Deccan Gymkhana police told TOI, “We registered a case of cheating against three men, one from Dhankawadi and another from Bhandarkar Road on April 23. Earlier,…
PUNE: In a major step forward in laser eye surgery technology, an advanced bladeless laser system (VisuMax 800 Femtosecond Laser System by ZEISS) was installed at PBMA’s H.V. Desai Eye Hospital. This is the first such installation in the state of Maharashtra claimed the hospital. The information was given at a press conference by senior…
PUNE: Himalayan University hosted its 7th convocation ceremony on May 28, 2025. The event marked a significant milestone in the university’s journey, as 930 degrees were conferred upon students across various disciplines, symbolising their academic achievements and commitment to excellence, a statement issued by the university said.The convocation was graced by dignitaries and guests from…
Pune/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Kolhapur/Nashik: Heavy showers since Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning claimed five more lives — three in Nanded and one each in Beed and Pune — though the intensity of rain reduced in most parts of the state. The fatalities took the death toll in the rain since May 19 in Maharashtra to 39.In Pune…
Pune: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed a criminal defamation case through his lawyer in a Pune special magistrate court against Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindu ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.Gandhi accused Satyaki of allegedly providing false information to the court in a May 9 application to get the Congress…
Pune: A woman’s video of delivering a baby on the roadside in Jalgaon district in circulation on social media cast serious posers on medical facilities in rural Maharashtra, giving Opposition an ammo to launch an attack on state govt.Rohini Khadse, the state working president of the women’s wing of NCP (SP), said, “Three ministers in…
