Pune: The Indian Army has granted a Rs500 crore contract for manufacturing and supply of advanced drones to Pune-based defence public sector undertaking Munitions India Limited (MIL). The move is a significant boost to the nation’s indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities.MIL falls under the ministry of defence and has seven ordnance factories across the country.Sources said…
PUNE: Pune reported yet another leopard sighting, this time in Keshavnagar, during the night between Wednesday and Thursday, triggering heightened alert among residents and prompting visits by forest officials. CCTV footage from housing societies confirmed the animal’s movement between two adjacent residential complexes in the area. The leopard was first spotted around 2:27 am at…
Pune: A two-year-old boy from Satara was successfully treated in the city and discharged after accidentally ingesting acetic acid that caused severe burns to his mouth, food pipe, chest, and groin last month. The toddler mistook the acid for drinking water because it was stored in a clear plastic bottle, said his parents. After a…
Pune: The traffic police have stopped towing vehicles in no-parking zones after the contract with a company assigned by the govt to assist traffic department lapsed on Nov 29.This has an impact on traffic flow as illegally parked vehicles are causing traffic jams on prime roads, especially Pune-Satara Road, FC Road, JM Road, the congested…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge SR Salunkhe on Tuesday convicted and sentenced an eatery operator to life imprisonment for brutally killing a 13-year-old emerging kabaddi player near Yash Lawns in Bibvewadi on Oct 12, 2021.The incident happened in the presence of the minor’s five to six friends, while they were practising the game…
Pune: The city has recorded its coldest first fortnight of Dec in a decade, with the city also witnessing the highest number of single-digit minimum temperature nights during this period since 2014, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data and daily temperature records show. According to IMD data, the average minimum temperature from Dec 1-15 this year…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday took stock of his party’s preparations for the Jan 15 poll to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), a civic body once considered his stronghold, a day after CM Devendra Fadnavis said BJP and NCP would face each other in a “friendly” contest.Yogesh Behl, city president of…
Pune: The filing of nominations for civic polls is set to begin in Jan, and major political parties are in the process of finishing interviews of aspirants before the coming weekend. Member parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, including Congress and NCP (SP), have in this vein started assessing potential candidates for the…
Pune: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Stata CET Cell to grant special permission to a physiotherapy (BPTh) degree course aspirant from Pune to submit an application and register her for the Online Stray Vacancy Round II (only if seats remain vacant) of the ongoing NEET-UG 2025 admissions.The bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge…
Pune: Ten of the 41 wards in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have more than one lakh registered voters, posing a significant challenge for aspirants and candidates as they would be racing against time to campaign.About 35.51 lakh voters across the 41 wards are set to exercise their franchise on Jan 15 to elect 165…
