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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…

NEW DELHI: Pune Police on Thursday arrested Dr Ajay Taware, former medical superintendent of Sassoon General Hospital, in connection with an alleged kidney transplant racket at a leading private hospital.Taware is already lodged in Yerwada Central Jail over a separate case involving tampering with blood samples of a 17-year-old boy accused in last year’s Porsche…

A 20-year-old hospital brother, Abhishekh Shivaji Bhosale, was apprehended by Cantonment police for impersonating an Indian Army jawan in Pune’s Camp area. Bhosale, dressed in a combat uniform, was spotted taking selfies near Army establishments, raising suspicion. PUNE: A 20-year-old man was arrested for moving around the Camp area in an Army uniform. The Cantonment…

PUNE: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) started a parallel investigation into the fake call centre case involving large-scale financial transactions through cryptocurrencies and online gift cards. An ED team took copies of the FIR and investigation documents from the crime branch officials, who are probing the case. A senior officer with the crime branch told TOI,…