Pune: Memories of late vocalists Prabha Atre and Rajan Mishra came alive on the first day of Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav at Maharashtriya Mandal ground in Mukundnagar. And if that was not enough, the spirits of Ustad Allauddin Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and other stalwarts were present too.Chetana Pathak gave listeners…
Pune: A nine-year-old girl died and her elder pregnant sister suffered severe injuries after a PMPML e-bus hit them while they were crossing a road on Tuesday in Talawade.Passersby vandalized the bus with stones. The Dehu Road police intervened and pacified them. The police then arrested the bus driver on the charge of causing death…
Pune: Irregularities in the Mundhwa land deal have thrown Maharashtra’s flagship ‘One State, One Registration’ initiative off track, with the revenue department putting the project on hold amid growing concerns that its current design was highly susceptible to fraud, impersonation and large-scale misuse.Two sub registrars were recently suspended for allegedly registering govt land in separate…
Pune: Kothrud resident Shailesh Kulkarni, who on Dec 5 booked an IndiGo flight to Bengaluru that was later cancelled, has made numerous calls to the customer care helpline of the travel portal that facilitated his tickets. However, as of Wednesday, the frustrated flyer has received no answers. Kulkarni, who used his credit card to book…
Pune: Commandant of the 512 Army Base Workshop in Khadki Brigadier Sachin Kalia has urged youngsters to build technology with discipline, creativity and a national purpose.Brigadier Kalia was the chief guest for the Smart India Hackathon 2025 Software Edition. He also said user-focused design, real-world immersion and stronger communication skills were essential for future innovators.Teams…
Pune: Jazz in the 1970s and 1980s leaned heavily into fusion, stretching the form through long compositions and absorbing influences from rock, classical music, and emerging experimental sounds. For German tenor saxophonist Stephan Mattner, that period shaped his musical thinking long before he consciously articulated it. “I didn’t even realise I was doing this, reflecting…
Pune: The airport authorities started a confidence-building exercise with passengers after the IndiGo fiasco, while the airline cancelled a total of 10 flights connecting the city on Wednesday and 13 for Thursday.Pune airport director Santosh Dhoke told TOI, “A senior official of the ministry of civil aviation visited the facility on Tuesday and interacted with…
Pune: A 34-year-old software engineer from Balewadi, wanting to sell his sofa set online, fell prey to a cybercrime and lost Rs 21.81 lakh to crooks posing as customers in March this year.The victim filed an online complaint. After preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Baner police on Tuesday.An officer from the Baner…
Pune: Incidents of water pipeline breach were reported in the Paud Road and Wadgaon areas on Wednesday, prompting the civic body’s water supply department to take up immediate repairs.A pipeline was damaged on Paud Road near the Kothrud police chowkey, causing water to flow on the main road. A team from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s…
Pune: Relatives of a septuagenarian patient allegedly vandalised Sahyadri Hospital’s Hadapsar branch premises on Wednesday, claiming that negligence by doctors caused infections and multi-organ failure, which led to his death. Refuting the charges, the hospital said the patient, Keru Sapkal (77) from Hadapsar, was brought in a critical condition and despite following the necessary medical…
