Pune: A magisterial court in the city on Tuesday directed Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer not to comment on unchallenged summons in an ongoing hearing of a defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, against the Congress MP.The case relates to Gandhi’s alleged defamatory remarks against Savarkar during a speech in…
Pune: At PILF 2025, books share space with paws and puzzles, while children find a place firmly at the epicenter of the proceedings. This year, one of the most popular activities at the Pune International Literature Festival returns — reading sessions alongside a trained dog. Festival director Manjiri Prabhu told TOI, “With children, we focus…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday issued guidelines urging residents to avoid over-the-counter (OTC) medications in its bid to curb the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within the community. The move followed similar directives from Union govt.AMR is the ability of microorganisms — bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites — to survive exposure to…
Pune: The much-anticipated Pune-Nashik semi high-speed railway project has been realigned to bypass the GMRT observatory in Narayangaon, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to a question by Shirur MP Amol Kolhe, Vaishnaw said the route will now run from Pune to Ahilyanagar and Shirdi before reaching Nashik….
Pune: Lt Col C Dwarakesh’s journey is a testament to an extraordinary will that refuses to yield to adversity. After losing his eyesight in a work-related accident in 2014, most would have expected his military career to end. Instead, he scripted history and became the first officer in the Indian Armed Forces to continue in…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) on Wednesday conducted an extensive search operation in a private international school in Hinjewadi after its authorities reported an email threat claiming that a bomb had been planted on the premises. The threat turned out to be a hoax after the search revealed…
Pune: A five-year-old kindergarten student came under the rear wheels of his school van when its driver failed to spot him while reversing the vehicle on an internal road in Dhangar Vasti in Uruli Devachi around 8.30am on Tuesday.Phursungi police identified the victim as Sainath Bhangare, a resident of Uruli Devachi, and said the boy…
PUNE: Two astronomers from Pune-based National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), have discovered what could be one of the earliest spiral galaxies ever detected, complete with clearly observable arms, just like our own Milky Way.It’s a surprising discovery, said astronomers Rashi Jain and Yogesh Wadadekar, who named the…
Pune: The Ravet police on Monday arrested three men from a flat in a housing society at Punawale on the charge of accepting bets through a banned online betting app.Assistant inspector Sandip Deshmukh of the Ravet police said the suspects hail from three states and were staying in a housing complex in Punawale on rent…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has started scrutinising more than 12,700 objections it has received against the ward-wise voters’ lists published last month. Most of the objections pertain to names being figured in rolls for other wards, officials said.The civic body’s election department has now appointed dedicated teams at 14 ward offices to conduct…
