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Pune: The management council of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) on Saturday approved an increase in student honorariums and set a strict deadline for teacher recruitment.The council, representing students across Pune, Nashik, and Ahmednagar, met at the university’s main building to address long-pending demands and administrative bottlenecks.The council approved increasing the hourly honorarium for the…

Pune: The Pune rural police have arrested Piyush Biram Nanawat (19) of Lonavla for forcing minor boys (aged 14 to 17) into committing thefts in various parts of the Pune district.With the arrest, the police have solved four cases of robberies, chain-snatching and thefts.Sandeep Gill, superintendent of police for Pune rural, told TOI, “The arrested…

Pune: PMRDA commissioner Abhijit Chaudhari on Saturday directed officials to fast-track pre-monsoon works across Hinjewadi and its surrounding areas.The directives focus on desilting drains, removing encroachments from natural water channels, and completing urgent road repairs to prevent flooding and traffic congestion.Chaudhari conducted a detailed site inspection of Hinjewadi, Maan, and Marunji, accompanied by Bhor-Rajgad-Mulshi MLA…

Pune: The state finance department on Friday issued a Government Resolution (GR) detailing terms for its Rs6,000 crore guarantee to fund land acquisition for the proposed Purandar airport.Emphasising on safeguards, liability clauses and monitoring norms, the GR allows Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to raise loans from Housing and Urban Development Corporation or other financial…

Pune sizzled as Lohegaon hit 42.4°C, the season’s peak (Representative image) PUNE: Lohegaon at 42.4°C and Shivajinagar at 40.9°C logged the hottest day of this summer on Saturday, but there may be slight respite from the long spell of scorcher next week.Lohegaon recoreded 40°C-plus temperature for 15 days on the trot till Saturday. Shivajinagar, on…

Pune: An eatery owner died after a tanker hit his motorcycle around 10.30am on the Bibvewadi-Lullanagar road on Saturday.The Market Yard police identified the deceased as Anil Sitaram Alhat (47), a resident of Market Yard.Later in the day, the Market Yard police detained the water tanker driver (36), a resident of Bibwewadi. A case has…

Pune: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has announced that applications for duplicate marksheets, passing certificates, and migration certificates will be handled entirely online starting May 1.The reform eliminates the long-standing requirement for school recommendation letters and physical record verification, mandating that certificates be issued within a window of three…

Pune: The Pune Rural police have arrested two men from Shirur for trafficking mephedrone (MD) using an online delivery app and seized drugs worth Rs 21.52 lakh from them.Superintendent of police (Pune Rural), Sandeep Singh Gill, said, “We arrested Vishal More (20) and Pratik Langhe (25), both residents of Shirur, following a tip-off received on…

Pune: Head of Bageshwar Dham Dheerendra Shastri’s statement about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at an event attended by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur on Friday has drawn flak from opposition.State Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday said the chief minister should have objected to the statement made in his presence…

Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday said Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members would not have left the party to join BJP had it followed its principles.Hazare also demanded a stringent law to prevent elected representatives from switching parties when he was interacting with reporters in his village…