Pune/Nashik: People in several parts of the state woke up to the coldest morning of the season on Friday, as minimum temperatures dipped and prompted many to bring out their woollens and blankets.Dhule city emerged the coldest in the state, recording a minimum temperature of 10.5C on Friday, followed by Jalgaon city (12.6°C). In Pune,…
Pune: Residents have raised concerns over rising levels of dust and air pollution in Wakad, alleging that vehicles transporting construction material from the ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants are flouting traffic and environmental norms.During a meeting with local police on Thursday, residents claimed that despite prohibitory orders, construction firms and RMC units continue to operate during…
Pune: Maharashtra’s engineering admissions landscape took a surprising turn this year, with almost 4,000 high-scoring common entrance test (CET) students choosing to skip admissions in state engineering colleges. A report submitted last week by the CET Cell to the state higher and technical education department shows that 3,983 students with scores between 85 and 100…
Pune: State higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil said on Friday that “neither he nor Union minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol supported any criminal in Kothrud area”. “Our photographs being taken with any criminal does not mean that we are backing him,” Patil, who is also the Kothrud MLA, told reporters.His…
Pune: The state revenue department on Thursday suspended Pune city tehsildar Suryakant Yeole on the charge of misusing his quasi-judicial powers as the agriculture land tribunal to pass a couple of illegal orders granting ownership rights of two govt land parcels to private parties.One of these orders relates to the 40-acre land parcel in Mundhwa…
Pune: A 32-year-old architect from Daund was found dead on Friday afternoon in a hotel room at Mangalwar Peth. Prima facie investigations revealed that the victim, who was drunk, died of suffocation in a fire that may have been caused by a cigarette, senior police inspector Umesh Gitte of the Samarth police said.Jagjeet Singh, the…
Pune: An ongoing probe by the zilla parishad (ZP) administration has found that at least 46 working primary school teachers have submitted disability certificates during their recruitment falsely showing more than 40% disability, allowing them to avail of benefits they were medically ineligible for in reality. The re-verification followed repeated complaints from various quarters that…
Pune: Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Fine Arts and Pune Municipal Corporation is marking its silver jubilee this year. To commemorate both occasions, the institutions are jointly organising the Street Art Festival 2025, a one-day celebration of public art and creative expression. The festival will be held on Sunday, Nov 16, from 5am to 9.30pm along…
Over 200 IndiGo flyers take patience test in Delhi, land in city a day later PUNE: More than 200 flyers booked on an IndiGo’s Delhi-Pune flight on Wednesday night landed in the city the next day — Thursday morning.The flight (6E 6924) was scheduled to take off from Delhi at 9.05pm on Wednesday and land…
Pune: The Nigdi police on Wednesday arrested an autorickshaw driver and his brother on the charge of attempting to kill a daily wage worker with a sharp weapon.The incident occurred at Ajantanagar in Chinchwad, when the victim requested the autorickshaw driver to drive properly, police said.The police have identified the duo as Akash Gaikwad (31)…
