Pune: Over the past two decades, between 2001 and 2024, Maharashtra has witnessed a dramatic increase in blood unit collection, largely attributable to a significant rise in organised blood donation campaigns.Data from the State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) reveals a substantial jump from just 7,300 blood donation campaigns in 2001 to over 35,000 in 2024….
Pune: MVA constituents on Thursday announced their decision to contest the upcoming municipal council and nagar panchayat elections in Maharashtra jointly. This declaration comes just two days after the state election commission released the schedule for the local body polls.In Pune district, elections will be held on Dec 2 across 14 municipal councils and three…
Pune: An unknown man early on Tuesday morning snatched a 73-year-old finance businessman’s gold chain worth Rs4 lakh on the Taljai Hill and drove away behind an accomplice on a scooter. The elderly victim suffered injuries to his knees as the robber pushed him down before fleeing. A case of robbery was registered with the…
Dada Rane Konaskar during a performance (Pic: Yash Patil) In the last couple of months, Dashavatar has garnered interest of people across Maharashtra, primarily due to the eponymous Marathi film featuring Dilip Prabhavalkar and Siddharth Menon. But for the people of Konkan, especially from Sindhudurg, Dashavtar presentations have been a part of culture for ages….
Pune: The district rural police on Tuesday busted a three-member highway robbers’ gang from Ahilyanagar and solved six cases.The police also recovered gold jewellery and a motorcycle, collectively worth Rs5.62 lakh. The gang was active on the Pune-Nagar highway between Ranjangaon and Shikrapur and targeted passengers either sleeping in their vehicles or when they halted,…
Pune: Doctors at a private hospital in the city successfully operated on a 10-year-old girl to remove 280-gram mass of hair and cotton threads that had extended from her stomach into the small intestine and even into her gallbladder.The girl was diagnosed with Rapunzel syndrome, a rare disorder where swallowed hair (trichophagia) forms a tail-like…
Pune: A joint panel, headed by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), in its report to National Green Tribunal (NGT), has recommended that PMRDA prepare a detailed action plan with solutions for treating sewage generated within its jurisdiction. The NGT’s intervention came after a petitioner highlighted the release of untreated sewage from Satkarsthan grampanchayat limits into…
Pune: Aspirants for the upcoming Phursungi-Uruli Devachi municipal council election have called for a reduction in the disproportionately high property tax bills, saying a reduced amount would enable them to settle the dues and obtain the mandatory no-dues certificate required for filing their nominations for the poll.The property tax bills were issued by Pune Municipal…
A political storm has erupted in Maharashtra over a 40-acre land deal in Pune, allegedly involving Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son PUNE: A major political row erupted in Maharashtra on Thursday over alleged transfer of a 40-acre ‘Mahar Watan’ land belonging to the state in Pune’s Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore in favour of…
Pune: Approximately 30% of vehicles under the jurisdiction of Pune RTO have been fitted with high security registration plates (HSRPs), with the deadline for the same around three weeks away. Latest figures from Pune RTO revealed that only 7,25,678 out of a total of 24,28,589 vehicles requiring HSRPs had completed the fitment. This marks a…
