Pune: Last week, Hadapsar resident Jaykant Urve was taken aback when an autorickshaw driver asked him to pay Rs360 for an 8km ride from Magarpatta to Wanowrie. When asked about the high fare, the auto driver told Urve about ‘new rule’, wherein commuters must pay according to fares decided on the ‘OnlyMeter.in’ website. Urve’s is…
Pune: A larger number of rainy days were witnessed in 2025 than in many previous years, and yet the dependence of city residents on water tankers does not seem to have reduced.Residents of areas like Undri, NIBM Road, Kharadi, Baner and Mundhwa, to name a few, have told TOI repeatedly that dependence on water tankers…
Nashik/Pune: The struggle among farming families in rural Maharashtra in finding brides, and falling prey to conmen, is real and damaging and cuts both ways.A 17-and-half-year-old girl from Jalgaon in north Maharashtra agreed when a matchmaking group approached her and offered to pay for the wedding. A few weeks later, she realised that she was…
Pune: Bronze Age traders crossing Gujarat stopped at well-organised roadside facilities that offered shelter, food, security, and stables for their pack animals. A new multidisciplinary study by Pune-based Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi, published in L’Anthropologie (Elsevier, 2025), has identified a…
Pune: High on confidence after upsetting former US Open champion Sloane Stephens in a WTA125 event in Mexico last week, Sahaja Yamalapalli says she “has got my game back” and feeling “excited for what’s to come”.The 24-year-old Indian knocked out former world No. 3 Stephens, who claimed her only Major at the Flushing Meadows in…
Pune: Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is gearing up to transform the Mumbai-Pune Expressway into a 10-lane superhighway by 2030 to ease congestion and meet future traffic demands.“This is an upgrade from our earlier plan of an eight-lane expressway. The 10-lane proposal will cost an additional Rs1,420 crore, taking the total construction cost to…
Pune: State cooperation minister Babasaheb Patil on Tuesday said the long-pending draft rules under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act will be cleared after Diwali. This will pave the way for the implementation of key reforms stalled for over six months.The draft rules, published in April, are crucial for enforcing the 2019 amendments to the Act….
Pune: Across the city, streets gleam with Diwali decorations, transforming the city into the star of countless reels, stories, and posts on various social media platforms. From the bustling lanes of Laxmi Road to the vibrant areas of Camp and Magarpatta, the streets are packed with citizens filming reels and photoshoots amidst the festive crowds.Even…
Pune: The Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI) in the city has urged students not to fall for misleading ads or freebies offered by private coaching institutes when choosing one for their pre-entrance exam training. The circular issued last week by TRTI commissioner Deepa Mudhol Munde warned that coaching institutes offering enticements like tablet devices,…
Pune: The department of disability welfare issued a govt resolution last week to ensure uniformity in the functioning of all civil society organisations and instituions working with persons with disabilities (PwD) and to enhance their accountability and service quality. This resolution introduced a system requiring annual registration, inspection, monitoring and renewal of registration certificates.While the…
