Pune: Former state Congress president and MLA Nana Patole has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) to postpone the state services preliminary examination scheduled for Sunday. He cited the flood crisis in various districts.Heavy rain has created havoc in many parts of the state. Along with crop losses recorded…
Pune: The additional sessions court here on Thursday granted bail to Pranjal Khewalkar, son-in-law of former state minister Eknath Khadse, in connection with a case related to drugs at a house party in a Kharadi-based studio suite in July. Khewalkar, who was arrested by city police on July 27, is likely to walk out of…
Pune: At a brainstorming session on Wednesday at Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, former SPPU vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar and others said Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) must act swiftly to regain ground in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).The discussion, organised by Progressive Education Society with Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshanik Mahasangh, was attended by…
Pune: After months of delay, students can finally submit option forms online for admissions to the first year of undergraduate and postgraduate technical courses in BPharmacy and PharmaD for the academic year 2025-26 between Sept 28 and 30.The state CET cell has announced four centralised admission rounds. The cut-off date for all types of admissions…
Pune: Pregnancy tests of girls living in the tribal department hostel in Wakad in Pune followed orders from the staff, Pune district civil surgeon Dr Nagnath Yempalle told TOI. After chairperson of Maharashtra State Women’s Commission Rupali Chakankar visited the hostel on Tuesday and her interactions with the girls revealed that all underwent prenatal diagnostic…
Pune: Three individuals, including a director of a private company, an automobile spare parts businessman, and a software engineer, lost Rs 1.16 crore in an online share trading fraud.Separate cases were registered with the Bavdhan, Nigdi, and Sangvi police stations on Tuesday.A 40-year-old director of an engineering firm, who lost Rs 57.7 lakh in the…
A massive search is underway for dismissed IAS officer Pooja Khedkar and her family after they allegedly kidnapped and wrongfully confined a truck helper following a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai NEW DELHI: A coordinated manhunt is underway for dismissed IAS officer Pooja Khedkar, her father Dilip Khedkar, mother Manorama Khedkar, and an unidentified…
PCMC’s water supply department conducting repair works PUNE: Water supply to several areas in Pimpri Chinchwad was disrupted on Wednesday after a 1,200 mm main pipeline in Nigdi, supplying water to the PCMC’s pumping zone, was damaged during ongoing Metro works for the Pimpri-Nigdi metro line. The officials from the water supply department said they…
Pune: The Airport police detained a sevika (44) with an akhada in Varanasi on charges of carrying an unlicensed pistol and two live cartridges while boarding a flight to Delhi around 4.10am on Tuesday in the second incident of its kind within three days.The woman hails from Kurduwadi in Solapur district. The police issued her…
Pune: The district rural police recently arrested an autorickshaw driver (41) on the charge of murder nearly two weeks after an extremely decomposed body of a middle-aged man was found on Sept 11 at Ghotawade village in Mulshi taluka.The arrested man already has 13 cases of robberies against him.Investigations revealed that the accused, Sachin Jadhav…
