Pune: The sex ratio among newborns in Pune city went down from 946 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2020 to 911 in 2024, data obtained from the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) health department shows. Also, there was a decline in the 2014-2019 period — from 940 to 921, which has raised a concern among…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said citizens should maintain positive thoughts about Kashmiris and the Muslim community in the Valley, stressing that they consistently stood by the nation in testing times. Pawar said some elements were trying to create misunderstandings between Kashmiris and the rest of the country, but the citizens should…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed Maharashtra govt to reply to a petition by an independent journalist seeking police protection as she was facing life threats.Chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad were hearing a plea by Sneha Barve, founder editor of Samarth Bharat newspaper and Samarth Bharat Pariwar, a You Tube…
Pune: A sessions court on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of Lata Hagawane, the wife of expelled NCP functionary Rajendra, her daughter Karishma, and their family friend Nilesh Chavan in the alleged dowry death of their younger daughter-in-law Vaishnavi in May.Special public prosecutor Ujwala Pawar told TOI, “The court of additional sessions judge KP Kshirsagar…
Pune: The city’s motor vehicle court on Monday sentenced two men to 15-day simple imprisonment, along with fines, after it found them guilty of drunk driving.According to the city traffic police, a man (29) from Sinhagad Road was caught for drunk driving in October 2024. Another man (29) from Pimple Gurav was found driving in…
Pune: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra on Sept 26 and 27, warning of heavy to very heavy rain in isolated places as a fresh depression forms over the Bay of Bengal.According to an IMD bulletin issued Tuesday, a low-pressure area persists over coastal areas of Gangetic…
Pune: Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has been collecting one of the highest water rates from companies in Kharadi Knowledge Park.MIDC is charging companies in the knowledge park Rs 104.75 per cubic metre (per 1,000 litres), which is significantly higher compared to industrial areas in Mumbai, where the rates range between Rs 25-26, and Rs…
Pune: A 48-year-old scooter driver died after a pickup truck knocked him down when he tried to cross a mini-truck on the Pune-Mumbai highway on Monday morning at Wadgaon Maval. The victim, Chand Mulla of Kamshet, was driving towards Dehu Road for work. The Kamshet police have registered a case of causing death by negligence…
Pune: An IndiGo flight from Pune to Kolkata in the wee hours of Tuesday was diverted to Bhubaneswar following heavy rain in the West Bengal capital affected operations at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport. The flight (6E-6921) took off from Pune at 12.35am and was to land in Kolkata at 3.10am. Sources said the…
PUNE/KOLHAPUR: The Pune-Solapur highway traffic was closed since the early hours of Wednesday at Lamboti bridge near Mohol town due to the Sina River water flooding the area. Vehicles were being diverted via Tembhurni, Kruduwadi and Barshi. The floods caused by heavy rain over the last couple of days have disrupted road and rail traffic,…
