Pune: Aundh businessman Abhijit Bhosle, who had fallen sick after consuming a soft drink allegedly containing metal shards on a Goa-Pune flight of SpiceJet on September 8, on Saturday said his pleas for clarity on the incident had gone unanswered. Addressing a news conference, Bhosle said, “The officials of the soft drink company had said…
Pune: The Maharashtra govt’s move to make e-KYC mandatory for the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana has triggered anxiety among thousands of women beneficiaries, who say the process is riddled with glitches, confusion, and risks delaying their Rs 1,500 monthly assistance.Women from rural and low-income backgrounds, especially widows and single mothers, say they are now…
Pune: The crime branch of the Pune police arrested two resident of Patil Estate in Shivajinagar around 8.30pm on Thursday near Agriculture College Chowk and recovered mephedrone worth Rs 6.8 lakh from their possession.The police identified the arrested as Tausif Shaikh (25) and Asif Shaikh (28). A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances…
Pune: Deputy chief minister and Pune guardian minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday participated in a citizens’ connect programme within the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation limits, which is being seen as a soft campaign for his party in the run-up to the local body polls. “The idea was to interact with common people and resolve their…
Pune: Day temperature rose significantly above normal levels across several parts of the state on Saturday after a brief rain respite, with the sun finally peeping out longer than most of the last few days. An IMD forecast indicated light to moderate rainfall for Pune city from Sept 24.IMD’s Saturday bulletin stated that maximum temperature…
Pune: Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday ruled out a statewide alliance of MVA partners for the upcoming local body polls and claimed that the party’s symbol could not reach many places during Lok Sabha and assembly polls after it joined the alliance.Sapkal participated in a “Meet the Press” — an interactive session organised…
Pune: PMC has started preparations for the smooth conduct of civic polls, likely to be held at the end of the year or early next year, following completion of hearing on ward delimitation.The civic administration has approached the divisional commissioner’s office with a demand for appointment of 17 returning officers and 17 assistant returning officers….
PUNE: The prehistoric geoglyphs of the Konkan coast — presented for World Heritage Sites nomination — could date back as far as 24,000 years and be among the oldest known rock art traditions in the world, Maharashtra’s Directorate of Archaeology and Museums told TOI on Saturday.Earlier estimates placed the age of many Konkan geoglyphs at…
Pune: The state housing department is likely take a final decision soon on establishing an independent authority on the lines of MahaRERA for a structured, transparent and accountable framework to specifically supervise redevelopment projects across Maharashtra.Advisory committee members of the state department said the move follows extensive feedback from housing society federations and associations. Committee…
Pune: Maharashtra clinched the pole position in the country with 849 intercountry and domestic adoptions in the last finnacial year — a 38% surge from the state’s previous fiscal’s tally of 522.Across India, 4,515 children found families — the highest adoption count in over a decade. Still, over 36,000 prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) are on…
