Pune: A 35-year-old salesman’s life took a dramatic turn last July when a falling tree branch struck him while he was heading home from work, leaving him with a high cervical spinal cord injury, intracranial bleeding, rib damage, lung contusions and pneumonia. More than a year after, he is back on his feet and resume…
Pune: In the academic year 2024-25 in Maharashtra, 12.6% of boys and 10.3% of girls enrolled in standards IX and X dropped out of education, which was over 1% more than in 2023-24. Additionally, nearly 41.6% of schools (covering standards I to X) in the state lacked child-friendly toilets for children with special needs, according…
Pune: Alert security personnel nabbed two out of four men for chopping and stealing seven sandalwood trees worth Rs 46,000 from the premises of National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pashan around 3.20am on Aug 29.The suspects, Babu Lokhande (56) and Suresh Patale (28), both residents of Kedgaon and Khutbav villages in Daund, suffered minor injuries…
Pune: The civic administration has received the highest number of memoranda from wards in newly merged areas, within a week of opening the draft of PMC ward boundaries for public feedback and objections ahead of the upcoming civic elections. Not a single objection or suggestion has been received in 11 wards so far.“Of 454 suggestions…
Pune: Storages in three out of five dams that supply water to the city were at 100% on Saturday, with live water stock in Bhama Askhed dam reaching its full capacity of 7.6 TMC.Water stock in Temghar and Panshet has already reached full capacity, while water storage in Varasgaon was near full capacity (99%), and…
Nagpur/Pune: Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh on Saturday started its chain hunger strike in Nagpur and activist Laxman Hake announced in Pune the start of “Sangharsh Yatra” to counter Manoj Jarange’s agitation, but some prominent personalities, including cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal and Gopichand Padalkar, maintained silence this time opposed to their aggressive stance against the Maratha activist…
Pune: Met department officials on Saturday said a fresh low-pressure area was likely to form over the north Bay of Bengal around Sept 2-3, potentially fuelling another wet spell across large parts of the country after a week of exceptionally heavy rainfall that triggered devastation in several states.An IMD official said the upcoming low-pressure system…
Pune/Nashik: NCP and Shiv Sena appear to be taking a cautious approach to Manoj Jarange’s indefinite hunger strike in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan and refraining from criticising him, fearing its implications could affect their prospects in the upcoming civic body elections. This stand is in sharp contradiction to BJP whose members are vocal against the Maratha…
Pune: Over 150 residents of Wagholi staged a protest on Saturday, demanding immediate repairs to the dilapidated 4km Wagholi-Kesnand road. The residents said despite repeated follow-ups, the issue remains unresolved, with haphazard patchwork exacerbating the problem after each rainfall, making it hazardous for daily commuters. Sanjeevkumar Patil of the Wagholi Housing Residents Association (WHRA) said:…
Pune: Two trap cages, modified to appear as stormwater pipes, were placed at strategic points along the airside of the city airport to lure the fully grown male leopard being repeatedly spotted on the premises since April, forest department officials said. Mahadev Mohite, deputy conservator of forests (territorial), Pune division, said the animal seemed clever…
