Pune: As Valentine’s Day drives a rush for roses across markets, the flower tells story of skill, dignity and community support in Junnar. For over two decades, Mahananda Hiremath, former principal of the Bansilal Mohanlal Muttha Mukbadhir Vidyalaya, taught hearing and speech impaired students to make roses out of duplex paper, transforming a simple craft…
PUNE: Purvez Grant, Chief Cardiologist, Chairman and Managing Trustee of Ruby Hall Clinic, on Saturday said that Sharad Pawar, chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), is in good health and has recovered well.He said that Pawar will be discharged today and has been advised to take adequate rest for a few days before…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar on Friday chaired a meeting in Pune, her first visit to the district after taking charge, of the newly elected members of zilla parishad and panchayat samiti to discuss among other things the merger plans of the two NCP factions.NCP members from Junnar tehsil told Sunetra, also Pune guardian…
Pune: Rajya Sabha member Medha Kulkarni on Friday urged the Union home ministry to provide a govt job to Asawari Jagdale, daughter of Santosh Jagdale, who was killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22 last year.In a letter sent to Union home minister Amit Shah, Kulkarni said that in the immediate aftermath…
Pune: Environmental enthusiasts will organize ‘My River, My Valentine’ in order to promote river-cleaning exercise among people and oppose the riverfront development project (RFD) on Saturday.As per the organisers, citizens will clean the river stretch near Bhide Bridge in Deccan from 7am onwards on Saturday.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning to start the first…
Pune: An unknown person on Wednesday stole four laptops collectively worth Rs1.80 lakh from a Kothrud-based private college classroom. The theft happened when the students were in the workshop room for a project. When they returned to their classroom, they found that four laptops were missing. A 20-year-old student from Warje Malwadi on Thursday lodged…
Pune: Advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology being increasingly integrated into four-wheelers for Indian road conditions is focused more on preventing collisions with vulnerable road users like pedestrians, cyclists and two-wheeler riders, ARAI director Reji Mathai said on Thursday. “Fatalities inside four-wheelers are largely under control. The majority of accidents involve pedestrians and two-wheeler riders….
Pune: Chikhali police are searching for a father-and-son duo who duped a fabricator of Rs51 lakh on the pretext of selling him four buses. The accused showed him fake RTO documents and took money from him between 2023 and 2024. When he did not get the buses or his money, the victim lodged a complaint…
Pune: District collector Jitendra Dudi on Thursday directed the implementation of stringent measures to curb road accident fatalities across the district, saying an average of 900 people were killed in accidents in the district each year, requiring coordinated and decisive action to avert the casualties.“Traffic rule violations are a major contributor to congestion and accidents….
Pune: The District Planning and Development Council (DPDC) on Thursday approved a draft annual plan of Rs1,032.88 crore for the district for 2026-27. The Pune district administration sought an additional Rs700 crore from the state government to carry out priority development works. Pune: Planning Powers, Budget Push, Road Safety Drive & Cyber Scams Deputy chief…
