Pune: Various social organisations, as well as residents, are providing a wide range of services to warkaris staying in the city overnight before beginning their pilgrimage to Pandharpur on foot on Sunday morning.Local residents are generously providing accommodation in their homes, wadas, and housing societies. Many of the housing societies and mandals have set up…
Pune: Over 1.2 lakh students have applied for Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) with an intake capacity of 1.4 lakh seats this year. Applications are 10% higher in state-run ITIs as compared to private institutes. Over the past 5-6 years, ITIs have seen a rise in demand due to work opportunities. A guaranteed apprenticeship after completion…
Pune: A clinical research associate (27) was run over by a dumper running alongside her scooter after she lost balance and fell on the road at Baner around 12.30am on Thursday.The deceased has been identified as Tejal Tayade, a resident of Talasari in Thane district. It was the victim’s birthday on Thursday. She was riding…
Pune: The state govt will disburse Rs17,000 crore to acquire land linked to major infrastructure projects being implemented by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)On Thursday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis held a high-level meeting with senior bureaucrats and MSRDC officials. He directed them to expedite land acquisition across multiple big-ticket projects and ensure no…
Pune: Intermittent rain greeted thousands who thronged city streets on Friday to welcome palkhi processions of Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj and Sant Tukaram Maharaj.The Tukaram Maharaj palkhi took an overnight halt in Akurdi on Thursday before resuming its journey at 6am on Friday, while the Dnyaneshwar Maharaj palkhi began its journey to Pandharpur at 7pm from…
Pune: The civic body has overshot the two-month deadline given by the Bombay high court to acquire land and will likely find it difficult to complete the works on Baner Pashan Link Road (BPLR) in the assigned four months, leaving citizens to continue with their daily dangerous commute.The deadline mandated for land acquisition expired on…
Pune: Several parts of Pune received light showers on Friday, against the India Meteorological Department’s forecast of yellow alert. The break in heavy spell provided a breather to thousands of warkaris, who accompanied the annual Sant Tukaram and Sant Dnyaneshwar palkhis. They are headed to Pandharpur for the Ashadhi Ekadashi rituals.The ghat sections in the…
Pune: Dressed in all white with a streak of tilak on his forehead, Krishna Sable (10) appears dazed amid a sea of warkaris. But there is no mistaking the steely resolve in his voice. “I want to tell people that parents matter.” As the crowd around him tries to listen in, he holds forth: “My…
NEW DELHI: The remains of Irfan Shaikh, a 22-year-old crew member of the ill-fated Air India flight AI 171, were laid to rest at Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra on Saturday after an emotional farewell by relatives and friends.Shaikh was among the 241 passengers who died when the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a building…
Pune: Five years since admission to patients began in the 11-storey building at BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital (BJMC & SGH), approval for 504 additional beds is awaiting official approval from the state’s medical education and drugs department (MEDD). The building houses the paediatric, pulmonary, orthopaedic and radiology departments. It has affected recruitment…
