Pune

Pune: The new Std I textbooks for state board schools introduce a fresh, activity-based approach to learning for more exciting classrooms across Maharashtra.Moving beyond traditional methods, these books focus on developing 68 key skills through storytelling, games, puzzles, songs, and hands-on activities with consideration to children’s emotional worlds and their preferences.Designed under National Education Policy…

Pune: Aspirants across party lines and those looking to contest as independents have started preparations for the upcoming civic polls following the state govt’s announcement for a detailed schedule for the formation of wards.Many hopefuls are looking forward to tap upcoming festivals and special days to reach out to their voter base. Others have expressed…

Pune: “Why are firefighters always men? Why is a black, old, fat woman never the first image when we ask for a person?” These were some of the sharp questions posed by 11- to 14-year-old children learning about artificial intelligence (AI), its reasoning, and its biases.As part of Pune-based THE Labs, a not-for-profit organisation founded…

PUNE: Congress and NCP (SP) on Wednesday expressed unhappiness over state govt’s decision to implement a four-member ward formation in the upcoming polls to several municipal corporations across Maharashtra, including in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, calling it a “strategic tactic” by BJP to ensure victory.Congress city unit chief Arvind Shinde said the announcement is not…

Pune: The Mahalunge MIDC police are searching for a truck driver who attacked another truck driver with a stone after their vehicles were involved in an accident at Mahalunge on Monday night. Ravi Jadhav, 39, a truck driver from Tuljapur, sustained injuries to his hands and back in the attack. He lodged a complaint against…

Pune: Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday questioned NEET’s credibility after a Pimpri Chinchwad aspirant alleged OMR sheet tampering and discrepancies in her details. Sule, via a social media post, also demanded a thorough probe and strict action against those responsible in the case.NEET aspirant from Ravet Muskan Shaikh filed a non-cognisable offence with the…

Pune: Maharashtra health minister Prakash Abitkar said on Tuesday the state would set up vigilance committees to check if hospitals or doctors were performing unnecessary and illegal hysterectomies on women.The minister made the announcement after several press reports highlighted a growing number of such procedures being carried out among women sugar cane cutters in Beed….

Pune: The district administration has imposed prohibitory orders at major tourist hotspots in Lonavla and Maval taluka to ensure safety of tourists during the monsoon. The orders, issued by the district collector and District Disaster Management Authority chairman Jitendra Dudi, will remain in force till August 31.The restrictions, enforced under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik…

Pune: Two conmen, posing as police personnel, stole gold jewellery worth Rs6.24 lakh from an elderly woman in Warje after telling her to remove it for her safety. Under the pretext of helping her keep the jewellery safely in her handbag, the duo diverted the woman’s attention and fled.The incident occurred at Warje on Tuesday…

Pune: State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday said henceforth, MSRTC will not procure buses under the Gross Cost Contract (GCC) model but will own the vehicles.The GCC model involves public transport bodies partnering with private agencies to procure, operate and maintain buses.The minister, while speaking on the sidelines of Commercial Vehicles Forum-2025 in Pune,…