Pune: The Ministry of Defence is set to introduce ‘Sampurna’, an end-to-end digital procurement management system, that will track every defence purchase from inception to final payment. Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Vishvajit Sahay said the project received all necessary approvals, and a Request for Proposal (RFP) has already been issued. The Defence Accounts…
Pune: A 20-year-old law student from Belapur in Navi Mumbai who had come to Lonavla for trekking on Jan 31 was found dead in a gorge at Tiger Point on Sunday.A team from the Pune Rural police and Shivdurga Mitra, Lonavla, recovered the body late on Sunday night and sent it for post-mortem examination. A…
Pune: Some NCP members, along with the opposition, on Monday expressed their doubts over the Jan 28 plane crash near the Baramati airstrip in which former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others were killed, while the ministry of civil aviation cited poor visibility as the prima facie reason behind the accident.NCP MLC Amol…
Pune: The Laxminagar police foiled a child marriage attempt after raiding a hall in Yerawada on January 30 evening.Senior inspector Ravindra Kadam of the Laxminagar police said, “The bride was 16-year-old and the groom 19 years old. Neither of them has attained the legal age for marriage. According to the provisions of the Prohibition of…
Pune: Residents in parts of Maharashtra, including those in Pune, woke up to a slightly cooler Monday morning. IMD officials, however, said the brief relief from warmer nights was unlikely to last, with minimum temperatures expected to remain above normal over the coming days.Shivajinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 14.1°C (2.1° above normal) on Monday,…
Pune: Ravi Landge, BJP corporator from ward 6, is set to be elected mayor of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) unopposed as his nomination was the only one filed for the post on Monday after NCP chose not to field a candidate, citing the demise of party president and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar….
Pune: The Baner police have filed a case against an Uber cab driver on charges of touching a 42-year-old makeup artist inappropriately during a quarrel with her over fare. The incident is reported to have occurred around 10.42am on Sunday. An officer of the Baner police told TOI on Monday evening, “We have the cab’s…
Pune: Asian Championship gold medal winners, the double scull duo of Ajay Tyagi and Lakshay, and single sculler Balraj Panwar stamped their class by emerging on top in the 43rd National Rowing Championships in Pune.Panwar, representing Services, timed 7 minutes 31.2 seconds to pip Army man Salman Khan by two-hundredth of a second for the…
Pune: The ministry of civil aviation expressed its willingness to help the Maharashtra govt in developing the Baramati airstrip, while Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary probe report on Jan 28 plane crash in which Ajit Pawar and four others were killed should be ready within a month-and-a-half.A source in the civil aviation ministry said the…
Pune/Bengaluru: India’s expanding contributions to astronomy research appear to have prompted a significant policy and funding push from the Centre, with Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing support for four major projects in the Union Budget 2025–26. The initiatives — National Large Solar Telescope (NLST), National Large Optical-Infrared Telescope (NLOT), an upgrade of Himalayan Chandra…
