Pune: The Anganwadi Workers‘ Association (Maharashtra) on Wednesday urged the state govt not to assign its members the task of verifying beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri – Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, citing safety concerns and pending payments for work already carried out under the scheme.This comes a day after state women and child development (WCD) department…
Pune: The forest department has officially commenced work on an ‘oxygen park’ in Punawale, transforming a 22-hectare plot that was previously the site of a controversial, now-scrapped waste management facility. Following the cancellation of the garbage depot project due to intense resident protests, locals had consistently demanded that the land be preserved as a green…
Pune: The Sahakarnagar police detained a 17-year-old boy and his cousin (19) on the charge of damaging a three-wheel tempo and 22 two-wheelers parked on roads in Padmavati and Taljai Vasahat areas in Sahakarnagar late on Tuesday night.The boy’s another cousin was also involved in vandalism, but the latter fractured his leg while running away…
Pune: The number of measles,rubella (MR) cases in the city fell to 81 in 2025 from 115 in 2024 because of increased vaccination, while acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) numbers rose to 41 from 30 in the same period because of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) outbreak, shows Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) data.Patients with MR show symptoms…
Pune: The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) approved a proposal to set up an additional power sub-station in Talawade, Pimpri Chinchwad, following frequent complaints of power outages from the area.A senior MSEDCL official said the existing sub-station with 10 MVA (MegaVolt-Amperes) capacity, located at the Devi Indrayani Society in Talawade, was overloaded due…
Pune: District collectors across Maharashtra have been directed to carry out field-level physical verification of beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin scheme who were unable to correctly complete the mandatory e-KYC, state women and child development department minister Aditi Tatkare said on Tuesday.In a social media post, Tatkare said although the deadline for e-KYC was Dec…
Pune: Emerged as the single largest party, BJP not only performed better in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election in terms of number of corporators but also gained a larger voter share compared to the 2017 poll. While BJP secured a vote share of 36.88% in the poll conducted nearly nine years ago, that figure…
Pune: An Air India flight to Delhi was delayed by over five hours on Tuesday morning because of a technical issue and more than 150 passengers on board spent an hour-and-a-half sitting inside the stationary aircraft — an Airbus A-321.The flight (AI 2470) was scheduled to take off from Pune at 7.40am and land in…
Pune: Schools and other educational institutions in the Pune Cantonment area will remain closed on Wednesday due to road closures and traffic diversions in the Camp area to facilitate the Pune Grand Tour 2026.The Pune city traffic police will redirect vehicular movement in several areas — including Camp, Wanowrie, Kondhwa, Khadimachine, Yevalewadi, Bopdev Ghat, Khadakwasla…
Pune: Scientists in India have, for the first time, conducted an in-depth genetic study of a newer Mpox variant detected in the country, linking recent Kerala cases to international travel and showing signs of continued human-to-human transmission. The analysis focused on Mpox Clade Ib — a recently emerged variant of the virus that has been…
