Indian diaspora celebrates Durga Puja in Glasgow from inside a cathedral Pune: As autumn ushers in Durga Puja and Navaratra, the distance from home can feel especially poignant for those celebrating thousands of miles away. With soaring airfares making trips home a luxury, familiar rituals, the beat of the dhak and the swirl of garba…
Panshet dam; on Monday, live water storage in four dams of Khadakwasla circle that supply water to the city and rural areas was at 25.18 TMC, almost 3.8 TMC less than last year’s stock Pune: Close on the heels of initiating water cuts in city areas from Oct 15 onwards, plans are now in the…
Maharashtra making strides in sustainable solar energy adoption: Gopal Kabra Pune: Maharashtra is making significant progress in adopting sustainable solar energy, with the sector creating new opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship and economic growth in rural areas, said Gopal Kabra, chairman and managing director of GK Energy.“Reducing dependence on conventional energy sources, increasing the use of…
NHM runs programmes covering maternal and child health, routine immunisation, tuberculosis control, prevention of vector-borne diseases, disease surveillance, mental healthcare and mobile medical services Pune: Potential vacancies arising under National Health Mission (NHM) following the absorption of 14,788 long-serving employees on contract into permanent govt service would not be filled through private recruitment agencies, NHM…
Commuters claim the city’s traffic situation has worsened in the absence of traffic personnel PUNE: The traffic police’s suspension of challans and towing operations has coincided with rising road rule violations, worsening congestion and longer commute times across several key roads in the city, with commuters reporting inadequate management of vehicular movements at most junctions.Over…
Observing that the bribery case concerned the country’s defence system, CBI court’s special judge R R Mendhe said a detailed investigation was necessary Pune: CBI on Monday secured the custody of SMPP CEO Ashish Kansal, a Delhi-based startup working in defence equipment manufacturing, till Friday, while B R Anil Kumar, the executive director of Munitions…
Constable Yayati Bamane was on night duty and sitting inside a patrol van parked by the roadside in the Koregaon Park area when the drunk manager of a private firm approached her for a lighter Pune: A 48-year-old drunk manager of a private firm allegedly abused and slapped a police constable after she did not…
A real estate agent from Indapur lodged a complaint with Baramati taluka police on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the murder attempt on shipping firm owner Rana Suryavanshi Pune: The crime branch sleuths of Pune city police on Monday evening detained two people from the Karvenagar area in connection with the attempt to murder shipping…
The total number of registered vehicles in the Pune Metropolitan Region stands at roughly 82 lakh, with around 1,300 new vehicles being registered every day Pune: Vehicle registrations at Pune regional transport office (RTO) fell by almost 26% this year during Navaratra period compared to the corresponding period last year.However, there was a marginal increase…
Fumigation and fogging activities to tackle vector-borne diseases Pune: City hospitals have been grappling with a sustained dengue burden for the past three months, with general wards, private rooms, and emergency departments remaining heavily occupied by patients. Prolonged recovery period of several individuals has delayed planned surgeries in some hospitals, while others have been forced…
