FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe Pune: Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat functionaries are rallying behind FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe and have written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, urging him to ensure the officer completes his tenure on the position.Mundhe is known to be transferred frequently and his appointment as the FDA commissioner is his 25th posting in…
Food safety experts say milk and other fresh dairy products are highly susceptible to bacterial growth and spoilage, if not stored and transported under proper refrigeration Pune: The Pune Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a large-scale crackdown on dairies across the city following the Wadgaon Sheri food poisoning incident, wherein a 13-year-old boy…
Picture for representation purpose only Pune: The price of 1kg of CNG and PNG has been increased by MNGL by Re1 from Tuesday (midnight of Monday) in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and adjoining areas of Chakan, Talegaon and Hinjewadi. The new price will be Rs95.75. The existing price for the same is Rs94.75, at present. The…
Dignitaries released ‘Amritsanchay’, a commemorative volume edited by Milind Joshi and dedicated to Shivajirao Kadam Pune: State water resources minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said that political leaders and educational administrators must shoulder greater social responsibility to ensure quality education reaches students from the most disadvantaged sections.He was speaking during the felicitation programme organised by Bharati…
Pune: Minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Monday claimed that while the entire world was impacted owing to the war in West Asia, India was least affected because of the policies adopted by the NDA govt.He presented a report card of 12 years of the govt and claimed that the economy was…
School books, shoes and bags have become costlier Pune: Parents across the region have begun shopping for notebooks, textbooks, uniforms, shoes, school bags and other essential supplies for the new academic year. However, the excitement of a new school term has been overshadowed by a sharp rise in the cost of educational materials, with prices…
Students can apply for engineering, pharmacy and agriculture courses Pune: Twenty-four boys and two girls secured 100 percentile in Maharashtra MHT CET 2026 physics-chemistry-mathematics in the first attempt. The results were announced on Monday by Maharashtra CET Cell. While 24 of the students are from Maharashtra, two are from other states.The 26 include three from…
PMC employees conducting the census at Jay Bhavaninagar in Kothrud Pune: The state has completed the first phase of Census 2027 — the House Listing and Housing Census — with around 2.45 lakh personnel covering more than 2.2 lakh enumeration blocks and collecting household data through a cellphone application, state census officials said on Monday..The…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Sunday arrested Shekhar Jadhav (25), a history-sheeter who had been absconding after allegedly opening fire at a police team on May 16.A crime branch team led by inspector Sanjay Chavan apprehended Jadhav from Dighi and recovered a country-made pistol from his possession. Police said Jadhav has more than…
Sources say the holdup is largely due to BJP’s inability to finalise its seven nominees Pune: The proposal to appoint 10 co-opted members to Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) was once again deferred on Monday after the general body decided to send the matter back for reconsideration and present a revised proposal at a later…
