Pune: On the final day of CBSE’s Std XII verification and re-evaluation process, several students across the country reported being locked out of the board’s portal due to technical glitches, while repeated attempts to reach official helplines and support channels went unanswered.As the deadline approached on Sunday, social media platforms were flooded with complaints from…
Pune: A 23-year-old first-year MBBS student from a city medical college was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her flat in Vishrantwadi around 6am on Sunday.Vishrantwadi police said the student was in her bedroom, while her mother and brother were asleep in other rooms of the flat.Inspector Sampatrao Raut of Vishrantwadi police told TOI,…
Pic for representational purpose Pune: GPS installed on garbage-carrying vehicles by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have developed faults within three months of installation, raising concerns about the monitoring of waste transportation and the possibility of illegal dumping.As per PMC data, 300 GPS trackers were installed on garbage-carrying vehicles, of which around 100 have reported technical…
Pune: Officials of the Government Railway Police (GRP) have shifted 60 beggars from various platforms and entry and exit points at Pune railway station to a govt-run rehabilitation facility in the last two months as part of efforts to enhance passenger safety and improve cleanliness on the premises.“We have shifted these individuals to the Government…
Several days of protests over CBSE’s glitches Pune: Photocopies of evaluated Std XII CBSE answer sheets that thousands of students have accessed for re-evaluation show that physics is their Achilles heel. The subject has drawn the maximum complaints.Aggrieved students across social media platforms, particularly X, have alleged missing marks, strict checking, uncredited step-marking and, in…
Two arrests were made from UP by Pune police Pune: The Talegaon Dabhade police on Saturday arrested two men in connection with the theft of a 1.3kg silver crown from an idol in a temple at Jijamata Chowk, two weeks after the crime took place place on May 23.A police team led by senior police…
Police detain 156 including minors from Pune rave party. PUNE: As many as 156 people were detained and around three grams of ganja recovered after Pune City Police’s crime branch raided a party in Tulapur under Lonikand police station limits in the early hours of Sunday, officials said.The raid was conducted at around 2.30am on…
Blocks of paneer and cheese analogues seized by FDA on suspicion of adulteration Pune: The Pune division of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted simultaneous raids at 17 locations across the city, seizing possibly adulterated stocks of khoya (condensed milk solids), paneer (cottage cheese), cheese analogue (cheese made using vegetable oil and other ingredients) and…
CBSE students demand grace marks, fee waiver over evaluation errors Pune: Several CBSE Std XII students across the country have launched a coordinated demand for grace marks and a complete waiver of verification and re-evaluation fees, claiming that technical problems linked to the board’s new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system led to unusually low scores, unchecked…
Pune: In Maharashtra, family planning is a choice for men, but a desperate and painful decision for women. Societal norms funnel contraceptive responsibility onto women, although vasectomy is quicker, safer and less invasive revealed official data, while also exposing a stark and persistent gender gap in sterilisation.Assistant director of the state family welfare department Dr…
