Pune: Getting a scribe on time, practicing with them to ensure that they can understand, interpret and write the answers well and in time is a major challenge for candidates with disability, leaving them vulnerable. Riddhi Patil, a visually impaired student studying in Std XII at BMCC College, Pune broke this chain of dependence by…
Pune: The number of students scoring 90% and above marks in HSC shrank to 7,510 this year compared with last year’s 8,352. It was also the lowest in the last three years. Mumbai division has 3,466, the highest number of such students followed by Amravati division at 1,003 and then Pune division at 981.Mahendra Ganpule,…
Pune: Pune division, comprising Pune, Ahilyanagar, and Solapur districts, achieved an overall pass percentage of 91.3%, securing the second rank among all the nine administrative divisions in Maharashtra. It was Pune’s performance in science and commerce that led to its jump from the 6th place in 2025 to a spot behind Konkan division that topped…
Pune: Dipali Mane is the first in her family to pass Std XII. She took up commerce and scored 85.6%. After Std X, due to lack of a college nearby, her father Vijay, thought of pulling her out of school. He is a member of Kach, Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) for 20 years, and works…
Hundreds of protesters blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in Pune on Saturday following the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl, bringing traffic on the busy route to a standstill for nearly four hours. PUNE: Hundreds of protesters blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in Pune on Saturday following the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl, bringing…
Pune: A housewife, Swati Choudhari (27) of Dhayari, was allegedly killed by her father-in-law, who repeatedly banged her head against a wall around 11.30am on Saturday at their flat following an alleged domestic dispute.Senior police inspector Atul Bhos of Nanded City police said, “Choudhari’s father-in-law fled after locking the flat’s entrance door from the outside….
Pune: An SUV driven by a minor boy hit 17 private and govt vehicles on Friday morning in Loni Kalbhor, off Pune-Solapur highway, but fortunately no one was injured.The Loni Kalbhor police later registered a case against the 17-year-old boy and the SUV owner for handing the SUV to the teenager. Police constable Santosh Raosaheb…
Pune: A collaboration between Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and Space Applications Centre of the Isro aims to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts by combining satellite observations with ground-based measurements.The agreement focuses on integrating data from satellites and in-situ systems to better estimate cloud characteristics, rainfall, air pollution and atmospheric conditions, while also strengthening…
Pune: A police inspector was arrested, along with her accomplice, for accepting a bribe of Rs28 lakh on Saturday afternoon — just two days after she got a promotion.An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team headed by deputy superintendents of police Nita Misal and Satish Walke trapped the police inspector, Vaishali Totewar (49), and her accomplice, Sambhaji…
Pune: Residents of 18 housing societies in the Handewadi-Autadewadi area in Hadapsar have warned of an agitation, including hunger strike, from May 8 over the lack of civic services and power disruptions even after becoming a part of Pune Municipal Corporation.The housing societies collectively sent a letter to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Maharashtra State…
