Pune: A recent RTI query seeking details of appointments and vacancies in the Maharashtra State Commission for Women has yielded little beyond a reference to govt’s statutory powers despite the National Commission for Women (NCW) urging states to expedite appointments to state panels.In a reply received on June 2, the women and child development (WCD)…
The residents say proposed water cuts could push an already strained system to the brink Pune: Residents across Pune are bracing for a tougher summer as fears mount over Pune Municipal Corporation’s planned alternate-day water supply from next week. Across several parts of the city, citizens say the taps are already running drier by the…
Excise officials said many of these villages were located near Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad cities with easy access to water sources Pune: The state excise department has identified 25 villages in Pune district with functioning illicit liquor units and issued notices to their gram panchayats, directing them to stop such activities and immediately report any…
Pune: The Khadki police have arrested two youngsters for allegedly assaulting a 35-year-old daily wage worker and threatening an autorickshaw driver near the Khadki railway underpass at around 7pm on Sunday after the victims refused to pay monthly hafta of Rs 500 to them.Senior inspector Vikramsinh Kadam of Khadki police told TOI, “The injured worker…
The first phase of Census 2027 ends on Sunday Pune: House-listing operations for Census 2027 are nearly 85% complete across the state with state authorities directing district collectors, municipal commissioners and census officers to expedite the remaining work and ensure timely completion of the exercise at a review meeting ahead of the June 14 deadline.Four…
Police said both the deceased were employees of a private firm engaged in maintenance of the firefighting system of the automotive MNC, headquartered in Germany Pune: Two workers died and three were hospitalised after carbon dioxide (CO₂) leaked from a firefighting system during maintenance work at an MNC’s plant in Talegaon MIDC area on Tuesday…
Census staff regroup in their area to take stock of their work in Pune on Tuesday Pune: Enumerators conducting house-listing operations across the state said the task is far more challenging than they anticipated. They have been battling summer temperatures above 40°C almost every day of May and high humidity in June and repeated visits…
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke addressing media persons at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Sunday Pune: Opposition parties have decided to distance themselves from the second round of protests seeking Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) scheduled in Pune on Thursday.Soon after returning from the US, CJP’s founder Abhijeet Dipke led an agitation…
Pune: Members of the Maratha community staged an agitation outside the official residence of cabinet minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Tuesday, claiming that govt failed to keep its promises made to Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange.Vikhe Patil heads the cabinet sub-committee formed to look into the Maratha reservation issue and had visited Antarwali Sarati in…
Sarthak Sidhant’s independent investigation into the CBSE’s On-Screen Marking system escalated to a national debate Pune: At 18, when most students are taking entrance exams and rushing about for college admissions, Ranchi’s Sarthak Siddhant was spending his time reading procurement documents, comparing tender revisions and tracking decisions that affected lakhs of CBSE students.His curiosity soon…
