Maximum Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names have been filed in Thane Pune: Civil rights activists on Tuesday demanded minute scrutiny of all 25,661 Form 7 applications submitted between Aug 31 and Oct 11 seeking deletion of names from the draft electoral roll.Activist Ulka Mahajan raised concerns about field-level verification and said every application…
Farmers said the pipeline will deprive villages along the river of water needed for agriculture, and warned that they would not allow the project to proceed until their concerns are addressed Pune: Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) plan to draw water directly from Andra dam through a closed pipeline has triggered opposition from farmers in at…
The move is aimed at curbing irregularities under the state’s ‘one district one registration’ scheme, which allows documents to be registered across a district rather than only in the jurisdiction where the property is located Pune: The state govt has made prior scrutiny by senior registration officials mandatory for property documents presented for registration outside…
Raju Shetti addresses protesting farmers at Kognoli on Maharashtra-Karnataka border Kolhapur: Travellers from Mumbai, Pune and Satara heading to Karnataka should avoid travelling on Pune-Bengaluru National Highway (NH48) if possible due to severe disruption caused by a farmers’ blockade near Kognoli on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border, Kolhapur Range Special Inspector General of Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma…
The GMRT, near Pune, was designed nearly four decades ago to detect the hydrogen signal from galaxies in the early Universe Pune: Indian astronomers, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune, recently detected an extremely faint radio signal of atomic hydrogen from galaxies that existed 8-9 billion years ago. The detection is a…
The victim’s body was found on the premises of a commercial complex in Moshi Pune: Bhosari MIDC police on Tuesday arrested a daily wage earner (30) for allegedly hacking his estranged wife (25) to death in Moshi over suspicions of infidelity.A police team, led by senior police inspector Ganesh Jamdar, arrested the man on Pune-Solapur…
A still from Paani Suar, directed by Akanksha Sood Singh, documenting efforts by local communities to develop a citizen-science monitoring network for dugongs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands Pune: As cities expand and new infrastructure reshapes landscapes, wildlife conservation increasingly depends on decisions about how roads, power lines, coastlines and urban spaces are planned.Four documentary…
Before being axed: Young trees planted on a stretch in Koregaon Park were recently removed without any explanation to citizens, reportedly cut or uprooted for cable work, although local ward officials said they were unaware of this felling Before being axed: Young trees planted on a stretch in Koregaon Park were recently removed without any…
The students of Dhruv Global School Pune: Dhruv Global School has earned a place in the Asia Book of Records by successfully organising a continuous 24-hour relay swimming marathon involving 58 students on Oct 8 and 9. The achievement highlighted the importance of physical fitness, teamwork, discipline, perseverance and collective effort among school students.The record…
NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule (second from left) with other INDIA bloc members before marching towards the Supreme Court to file a petition against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi on Monday Pune: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Monday said just the resignation of chief election commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar…
