A photorealistic Indian jungle monster looms above the forest canopy in cool-toned sunlight, captured from a dramatic low-angle perspective. Protestors block Pune-Solapur highway at Bhigwan amid tension over abduction of woman (21)/ Saumya() Angry protestors blocked the Pune-Solapur highway at Bhigwan in Indapur taluka, about 100km from the city, on Tuesday night amid tension over…
The allotted quota is 14.6 TMC, but the administration reportedly lifted around 18 TMC to 20 TMC of water annually. The civic body cited an increase in population, because of the merger of 32 villages and an increase in the floating population, as the reason for the hike in use. The civic water supply department…
Mumbai Pune Expressway Chaos Pune: A massive traffic jam grinded movement on the Mumbai–Pune expressway to a standstill for over seven hours on Tuesday evening, causing severe inconvenience to thousands of commuters.The snarl began around 5pm on Tuesday and continued till as late as midnight at least, with vehicular movement in both directions coming to…
Pune police have arrested a 22-year-old man, Ritesh Hange, in connection with the murder of realtor Ketan Agarwal PUNE: Pune Rural Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly being part of the conspiracy to kill realtor Ketan Agarwal at Lohagad Fort in June, making him the third accused to be held in the case,…
A woman died after a structure collapsed during Dahi Handi celebrations in Pune. PUNE: A 45-year-old woman was crushed to death under an iron structure in Pune, while at least 22 ‘govindas’ sustained injuries during Dahi Handi celebrations in Mumbai, officials said on Saturday.Salma Salauddin Pathan, a resident of Old Sangavi in Pimpri Chinchwad suburb…
Savitribai Phule established an extensive educational network PUNE: What if Savitribai Phule’s most radical classroom was not the one history remembers best?The familiar story begins at Pune’s Bhide Wada in 1848, with girls entering a school at a time when their education was restricted.A PIB account of Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule’s work describes education as…
The move is expected to replace the decades-old practice of describing plot boundaries through directions and landmarks Pune: Property sale deeds in the state are likely to carry Geographic Information System (GIS) maps from Oct, replacing the decades-old practice of describing plot boundaries through directions and landmarks, senior registration department officials told TOI on Friday.The…
A PMPML bus operates with open doors A PMPML bus operating with open doors A PMPML bus operates with open doors A PMPML bus operating with open doors A PMPML bus operates with open doors Pune: PMPML’s safety directive appears to be falling on deaf ears, days after a 25-year-old woman fell to her death…
Exposure to very high-intensity sound for a short period can cause acoustic trauma Pune: A 14-year-old boy from the city is reported to have suffered sudden hearing loss after sitting close to a loudspeaker during a recent procession. ENT (ear, nose, throat) specialist Dr Santosh Latkar told TOI that the boy, whose case he handled…
Personnel from Khadak police station repeatedly instructed the organisers to reduce the volume, but the directions were allegedly ignored Pune: A judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court on Thursday convicted and sentenced three accused for violating Supreme Court’s directions on the use of speakers during a procession in the city on Aug 26 this year.The…
