Pune airport officials holding a meeting on Ebola screening. Pune: Airport authorities in Pune have activated public health surveillance and passenger screening protocols for all incoming international passengers after World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that the Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency.Airport Health Officer (APHO) Suhas Dhandore told TOI that all international flyers arriving…
Pune: A family of three, a couple and their 10-year-old daughter, was on returning home in Badlapur on a scooter when an SUV took a reverse and hit their two-wheeler and killed the girl on Bopdev Maharaj bridge in Ravet on the Pune-Mumbai highway.The parents of the girl suffered severe head injuries. The accident occurred…
Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday said the popularity of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party reflected the participation of youth in public discourse and such enthusiasm should be encouraged, not ignored.A youth from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, who is currently pursuing his masters degree in Boston University in the US, recently went viral on social…
T tops in insecticide suicide deaths, Paraquat fatal: NCRB Pune: A 28-year-old bandsman from the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, was found hanging in his quarters around 7am on Sunday.Uttamnagar police later in the evening registered an accidental death report in the case.Senior inspector Raghvendra Kshirsagar of the Uttamnagar police told TOI, “The deceased was…
Pune: A pregnant woman walks into a clinic in the city. The deal is whispered, coded, and expensive. No records. No witnesses. A few minutes later, a life-changing truth is revealed illegally—boy or girl. Days later, the clinic is sealed in a dramatic raid by authorities. Headlines follow. Arrests are made. However, months later, the…
Pune: Restaurateurs and late-night eatery owners in Camp, Kothrud, Paud Road and Deccan have voiced sharp concerns as police-mandated 10pm shutdowns begin to cut deeply into their earnings.Police attributed the move to a rise in crime in certain parts of the city. Those in the hospitality sector said the sudden curbs were turning an already…
Congress MLA Vishwajeet Kadam (centre, in specs) at a party’s event in Pune on Saturday Pune: Congress MLA Vishwajeet Kadam on Saturday said no comparison should be drawn between Congress and the currently trending Cockroach Janta Party because the latter’s presence was limited to social media.“Congress has been working on the ground. Our party also…
Mumbai: Activist Manoj Jarange Patil leaves from the venue of a meeting over Maratha reservation, in Mumbai, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. The meeting was later cancelled. (PTI Photo)(PTI10_19_2023_000039B) Pune: State minister and chairman of the cabinet sub-committee on the Maratha reservation issue, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, on Friday claimed that correct information about the steps being…
Pune: A sessions court in Shirur acquitted a sugar cane worker of slitting the throat of his seven-month-old daughter and throwing the body into a well, after he spent almost eight years in jail as an undertrial.The court held that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence against the sugar cane…
Pune: Choked drain pipe of the air-conditioning system in a Metro rake led to water leakage in a coach around 6.40pm on Thursday after the train departed from Ramwadi for Vanaz.The video of water leakage in the Metro coach was widely circulated on various social media platforms on Saturday with a claim that Friday afternoon’s…
