Many businesses are passing on the rise in packaging prices to final product costs that the customer shells out for Pune: The sharp spike in raw material costs for plastic packaging has affected kirana stores, restaurants, bakers and several consumer-facing business owners.“Prices for the plastic that we use to pack chikki are up by almost…
A delivery agent waits out the heavy rain under some cover in Baner on Friday evening Pune: Friday brought the city its first widespread thundershower spell after nearly 50 days, ending a prolonged dry and scorching stretch that had residents waiting for relief after enduring repeated 40°C-plus days this summer.While the sharp spell brought much-needed…
Pune: Maval MP Shrirang Barne has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CM Eknath Shinde, demanding an all-party meeting to resolve the long-standing deadlock over the Pavana closed water pipeline project. The project has remained stalled since 2011 following violent protests by farmers.In his letter, Barne raised serious concerns regarding the quality of…
Illustration of share trading fraud, highlighting financial scam risks in India’s investment sector Pune: A private firm employee from Hinjewadi lost Rs 35.3 lakh to cybercrooks in an online share-trading fraud between March and April.A case was registered with the Hinjewadi police on Thursday.An officer from the Hinjewadi police said the complainant works with a…
Pune: A software engineer (43) from Navti Peth lost Rs 14 lakh to cybercrooks, who posed as Mumbai police and threatened her that they have registered a case against her after some criminals have had misused her Aadhaar details.The woman had filed an online complaint following the fraud that happened in June last year. After…
Map for Happy Streets in Wakad on May 24 Pune: Wakad will come alive on Sunday morning as Happy Streets returns on May 24, transforming the stretch from Sai Chowk to PCMC Garden into a traffic-free public space packed with fitness, games, music, and community activities. Organised by The Times of India, the event will…
Times News NetworkPune: The recovery of 479kg of ganja worth Rs 2.30 crore from a farm in Jalochi village of Baramati taluka on Feb 28 this year helped the Pune Rural police uncover an inter-state narcotics supply network. Acting on the investigation, the police on Wednesday arrested seven men and seized another 157kg of ganja…
Tamil Nadu school students writing an exam Pune: The marksheets and certificates of the Higher Secondary Certificate (Class 12) exam held in Feb-March along with other documents will be distributed to all recognized higher secondary schools and junior colleges by the respective divisional boards at 11am on May 25 and will be distributed to the…
Pune: Carpooling apps, ride-sharing platforms and shared autorickshaws would soon operate in the state, courtesy fuel price hike.“Carpooling services were not permitted in the state until now. But it has become important in the current situation and the government is positive about allowing it,” state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik told TOI on Friday.The minister said…
Anand Deshpande, MD of Persistent Systems Pune: Customers don’t buy technology, they buy a solution for their problems, said founder, chairman and managing director of Persistent Systems Anand Deshpande on Friday.Deshpande was part of a talk on Scaling Technology Startups at Venture Center.He said identifying a problem and solving it is the right way to…
