Security personnel stand guard behind multi-layered police barricades set up near Janpath metro station ahead of a proposed protest call by CJP Pune: Fourteen youth activists and students from Pune detained by Madhya Pradesh police at Itarsi while travelling to Delhi for a protest against the Election Commission of India were released on Friday evening…
One hectare of Forest land near NDA where Miyawaki plantation has just started Pune: With Maharashtra announcing water cuts amid a drought situation, citizens have questioned the Pune forest department’s decision to clear a part of gliricidia vegetation on a forest land on Kothrud hill for proposed Miyawaki plantation.They have sought an immediate halt to…
Pune: The founder and a trustee of an animal rescue and shelter centre allegedly refused to return a woman’s seven dogs. Instead, the duo demanded Rs3.5 lakh from her to return them.Lohegaon police on Thursday registered a case against the duo under sections 314 (dishonest misappropriation of property) and 316 (criminal breach of trust) of…
A total of 1636 students from eight faculties graduated during the 8th convocation ceremony, Pune: Gauri Kirloskar, Vice Chairperson and Managing Director of Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited, urged graduating students to build credibility, take ownership of their decisions, and not measure self-worth merely through titles or financial success. She was speaking as the Chief Guest…
Pune: A long-pending proposal to hand over a land plot of around 7,000 sq ft in Dhankawdi for an underground Metro station on the Swargate-Katraj route has been tabled before PMC’s City Improvement Committee (CIC). Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) had earlier approached the civic administration in want of land for the station.Sources…
Fourteen women affiliated with the All India Students’ Federation were detained at Itarsi railway station during their journey PUNE: Fourteen women members of the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), travelling from Pune to Delhi to participate in a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, were detained at Itarsi railway station in…
Nana Patekar with Indian Army’s commando who did a para dropping during Vijay Diwas celebration in Karad, Satara, in 1989. In blue T-shirt Col Sambhaji Patil (retd), former commanding officer of 22 battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry and war veteran of 1971 Indo Pak war Pune: “We are soldiers… pain doesn’t tire us, weak…
Pune: A 43-year-old govt-approved contractor from Amravati district allegedly died by suicide at his farm on Wednesday amid financial distress over nearly Rs 2.5 crore in payments that contractors’ associations said had been pending for almost two years from the public works, tribal development and rural development departments.The contractor from Jarud in Warud taluka is…
Pune: Over two lakh voters earlier shown as 126 years old in Maharashtra’s draft electoral roll would not have to fill up Form 8 to correct their age as the anomaly had been rectified, the state chief electoral officer’s office said on Friday.The chief poll officer’s office and its technical team traced the error to…
Those not available during BLOs’ home visits can approach special camps to be held at all polling stations on Saturday and Sunday Pune: Maharashtra chief electoral officer’s office has started special camps and a house-to-house drive to ensure eligible voters left out of the draft electoral roll get an opportunity to register themselves before the…
