Maharashtra’s boys matched girls’ 99.93% pass rate in ICSE exams this year, a significant shift. While girls maintained their lead in ISC results, the state’s overall performance exceeded national averages. Top scores saw a broader distribution, indicating a strong academic foundation and growing competitiveness across the region. PUNE: The CICSE examination for (Std X, ICSE)…
Pune: In the last five years, the Pune city police have deported 130 Bangladeshi nationals, of which 53 were sent back over the last three months.Deputy commissioner of police (special branch) Sandip Bhajibhakare told TOI: “Different police stations in the city identified and nabbed the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.““In case of the men, who had illegally…
Dr Nirupama J Dange | joint secretary to Government of India and chief principal census officer for Maharashtra Self-enumeration begins in the state from Friday for Census 2027 and questions about digital access, data privacy, inclusion and accuracy are swirling. In an interview with Nisha Nambiar , Dr Nirupama J Dange, joint secretary to Government…
The ongoing pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) mapping exercise is progressing slowly in cities, including Pune and Mumbai, with senior election officials attributing it to the nature of preparatory work and high urban mobility.Data accessed by TOI as of April 24 shows that 65.1% of the state’s 9.88 crore electors have been mapped with the last…
Pune: All Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) canteens will sell tea and breakfast at a fixed rate of Rs 40 from June 1, 2026, announced the state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Thursday.The minister, during his inspection of the Vallabhnagar depot in Pimpri Chinchwad, added that the restrooms established by the transport body must…
Pune: NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Thursday announced that she will never again contest election against any member of the Pawar family.Supriya’s sister-in-law and NCP chief Sunetra Pawar welcomed her statement and said there should not be one more Pawar versus Pawar contest on any poll turf.The Pawar family members…
Pune: Police have registered a case against a BJP youth wing office-bearer for allegedly referring to Kondhwa as “Karachi of Pakistan” in a video that went viral on social media earlier this week.The FIR was filed two days after the video surfaced, following protests by local residents and activists outside the Kondhwa police station demanding…
Pune: Over 100 passengers travelling to Lucknow and Delhi on an Air India Express flight endured a frustrating delay of more than 14 hours on Wednesday.The flight (IX-1618), originally scheduled to depart at 4.30pm, was repeatedly rescheduled throughout the evening without clear communication from the airline, passengers said. It finally departed for Lucknow around 7am…
Pune: A special court in the city convicted Sameer Hajju Pathan and Rahul Gajendra Kamble for robbery with use of a deadly weapon and sentenced them to seven years’ imprisonment, but acquitted them of the charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), observing that the existence of an organised crime syndicate is…
Pune: A 25-year-old paan stall owner from Talawade had a narrow escape on Tuesday night, when two men poured petrol on him and tried to set him on fire after he refused to give them a cigarette for free.The Chikhali police have arrested Sachin Punase, 25, of Chakan and Bhushan Suradkar, 25, of Nighoje in…
