Pune: Residents of Ravet and Kiwale, along with local corporator Aishwarya Taras, met officials from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) on Wednesday, demanding immediate measures to improve power supply in these fast-growing suburbs as complaints of frequent power outages have increased over the past few days.Residents said the situation has worsened over…
Pune: The Maharashtra higher and technical education department has constituted an expert committee to prepare a comprehensive policy facilitating conversion of unaided govt colleges into private universities for greater autonomy and momentum. The report is to be submitted within two monthsMinister of higher education Chandrakant Patil said on Wednesday that former vice-chairman of the University…
Pune: Regular train operations at Pune railway station returned to normal on Wednesday after 24 hours of disruption caused by derailment of CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express on Monday evening.The derailed Vande Bharat rake remained grounded at the Pune yard for inspection and forensic investigation.On the CSMT-Solapur route, the service is currently being maintained by a…
Pune: The state is set to expand the Maha Dialysis scheme, with 12 new dialysis centres set to be inaugurated on May 1 on the occasion of Maharashtra Day.The scheme provides free dialysis facilities to kidney patients in rural areas through govt hospitals.The new centres, located in districts of Kolhapur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Beed, Nashik, Jalgaon,…
Pune: Around 100 passengers set to fly from Delhi to Pune on an Air India flight late night on Tuesday sat inside a stalled aircraft amid the sweltering heat, deboarded and boarded again, before sitting cooped up for long yet again until the aircraft finally started to taxi three hours later.The flight (AI-2609) was to…
Pune: The Cantonment police have registered a case of cheating against a car driver for duping a fuel station located on East Street of Rs 500 around 1.55am on Saturday.After examining the CCTV footage, police found that the fuel attendant had already filled petrol in the car. However, the driver falsely claimed that no fuel…
Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar claimed on Tuesday that instead of investigating VSR Ventures following the fatal plane crash that killed then deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, the govt paid the aviation firm Rs145 crore.The aircraft, operated by VSR Ventures, crashed near Baramati airport on Jan 28 while transporting Ajit Pawar from Mumbai. Marking…
Pune: Eleven women and three men of Bangladesh were nabbed for staying illegally in India during a late-night operation wherein the Khadak and Faraskhana police raided multiple brothels in the city’s red-light area. Police also rescued a minor girl and boy.Police said the women were forced into prostitution, while the men were their agents. A…
Pune: A Central Railway committee will investigate all aspects of the derailment of CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express just outside the Pune Junction station on Monday evening and the alleged delay in the restoration work.The probe committee will determine if there were any shortcomings in the maintenance of the non-standard diamond crossing in the Pune yard,…
Pune: Over 300 vice chancellors of universities from across India called for a shift to AI-driven learning, stronger school outreach for disadvantaged students and a redesign of universities beyond classroom teaching at a national meet in Pune on Tuesday.The three-day conference of the Association of Indian Universities at Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth focuses on how…
