The state-run MSRTC is considering a proposal to increase bus fares, while private luxury bus operators said inter-city and inter-state ticket prices could rise by 5% or more. Autorickshaw unions are also preparing to demand fare revisions Pune: Public transport may become costlier following the recent fuel price hike, with authorities and owners of private…
Pune: The CBI on Sunday night arrested Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, the director of Renukai Career Centre (RCC) in Latur, in the NEET UG paper leak case, prompting a shift in the central investigation agency’s probe focus on suspects involved in the question leak racket operating out of Nanded district.A CBI team from Bengaluru detained Motegaonkar…
Illustration explaining tracheo-esophageal fistula Pune: After days of persistent cough and a sense of choking on water, a 32-year-old man was diagnosed with tracheo-esophageal fistula — a condition primarily observed as a congenital defect in newborn infants. Its occurrence in an adult is considered an exceptionally rare phenomenon, said an expert.Some doctors said the rare…
MLC Ambadas Danve and other Shiv Sena (UBT) functionaries joined farmers to protest against onion price crash Pune: A day after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in Pune that farm loans will be waived before June 30, the opposition and farmers’ outfits have called his words an eyewash.Fadnavis said that the state govt’s preparations for…
Pune: A lawyer lodged a complaint with the police on Monday morning saying two men, who were later joined by their two friends, sexually harassed her in a car in Koregaon Park around 11.30pm on SundayThe woman (30) stays in the Ghorpadi area and the complaint was filed with the Koregaon Park police.She alleged the…
Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar has called a meeting of his party’s office bearers, MPs and MLAs on Wednesday at Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Mumbai. The meeting is against the backdrop of a recent visit by NCP working president Praful Patel and state chief Sunil Tatkare to his residence in Mumbai last week.Pawar was…
Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) and its teachers’ organisation wrote to the municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram last week seeking exemption of the university’s faculty from Census 2027 duties. The letter cited severe staff shortage, ongoing examinations and legal objections to the appointments.SPPU’s acting registrar Prafulla Pawar and vice-chancellor Suresh Gosavi’s wrote to the…
Pune: Dnyaneshwar Takalkar, eminent Hindustani vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi’s taal accompanist for four decades, passed away on Sunday in a city hospital after brief illness. He was 99.Better known as Mauli due to his warkari lineage, Takalkar performed at Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav till last year. He has shared the stage with four generations of…
Pune: A 30-year-old man was killed and his two friend friends sustained severe injuries after a motorcycle they were driving triple -seat hit the divider on the flyover at Bhosari.The accident happened in the early hours o of Saturday, when they were driving towards Bhosari from Khed, Bhosari police said.The police have identified the deceased…
Pune: Tender coconut prices have climbed sharply across the city this summer owing to lesser availability and higher demand. Vendors expect the prices to increase further owing to the recent hike in diesel prices.“Coconuts available in the market are expensive and the quality is not so great. The vendor who delivers to my house charges…
