Pune

Dr Ashish Baviskar performing the robotic‑assisted minimally invasive mitral valve replacement Pune: A 46-year-old woman, who suffered from rheumatic heart disease, has got a new lease of life after undergoing a robotic-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve replacement. Treating doctors said she was able to walk, cycle and perform light exercises, just three days after the…

Pune: The five-member expert panel appointed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to probe the death of six-year-old Priyanshi Bagde at the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital (DMH) during an eye treatment has said the hospital did not take essential scans before treating the girl and the Sassoon General Hospital should investigate the case further.The panel said…

Pune: Pune has recorded a sharp rise in electric two-wheeler adoption this year, with 13,124 vehicles registered between Jan and May, according to data from the Vahan database. The figure is up 24% from 10,853 registrations during the same period in 2025.Automobile dealers attributed the growth to rising fuel costs and increasing consumer confidence in…

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Monday arrested four men on the charge of beating a truck driver and damaging his vehicle on the Pune-Nashik highway near Chakan on Sunday.A 21-year-old truck driver from Kasganj district in Uttar Pradesh has lodged a complaint with the South Chakan police. An officer from the South Chakan police…

Pune: A motorcyclist was killed and a woman, along with her three-year-old son sustained serious injuries after a SUV collided head-on with the motorcycle at Samarthnagar in Kharadi around 10.30 pm on Sunday. Police constable Amol Jadhav (31) lodged a complaint at the Kharadi police station.Sub inspector Rahul Kolpe of Kharadi police told TOI, “We…

Pune: At least 500 IT engineers, employees, and interns were rendered jobless after ThynkTech India OPC Pvt Ltd, a Noida-registered IT company, shut down its divisional branch in Hinjewadi without notice on April 22.An intern working with the company lodged a complaint with the Hinjewadi police on Monday night accusing the company of cheating its…

Hiring takes a dive this year Pune: Fresh engineering graduates in Pune, especially from computer science, are navigating one of the toughest employment environments in recent years, with delayed campus onboarding, shrinking entry-level hiring and a series of alleged job frauds adding to uncertainty.Pavanjit Mane, president of FITE, said, “Almost 4,000 freshers reached out to…

Pune: NCP state president Sunil Tatkare’s admission that merger talks were underway between the two groups, working president of NCP (SP) Supriya Sule on Tuesday said that some people have ‘sinned’ by refuting her cousin and then NCP chief Ajit Pawar’s efforts on amalgamation.In the days following the plane crash on Jan 28 where Ajit…

The illustration shows a man being arrested by police Pune: The Wagholi police on Monday arrested a 27-year-old man from Parbhani district for allegedly throttling his live-in partner to death on the suspicion of infidelity sometime between May 28 and 31.The deceased, a native of Medinipur in West Bengal, and her partner, a plumber, were…

Pune: Marking a significant step in strengthening higher education and research infrastructure, DES Pune University will inaugurate a building for its school of science and mathematics along with two advanced research centres on June 5.The new facility, aimed at promoting cutting-edge scientific and interdisciplinary research, will be inaugurated by Maharashtra higher and technical education minister…