Devotees on the bank of Indrayani river in Alandi Pune: The Alandi Municipal Council (AMC) has decided to make the pilgrim town hoarding-free ahead of the annual palkhi procession, which draws lakhs of devotees to Alandi every year.The exercise will be carried out in phases by removing unauthorised hoardings, advertisement boards and iron structures across…
Students said previous govt resolutions (GRs) had promised 300 PhD scholarships for SC and ST students and 200 for other categories. However, because advertisements were never issued, these benefits remained on paper Pune: A newly announced common policy by the Maharashtra govt for five state-run educational institutes has drawn sharp criticism from several student organisations.These…
Maharashtra has over one lakh anganwadi workers and helpers Pune: Women and child development minister Aditi Tatkare informed the legislative council that pending honorarium payments for anganwadi workers and helpers under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme have been cleared up to May. The minister attributed the recent delays to the rollout of a…
The grandfather of Ketan Agarwal, the Pune realtor whose death at Lohagad Fort is being investigated as an alleged murder, has died weeks after the incident. PUNE: The grandfather of Ketan Agarwal, the Pune realtor whose death at Lohagad Fort is being investigated as an alleged murder, has died weeks after the incident, the family…
Pune: Sinhagad Road police have registered a case against the Sinhagad Technical Education Society’s founder, Maruti Navale, and others for failing to pay salaries to employees and teachers at the Sinhagad Spring Dale School.According to the police, Navale and other office bearers of the STES had not paid salaries, worth Rs 5.45 crores to its…
Pune: South Mahalunge MIDC police found a decomposed body and arrested a construction site worker for allegedly punching his colleague to death over the suspected stealing of his cell phone.The decomposed body of Chand Yakub Shaikh (42), was found at an under-construction site at Moi village near Khed on July 3, and arrested his colleague,…
FDA action against adulterated jaggery Pune: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently launched coordinated raids across Pune and Solapur districts, seizing large quantities of adulterated jaggery, ghee, and snacks (namkeen). The licences of several non-compliant units were suspended following the drive.In one of the biggest actions against jaggery manufacturers in recent months, the…
Pune: The Airport police on Friday arrested a 24-year-old Viman Nagar resident for allegedly issuing threats to his neighbour, and extorting money from him over the past year.The victim, a 29-year-old man who runs a small business, lodged a police complaint stating that the accused threatened to harm his family members if he did not…
A moss wall terrarium with peacock fern and ficus pumila minima Pune: The monsoon season is driving renewed interest in indoor gardening and nature-inspired home decor, with crafts such as terrariums and kokedama witnessing a surge.“Moss is abundantly available in the monsoon and I am in the process of learning garden crafts. I will be…
Pune: Out of 11,770 complaints that Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) received between Jan and May from consumers in the Pune zone about inflated bills after smart meter installation, merely four were substantiated, minister of state (MoS) for energy, Meghna Sakore-Bordikar, said on Friday in state assembly session.She was replying to questions raised…
