Pune: Maharashtra health department data shows a decline in reported heatstroke cases following a revision despite rising temperatures across the state, raising fresh concerns over the accuracy of reporting systems.Between March 1 and May 10, the state had reported 236 heatstroke cases and four deaths — both suspected and confirmed. On Tuesday, officials revised the…
Pune: A rise in both daytime and nighttime temperatures has led to a surge in mosquito population across several parts of the city, prompting residents, especially those living near water bodies, to demand regular fumigation and spraying by the civic administration.The residents said while the administration had begun clearing weeds from rivers, the work was…
Pune: Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is in the process of digitising all student data from 1965 to 1990. The state board has also decided to host all its data in its own servers instead of rented servers, said Trigun Kulkarni, chairperson of state board.“The data post 1990 is already available…
Pune: In a striking shift which comes as a boon for govt education in Pune district, the unthinkable is happening at zilla parishad (ZP) schools that are now witnessing queues for admissions after years of shrinking numbers of students.This academic years, 34 ZP schools have reported waiting lists of candidates, driven largely by a rise…
Pune: Three years ago, Shruti Ahlawat couldn’t get out of bed without help. She couldn’t feel her right leg, let alone a tennis ball on her strings.Last fortnight (Sunday , May 3), at the DLTA Complex in Delhi, the 19-year-old held her first professional $15k ITF title aloft — a trophy that represented far more…
Pune: A flat in an upscale Kalyaninagar society was gutted in a fire on Monday evening. No one was injured in the incident.A city fire brigade official said a short circuit caused the blaze in the 10th floor flat of the residential building. High flames erupted due to the furniture and other materials stored inside,…
Pune: Two men have been sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a Pune sessions court for attempting to murder a youth with a sickle in Hadapsar in 2018 after suspecting that he and his friend were harassing a woman relative of one of the accused.Additional Sessions Judge Sagar Ramesh Agrawal found Amol Balasaheb Borkar…
Pune: The window for online self-enumeration ends in four days and enumerators will visit every home from May 16 until June 14, regardless of whether residents have completed the online form.“We don’t expect everyone to complete self-enumeration. Those who cannot will be covered by census staff during the field visits. Enumerators will visit all buildings…
Pune: An alleged technical glitch which showed applications as ‘under scrutiny’ on the Aaple Sarkar portal has left as many as 3,600 students in the state bereft of the additional 10 sports marks granted to acknowledge their achievements, even as the SSC results were declared on Friday.Earlier, documents were given to the school, which then…
Pune: A 38-year-old man from Ambegaon was allegedly murdered with a sharp weapon over suspicion of an illicit relationship in the Ambegaon area of Katraj on Sunday night. A murder case has been registered against two brothers at the Ambegaon police station.“We have identified the deceased person as Deepak Kshirsagar (38), a resident of Ambegaon….
