Lived for over a century, axed without warning for a bridgeOn a routine cycle ride in Koregaon Park on March 14 this year, civic activist Rupesh Kesekar was stunned when he passed by the ongoing Sadhu Vaswani Bridge construction. The new four-lane bridge is replacing the old, two-lane structure to ease traffic congestion in the…
Nashik: D S Swami took charge as superintendent of police (SP) of Nashik Rural on Saturday. He succeeds outgoing SP Balasaheb Patil who has been transferred to Mumbai as the deputy commissioner of police (DCP).In Ahilyanagar, Mummaka Sudarshan took charge as the SP from the outgoing officer Somnath Gharge. Speaking to TOI, both SPs stated…
Pune: Once held up as a flagship ‘Smart City’ zone, Baner-Balewadi now appears to be anything but smart, hosting streets littered with unattended garbage, erratic waste pickups and the acrid smoke of trash going up in flames. Add battered roads and an on-again, off-again water supply, and residents’ patience is wearing thin.Baner-Balewadi was identified as…
Pune: Pistachios, which are imported from Iran and play a crucial role in India’s premium dry fruit market, have been in short supply since late Feb.Traders across the city reported that prices of pistachios have risen by 20% to 50% as stocks deplete, with no clarity on when fresh consignments will arrive. Iranian pistachios are…
Pune: Strict measures to curb copying, nearly 91% CCTV camera coverage, and the use of drones and other technologies led to a 2% decline in the 2026 results compared to 2025. Of the 14.33 lakh students who appeared for the exam, 12.86 lakh cleared the assessment with a pass percentage of 89.8. Two students scored…
Pune: Getting a scribe on time, practicing with them to ensure that they can understand, interpret and write the answers well and in time is a major challenge for candidates with disability, leaving them vulnerable. Riddhi Patil, a visually impaired student studying in Std XII at BMCC College, Pune broke this chain of dependence by…
Pune: The number of students scoring 90% and above marks in HSC shrank to 7,510 this year compared with last year’s 8,352. It was also the lowest in the last three years. Mumbai division has 3,466, the highest number of such students followed by Amravati division at 1,003 and then Pune division at 981.Mahendra Ganpule,…
Pune: Pune division, comprising Pune, Ahilyanagar, and Solapur districts, achieved an overall pass percentage of 91.3%, securing the second rank among all the nine administrative divisions in Maharashtra. It was Pune’s performance in science and commerce that led to its jump from the 6th place in 2025 to a spot behind Konkan division that topped…
Pune: Dipali Mane is the first in her family to pass Std XII. She took up commerce and scored 85.6%. After Std X, due to lack of a college nearby, her father Vijay, thought of pulling her out of school. He is a member of Kach, Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) for 20 years, and works…
Hundreds of protesters blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in Pune on Saturday following the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl, bringing traffic on the busy route to a standstill for nearly four hours. PUNE: Hundreds of protesters blocked the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway in Pune on Saturday following the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl, bringing…
