Several parts of the city faced intermittent electricity interruptions due to showers Pune: Heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning led to prolonged power outage lasting nearly four to five hours in Kondhwa, while parts of the city faced intermittent electricity interruptions due to the Tuesday showers.The result was disrupted daily routines and work schedules.Resident of Kondhwa’s…
Pune: The state govt has instructed district collectors to act against Aaple Sarkar Seva centres that fail to meet prescribed standards. They have time up to Sept 30 to comply with a new statewide framework on infrastructure, accessibility and service delivery. The govt wants to improve service quality and bring uniformity across its citizen service…
Pune: A spell of fairly good rainfall offered a glimmer of hope for Pune’s four key reservoirs on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The relief, however, was largely symbolic, barely making a dent in the low dam levels.Irrigation department officials said the dam catchments needed sustained and heavy rainfall over several days before any meaningful…
Paul visited India in 1995 and Ratna in 2018. By the end of 2026 or early 2027, Sulakshana plans to visit India in search of her mother. TOI traces the trio and their stories that begin in fragments and culminate in silence Pune: A shared thread binds Sulakshana, Paul, Ratna and countless adoptees separated from…
A scooterist rides through a waterlogged road in the Kiwale area following Wednesday’s rain Pune: The monsoon arrived late this year, but Pune’s familiar chaos after rain returned right on cue. On Wednesday morning, the city was brought to its knees by nothing more than a usual rain spell. Roads choked, vehicles stalled, tempers flared…
NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule Pune: Working president of NCP (SP) Supriya Sule ruled out the possibility of a similar division in her party when she said all their eight MPs are with them. She was speaking against the backdrop of a second split in Shiv Sena (UBT).Supriya claimed that the BJP has misused…
The spot on Ambenali Ghat where the SUV carrying 8 people plunged into the valley on May 24 Pune: The state govt has undertaken the widening of Ambenali Ghat that connects Konkan to western Maharashtra.Some MLAs on Wednesday, citing the accident that killed eight people travelling by an SUV that plunged into a valley from…
Pune: Accused Chetan Chaudhary fatally pushed real estate firm director Ketan Agarwal off a cliff at Lohagad Fort on June 18, allegedly acting on a plan hatched with Agarwal’s fiancée, Siya Goyal, the Pune Rural police said on Wednesday, a day after arresting the two on charge of murdering Gahunje realtor.Deputy superintendent of police (Pune…
The IMA has recommended a bed-based classification system for healthcare facilities, with separate norms for large corporate hospitals, mid-sized general hospitals and smaller clinics or daycare centres Pune: The Indian Medical Association (IMA)’s state chapter has written to health minister Prakash Abitkar and sought urgent changes to the Maharashtra Nursing Home Registration Act (MNHRA), saying…
A proposal has been sent to the Ministry of External Affairs to open post office passport seva kendras (POPSKs) in Chakan and Hadapsar Pune: Residents of Chakan and Hadapsar may soon be spared the long commute to the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) on Baner-Pashan Link Road. Regional passport officer (RPO) Vinod Gaikwad announced on Wednesday…
