A still from the video showing the alleged liquor party PUNE: The Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH) has been rocked by a third controversy in a month, and second in only a week, after a video surfaced showing a senior doctor holding a liquor party in the postmortem department. Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi…
Farmers said politicians are more interested in politics than in addressing the real issue of drought Pune: Amid the drought crisis, one-upmanship is playing out among Mahayuti partners— BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP— in the run-up to the teachers’ and graduates’ constituency polls. Farmer activists have vented their anger at the ruling alliance for prioritising…
Pune: A fearless resistance by a 12-year-old girl and her parents foiled a robbery attempt of an armed thief at their house in Shirur around 4am on Friday.An officer from Pune Rural police said the incident happened when Umesh Chajed (45), a pharmacist, had just left his home to walk his dog. He noticed someone…
Workers at the dry waste processing facility in Mahabaleshwar Pune: Next time you visit Mahabaleshwar, spick-and-span tourist spots may spring a surprise.The credit for better waste management in the hill station goes to a dedicated facility capable of processing seven tonnes of dry waste daily. The initiative comes against the backdrop of mounting garbage and…
The city’s night temperatures had hovered above 21°C during the first half of Oct, peaking at 22.5°C on Oct 2. While the mercury subsequently began declining—falling below 20°C on Oct 4—it rose again over the following days before this latest drop Pune: Night temperatures in Pune have dropped, with the minimum temperature at Shivajinagar falling…
Rohit Pawar joins protesters on the last day of the protest on Sunday Pune: Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) member Satish Baban Waghole has been given the additional charge of chairman after Vivek Bhimanwar was sent on compulsory leave pending an inquiry into alleged exam irregularities.Meanwhile, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday welcomed the…
Conference proposes global council for value-based education, calls for stricter environmental laws Pune: The Unesco Chair at World Peace University, Goa, has called for the establishment of a World Value-based Universal Education Management Council to develop an education system combining science and spirituality, while a dialogue on Oct 15 unanimously adopted a resolution seeking stricter…
Pune: Maharashtra’s private university heads have approached the higher and technical education department over concerns affecting university functioning, bringing renewed focus on falling classroom participation, enforcement of the 75% attendance requirement and the growing preference among some students for coaching classes over campus learning.University representatives have stated that treating degrees as the primary objective weakens…
Vidya Valley School Shines at World Youth Forum 2026 Pune: Vidya Valley School participated in the Liberal Arts & Leadership Summit organised by World Youth Forum 2026, held in Macau, China, providing its students with an enriching opportunity to learn, compete and collaborate with young minds from across the globe.The journey began months before the…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad police have invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against a cyberfraud gang accused of cheating a senior citizen of Rs86 lakh through a fake trading app.This is the second time this year that the Pimpri Chinchwad police have invoked MCOCA against cybercrooks.A 60-year-old retired deputy general manager of an…
