NEW DELHI: At least nine people died on Friday morning in an accident on the Pune-Nashik Highway when a tempo collided with their minivan, which then crashed into a stationary bus, police said. The incident took place near Narayangaon around 10am.The minivan was traveling towards Narayangaon when it was struck from behind by the tempo,…
PUNE: A local pub in Pune has stirred controversy by allegedly distributing condoms and ORS packets alongside party invitations for their New Year’s Eve celebration. This unconventional invitation package has caused significant public backlash, leading to police involvement and subsequent questioning of the invited guests.Senior police inspector Nilkanth Jagtap at Mundhwa police station confirmed, “The…
Sepoy Solomon from Manipur, despite his home being destroyed by a mob, successfully passed the Army Cadet College exam and Services Selection Board interview. PUNE: Sepoy Solomon of the Indian Army, whose home was destroyed by a mob in his native village of Songgel in the Churachandpur district of Manipur in May 2023, showed remarkable…
PUNE: Markadwadi in Solapur, Maharashtra, where most voters are MVA supporters, will go to polls again, though unofficially, on Tuesday, this time using ballot papers to challenge EC’s data. Markadwadi falls under Malshiras assembly constituency in Solapur, where NCP (SP)’s Uttamrao Jankar defeated BJP’s former MLA Ram Satpute. Jankar won, but his MVA supporters from…
PUNE: Eleven assembly poll candidates, including NCP (SP)’s Baramati nominee Yugendra Pawar, have submitted applications to district administration seeking verification of microcontrollers of 137 EVM sets used in their constituencies during the recently concluded Maharashtra elections and have collectively paid Rs 66.6 lakh for the process. Among other key candidates who have applied for verification…
PUNE: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) could lose its regional party recognition and ‘railway engine’ symbol after its flop show in the assembly election, experts said, citing the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968.The Raj Thackeray-led party drew a blank in all the 125 seats it contested, including Mahim constituency from where his son,…
PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said speculations were rife that simultaneous polls were being conducted in a small and a big state to defend BJP’s victories in the bigger ones and counter any allegations against EVM misuse.Interacting with reporters on Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls’ results in Karad, the veteran leader said,…
Ajit Pawar claimed that the voices in leaked voice notes, allegedly connected to attempts to use bitcoins to influence the Maharashtra assembly polls, belong to Supriya Sule and Nana Patole. PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday claimed that the voices in the voice notes, in connection with the alleged attempts to encash bitcoins…
Sharad Pawar at a rally in his hometown of Baramati. PUNE: An 83-year-old veteran politician, Chief of NCP (SCP) Sharad Pawar, on Tuesday hinted at retiring from active politics. Addressing a rally in his hometown of Baramati, Pawar said that he will be rethinking if he really wants to go to Rajya Sabha again once…
PUNE: Economist Ajit Ranade resigned as vice-chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), deemed to be university, on October 29. Ranade’s letter to the university’s chancellor Sanjeev Sanyal cited “personal reasons” for his resignation which came two weeks after his termination order as vice-chancellor was withdrawn by Sanyal. It stated, “This letter of…
