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cited “personal reasons” for his resignation which came two weeks after his termination order as vice-chancellor was withdrawn by Sanyal.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…
3 labourers killed, 7 injured as water tank collapses in Pune NEW DELHI: At least 3 labourers were killed and seven others suffered injuries after a makeshift water tank collapsed at a labour camp in Maharashtra‘s Pune district on Thursday morning, police said. The incident took place in the Bhosari area of Pimpri Chinchwad township…
PUNE: A new, visually interpreted rapid monkeypox test kit developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) is set to be transferred to manufacturers for large-scale production.This innovative kit is expected to reduce both cost and turnaround time of monkeypox (Mpox) by 60-70%. “Once the technology is transferred, the kit could…
NEW DELHI: Around 50 female students from the Puranmal Lahoti Government Polytechnic in Latur suffered suspected food poisoning after dinner at their hostel on Saturday evening. The hostel accommodates 324 students.The students had rice, chapattis, okra curry, and lentil soup for dinner at around 7pm. By 8.30pm, many felt nauseous and some started vomiting.The college…
PUNE: The India-Israel workforce partnership is off to a fruitful start. At least 1,800 masons, carpenters, and ceramic tiling workers, mainly ITI graduates from Maharashtra, have been recruited to work in the Middle Eastern nation.Israel‘s ongoing drive at ITI Aundh which started on Sept 17 will conclude on Sept 25. Thousands of aspirants from across…
Pune: A new fault line emerged between Mahayuti partners Shiv Sena and NCP after chief minister Eknath Shinde‘s supporters from Baramati covered deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar‘s cutouts with a black cloth on Tuesday. They claimed that they were upset about Pawar not turning up for a Ganeshotsav event organised by Shinde’s supporters in Baramati.Tempers…
PUNE: Indapur police have arrested 26-year-old truck driver Amitkumar Jokulal Patel from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, for ramming his truck into an eatery after being denied service due to his intoxicated condition. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Friday at a restaurant along the Pune–Solapur highway, about 145 kilometers from Pune city. Patel, driving a…
PUNE: Blood samples of a 17-year-old minor involved in the Kalyani Nagar Porsche crash, as well as those of his two friends, were allegedly replaced at Sassoon Hospital in Pune to show they were not drunk at the time of the accident.The prosecution presented these allegations during the bail hearings for the minor’s parents on…
A video of a road maintenance pickup truck of the Pune Municipal Corporation speeding in reverse with no driver in sight has gone viral on social media platforms. The video showing the ‘driverless’ vehicle dangerously speeding backwards on an empty road has raised road safety concerns. The footage, recorded around 11.45pm on the Vaiduwadi flyover,…
