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cited “personal reasons” for his resignation which came two weeks after his termination order as vice-chancellor was withdrawn by Sanyal.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…
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…
