A midday meal worker serves food to school students Pune: Maharashtra’s drought distress goes beyond the rain deficiency data, from parched crop fields to dried-up jobs and lack of money for two square meals.Seeds have failed to germinate. Crops have withered in the heat. Naturally, agriculture-related works have dried up. The crisis has reached the…
Action on Chakan-Talegaon stretch Pune: The state public works department (PWD) and other agencies issued around 200 notices to establishments along highways connecting Pune with neighbouring districts, implementing the Supreme Court’s direction to clear encroachments within the right of way.The drive covers Pune-Bengaluru, Pune-Ahmednagar, Pune-Nashik, Pune-Solapur and Chakan-Talegaon highways, besides Pune-Mumbai old highway. Bharatkumar Baviskar,…
Pune: Mid-sized and premium restaurants are bracing for a rise in operating costs from Oct 15 after the 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) is introduced on eligible UPI payments above Rs 2,000, prompting some to consider raising menu prices to absorb the added expense.Restaurateurs said it might be difficult to absorb the added charge as…
MPSC aspirants protesting paper leak Pune: Several political leaders and student groups have taken to social media and other platforms to question MPSC’s decision to proceed with the state services main examination in Oct, before the additional chief secretary V Radha-led exam reforms committee submits its recommendations and the proposed reforms are implemented. However, another…
A press statement issued by the association said the impact would extend beyond classrooms and academic activities, as teachers at the govt medical college are also involved in clinical services at Sassoon General Hospital Pune:The proposed reduction in teaching posts across govt medical colleges in Maharashtra has triggered strong opposition from medical teachers. The Maharashtra…
Pune: Maharashtra govt, in collaboration with Departments of Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Higher and Technical Education, will organise a job fair, ‘Rojgar Mahakumbh–Maharashtra’, across the state on Sept 29.Around 500 job fairs and placement drives are expected to be held simultaneously. Nearly 6,000 colleges and 84 universities under Higher and Technical Education Department…
The cameras are equipped with night-vision facilities, enabling the police to monitor movements in the area even at night Pune: As many as 76 criminals on bail, according to police records, were detected on 300 AI-enabled CCTV cameras installed by the city police during Ganeshotsav so far.A team headed by assistant commissioner of police (IT…
Pune: Sumit Nagal could have been forgiven if, deep inside, he had felt he didn’t want to play the first reverse singles rubber against Soonwoo Kwon.Having gone through a brutal three-hour, five-minute singles match on Friday evening, the India No. 1 had little time to fully recover for Saturday’s key clash.As it turned out, the…
Siya’s lawyer said the chargesheet filed by police was under verification and would be served to the accused after completion of the process. PUNE: Lonavala Rural Police on Saturday filed a chargesheet running into around 2,500 pages against the accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case, completing the investigation within the stipulated 90-day period, lawyers…
Pune: Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) has upgraded its Talegaon unit to supply compressed natural gas (CNG) to filling stations. It can resolve the low-pressure refilling problem that hundreds of autorickshaw and car drivers face.The enhancement was completed last week, wherein GAIL and MNGL scaled up the gas handling capacity from 75,000 SCMD (Standard Cubic…
