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Maharashtra FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe speaking to press in Pune Pune: Maharashtra food and drug administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on Saturday announced a digital overhaul of the regulatory body, including use of blockchain technology to maintain permanent records of non-compliant entities.Speaking at a food safety conference organised by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industry…

NEET aspirants queuing up at an exam centre Pune: The National Testing Agency (NTA)’s investigation on Saturday concluded that the NEET OMR sheets in question were manipulated, hours after students raised allegations of discrepancies in their entrance exam results.The NTA officials stated that in one case, the OMR sheet was “completely AI-generated,” while in the…

Pune: A daily wage worker allegedly strangled his wife to death using a wire at their residence in Chakan on Friday evening and later walked into the Chakan North police station.Inspector Jitendra Kadam of Chakan North police station said, “We have identified the deceased woman as Badma Pathan (27). And we have arrested her husband,…

Pune: A 30-year-old worker, Mohammed Irfan Yusuf, died in a fire that broke out at a paint storage unit in Vetalnagar, Kondhwa, late on Friday night.Fire brigade officials reached the spot around 11pm and found that the paint storage unit, which was located on the ground floor, had already been engulfed in fire.Senior inspector Santosh…

Pune: A magisterial court has held that setting aside an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) report in a proceeding under the POSH Act cannot, by itself, give rise to criminal liability against every member of the panel.Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) USM Alamodi on Thursday rejected the complaint of a former vice-principal of a prominent city…

Pune: Two people, a techie and a shopkeeper, were collectively duped of Rs 1.2 crore by online fraudsters, who promised them handsome returns on investments in online share-trading.The Pune cyber police registered two separate cases on Friday.A 35-year-old techie from Sinhagad Road lodged a complaint stating that online fraudsters cheated him of Rs 52 lakh…

A poster of Marathi film ‘Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke’ Pune: Marathi movies’ excellence was evident at the National Film Awards 2026 as ‘Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke’ bagged the national award for best screenplay (adapted), while Marathi-English film ‘Bhangaar’ was named the best non-feature film on Saturday.The film ‘Hamsafar’ won the award for the best short film. The…

Police also seized the doctor’s firearm licence Pune: The Hadapsar police on Friday night seized a senior medical practitioner’s pistol, 20 rounds of ammunition and his firearm licence, a day after he allegedly used it to threaten a family friend and relatives of a deceased patient at a private hospital.The medical practitioner works as a…

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar Pune: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the Centre’s action against climate activist Sonam Wangchuk would be raised in the Parliament session starting next week, as opposition parties alleged the central govt remained a spectator throughout his agitation rather than addressing it.Pawar said the govt decided to act…

An AI-generated illustration shows police detain a civic body-run school peon in connection with an alleged fake job racket Pune: Several youngsters were allegedly duped of Rs 45 lakh in a fake recruitment scam in which the suspects promised permanent jobs with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to the youths over the last four years.Shalaka Vinayak…