HSRP plates being installed at a fitment centre in Pune Pune: Owners of vehicles without High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs), who have neither installed them nor booked an appointment for the same, will face repeated fines every time they are caught, senior officials from the local Regional Transport Office (RTO) have warned.Regional transport officer Archana…
The dashboard will prioritise ICU transparency, general treatment and maternity beds to ensure patients receive timely information during critical moments Pune: The civic body is expected to introduce over the next two months an online dashboard that will display real-time bed availability in private hospitals to ensure patients and their families have instant access to…
Siya Goyal, accused in the murder of her fiancé and realtor Ketan Agarwal, allegedly showed the middle finger PUNE: Siya Goyal, accused in the murder of her fiancé and realtor Ketan Agarwal, allegedly showed the middle finger and made obscene gestures on Thursday after Pune Rural Police took her to her Market Yard residence for…
Every year, devotees gather on the banks of the Indrayani river for the Ashadhi Ekadashi festival in Alandi Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)’s standing committee on Wednesday took a significant decision ahead of the Ashadhi Wari, approving the appointment of a contractor and sanctioning works worth Rs430 crore for the Indrayani river rejuvenation…
Lakhs participate in the 21-day annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur Pune: With the month-long Ashadhi Wari set to coincide with the Election Commission’s door-to-door voter verification exercise, political parties and sections of the administration are increasingly sceptical about whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls can be completed within the timeline from June…
Pune: After causing a political flutter with his statement on Wednesday that if an offer comes to him from Mahayuti, he will think about it, NCP (SP) MP Amol Kolhe on Thursday claimed that his statement was taken out of context.Kolhe said his statement was misconstrued. He told media persons, “I was speaking in the…
Teachers appearing for an assessment Pune: The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in the state is now expected to be held in Sept after officials said the entire examination process has to be restarted and conducting the test immediately is not possible.Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) has begun preparations to conduct the assessment online, senior…
YCMOU has a mix of traditional and new-age courses Pune: Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) has started the online admission process for the 2026–27 academic year for 135 undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma and certificate programmes across 13 faculties, a statement said.The admission process began on July 1, and students can complete it before July 31….
A section of the Pune-Bangalore Highway service road near Mhalunge was left waterlogged after rainfall Pune: Just two days of monsoon rain have once again exposed the fragile state of the city’s roads and drainage infrastructure, with residents flooding social media with images and videos of cratered streets, persistent waterlogging, uneven carriageways and utility chamber…
Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule Pune: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, in a written reply on Thursday, told the legislative assembly that Maharashtra has 1.28 lakh pending land survey cases. He said that the backlog figure of 3.12 crore as raised by Khadakwasla MLA Bhimrao Tapkir was incorrect.The minister acknowledged delays, saying it takes an average of…
