Pune: In a huge embarrassment for Indian rowing and the Army Rowing Node (ARN) in particular, World Cup gold medallist Lakshay has been suspended provisionally after returning a positive result in an out of competition dope test.Lakshay, who had combined with Ujjwal Singh to clinch the lightweight double scull gold at World Cup 3 in…
Vehicles pass though the dark stretch of the Pune Camp area Vehicles pass through the dark stretch of the road in the Camp area Vehicles pass through the dark stretch of the road in the Camp area Vehicles pass though the dark stretch of the Pune Camp area Vehicles pass through the dark stretch of…
Hundreds gathered in Pune for a protest march demanding the education minister’s resignation. PUNE: Rain rang steadily on hundreds of colourful umbrellas. Rap music blared from portable speakers. Bollywood posters were given satirical makeovers. As chants of “Dharmendra Pradhan resign” echoed through the city’s old parts on Friday evening, Gen Z turned a protest march…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Pune: A day after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s statement that the state’s biggest paper leak took place under Uddhav Thackeray’s MVA govt in 2021, Shiv Sena (UBT) hit back, claiming that…
Pune: The Pune Police EOW on Friday arrested a man, Avinash Rathod, accused of duping hundreds of investors of Rs88 crore by promising huge returns on investments in his schemes. A case was registered against Rathod and his wife at the Chatushrungi police station in April 2023. Since then, Rathod has been absconding. A look-out…
The civic administration has partnered with private developers to advance pending road works Pune: PMC’s long-delayed “missing link” project may finally gain momentum, with the civic body announcing plans to complete 12 critical road stretches within a year.According to civic data, Pune has 459 km of missing road links. Out of a total of 678…
A massive pipeline stretches from a dam, highlighting modern water infrastructure and large-scale supply management Pune: The long-pending Andra closed water pipeline project has moved a step closer to implementation after the state irrigation department allowed Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to start the tendering process for use of land around the dam.The project was…
The teachers’ association said that verification work depended on voters submitting documents and cannot be completed through administrative pressure alone, and urged govt to ensure that election duties do not come at the cost of teachers’ health and safety Pune: Teachers across Maharashtra are facing huge pressure doing their duty for the Special Intensive Revision…
Pune: The state anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Pune, arrested a controller attached to the MSRTC’s Baramati MIDC depot on Thursday while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh from a contractor to facilitate the payment of his bills.The ACB team, led by inspector Santosh Patil, laid a trap near the Baramati MSRTC bus…
The firing was fallout of an old dispute between the two minors PHOTO BY UMESH KUMAR Pune: An old dispute between two minors triggered aerial firing in the Lohiyanagar area around 6pm on Friday, but no one was injured.Senior inspector Shashikant Chavan of the Khadak police said, “The accused and the victim in the firing…
