Pune: The Hadapsar police on Friday registered a case against a medical practitioner attached to a private hospital for allegedly threatening a deceased patient’s relative’s friend with a licensed pistol during a dispute over a hospital bill.The incident took place on the hospital premises on Thursday night when the complainant visited the doctor’s cabin seeking…
Pune: Former three-time national table tennis champion Vasanth Bharadwaj believes sports administrators often take the “power and authority” of their role seriously but ignore the “service” aspect that comes with their position.“My view, in terms of sports administration, is that our administrators take governance very seriously, but not the service orientation that is needed,” said…
Pune: Rainfall returned to parts of Maharashtra over the past 24 hours with moderate showers in sections of Western Ghats and Pune district, but India Meteorological Department said monsoon activity is likely to remain subdued across much of the state over the coming week.“The fresh showers followed formation of a low-pressure area over eastern India….
A DigiYatra gate at the Pune airport Pune: DigiYatra, India’s biometric airport facilitation platform, will soon begin live trials for international passengers as part of a phased global rollout, as it prepares for expansion to 26 more airports in the current financial year.DigiYatra Foundation CEO Suresh Khadakbhavi told TOIthat the platform, using facial recognition and…
Standing committee chairperson Shrinath Bhimale said PMC was taking steps to strengthen airport connectivity in tandem with the airport’s expansion Pune: PMC standing committee on Thursday approved Rs 30 crore for acquiring land to develop a 30-metre-wide road to improve connectivity to Lohegaon airport. The civic administration plans to acquire around 14,600sqm of land for…
An AI-generated illustration shows workers in protective gear overseeing large-scale tuberculosis (TB) vaccine manufacturing at a modern pharmaceutical plant in India Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) and Gates Medical Research Institute (Gates MRI) have entered an agreement to manufacture M72/AS01E, a novel tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate.The clinical trial of the vaccine candidate is in…
Devendra Fadnavis, Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, Sunetra Pawar PUNE: The recent meeting of NCP working president Praful Patel and state president Sunil Tatkare with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis without the knowledge of the party chief, Sunetra Pawar, has triggered speculations of a rift in the outfit’s top brass.Patel and Tatkare visited chief minister’s official residence,…
Former MLA and Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Dhangekar PUNE: Former MLA and Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Dhangekar, his wife, and 12 others have been booked in connection with the alleged suicide of a 65-year-old contractor in Pune, police said. The deceased, identified as Khalil Shaikh, allegedly died by suicide at his residence in the Gultekdi…
A court in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Siya Goyal and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, by another 14 days PUNE: A court in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Siya Goyal and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, by another 14 days in connection with the…
Pune: Maharashtra’s classrooms are still grappling with some of the most basic facilities despite hosting country’s second-largest school enrolments at 2.16 crore students. Fresh UDISE Plus 2025-26 data shows that more than 9,900 schools across the state continue to lack functional toilets for girls and boys, exposing a stark gap between infrastructure claimed on paper…
