Surgeon Vice Admiral Manish Honwad has been appointed as the Director and Head (Commandant) of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune: Surgeon vice admiral Manish Honwad assumed charge as the new director and commandant of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, on Tuesday.An AFMC alumnus, Honwad completed his MBBS in 1989 and MD…
Pune: Maharashtra State Faculty Development Authority (MSFDA) has trained around 22,000 teachers from aided colleges so far and plans to train another 10,000 over the next year, its executive director, Shailendra Devlankar, said on Monday.Devlankar told reporters that the training goes beyond academics, with teachers also being trained to counsel students. MSFDA is also helping…
Amenity-rich projects and high-value corridors like Baner-Mahalunge, Kharadi, Wakad, Punawale, and Tathawade are seeing the highest traction this season Pune: The upcoming festive real estate season is shaping up to be less about a surge in new project launches and more about a definitive shift toward larger, premium homes. Developers are increasingly targeting upper-mid and…
Pune: The Vishrambaug police on Monday detained 10 Congress workers marching towards the old city area as a precautionary measure amid political rallies and released them later in the evening.“The 10 workers were detained to maintain law and order in the city. They were released late in the evening,” deputy commissioner of police (Zone I)…
Pune: The city is gearing up for Big Butterfly Month this Sept, with nature groups, citizen scientists, photographers and butterfly enthusiasts preparing to document its rich winged diversity.The month-long initiative will feature guided butterfly walks, species surveys, photography sessions and awareness activities across the city’s hills, gardens, campuses and surrounding habitats, turning everyday green spaces…
A political dispute arose when Amit Thackeray asked for Prime Minister Modi’s photo removal PUNE: Responding to an FIR filed against him for allegedly removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph from a government polytechnic institute in Pune, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Amit Thackeray defended his actions, linking the issue to his respect for Chhatrapati…
Pune: A 45-year-old ex-serviceman allegedly strangled his wife (40) to death and later tried to kill their 17-year-old son at their home in Khed late on Sunday night.The ex-serviceman’s son, Atharva Daundkar, stated in his complaint that his father killed his mother. The accused was allegedly upset with his wife because she was not speaking…
The section near Navlakh Umbre is expected to be especially crucial in reducing congestion, as the proposed road will bypass the village entirely to avoid local traffic Pune: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is nearing completion of a 30-km road that will serve as an alternative to the Talegaon-Shikrapur highway. The road will traverse…
Their demands include revocation of the academic suspension of the student council general secretary and a commitment to hire six permanent counsellors and three permanent psychiatrists by Oct 31, 2026 Pune: Protesting students of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER Pune) submitted a list of demands to the director on Monday. Nearly…
Pune: The draft electoral roll for Pune district’s 21 assembly constituencies, published on Monday under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), has flagged 13,32,418 cases for hearings. These include 5,77,821 electors with discrepancies in their details and 7,54,597 whose names could not be mapped to the 2002 electoral roll.Notices will be issued to these voters after…
