The tipping point for the current unrest was the administration’s handling of the Aug 16 tragedy Pune: Around 100 students of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune staged a protest on Thursday, voicing grievances against the suspension and hostel expulsion of the student body’s general secretary, alleged curbs on student agency,…
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.”This was the basis behind a petition filed by city resident Pushkar Kulkarni in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2025, against the backdrop of the increasingly apparent water crisis in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. His demand was propelled by the absence of concrete data on water availability, from…
Two people died at BSNL duct in Nigdi Pradhikaran on Wednesday Pune: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has taken cognisance of the deaths of two people inside an underground cable chamber in Nigdi and issued notices to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), the police commissioner and the assistant commissioner of social welfare,…
Pune: The Warje police have arrested a man (65) and his wife (60) for allegedly beating their 30-year-old son to death at their home during the intervening night of Aug 24 and 25 after he demanded non-vegetarian food for dinner while in an inebriated condition. His parents refused to serve him non-vegetarian food, citing the…
Anxious families of Maharashtra tourists missing in Nepal Pune: Sixty-one of the 114 people from Maharashtra identified in the flood-hit Nepal-Tibet border region remain unreachable due to a near-total communication blackout, a senior state disaster management official told TOI on Thursday.The official said authorities also managed to establish contact with 199 people, including a group…
Pune: PMC has decided to hand over a land parcel at Katraj Chowk for Metro project, but commuters fear it will worsen congestion at one of the city’s busiest junctions long before any long-term relief, with no clear plan yet to manage the growing traffic chaos.Already choked by ongoing Metro and flyover construction, Katraj Chowk…
Pune: PMC standing committee on Thursday directed the civic health department and all 15 ward offices to conduct daily spraying and fogging drives at vulnerable locations amid fears of a rise in dengue and chikungunya cases.Standing committee chairperson Shrinath Bhimale also instructed health inspectors to visit housing societies and open plots to ensure that stagnant…
Govt has also mandated monthly progress reports on recoveries Pune: State govt has laid down a new procedure to speed up execution of MahaRERA orders and providing relief to stuck homebuyers, empowering revenue officials to trace, attach and, if necessary, auction properties of defaulting builders.The revenue department, through an order issued on Tuesday, directed authorities…
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Warje police have arrested a couple for allegedly killing their 30-year-old son PUNE: Warje police have arrested a 65-year-old unemployed man and his wife (60) for allegedly beating their 30-year-old son, a casual worker, to death sometime during the night intervening Aug 24 and 25 at their home after he demanded non-vegetarian food for dinner…
