The palkhi of Sant Tukaram Maharaj arrives in Pune city on Thursday evening Pune: As a bleak dawn broke over the rain-soaked skies of Pimpri Chinchwad on Thursday, every road, decorated with colourful rangolis, seemed to lead towards Pune city, welcoming the palkhis of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj.By Thursday afternoon, the cacophony…
Rescuers on top of the garbage mound in Moshi planning their next step Pune: At least 1,150 metric tonnes of trash generated every day in Pimpri Chinchwad is brought to the Moshi waste-to-energy plant for processing. Four separate units, waste-to-energy, plastic, bio-CNG, construction and demolition, process it on 81 acres, an overload for the facility…
BLOs and other officials from the team visit citizens in Shaniwar Peth and JM Road in Pune Pune: Election authorities across the state have begun cracking down on booth-level officers (BLOs) for deliberate absenteeism, repeated non-compliance with official directions and wilful negligence during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Such dereliction of…
Pune: Incessant rain over the last few days has forced booth-level officers (BLOs) to shift part of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise indoors, with camps being organised at housing societies, community halls and wedding halls across Pune district to speed up voter verification.The camp-based model has come up in large residential complexes,…
A panoramic view shows a waterlogged area after authorities released water from the Khadakwasla dam following heavy rain in the catchment areas of Pune’s reservoirs Pune: Just nine days after June ended with half its normal monsoon rainfall, Maharashtra has seen a complete turnaround — successive spells of heavy to extremely heavy rain wiping out…
Residents of Ravet stage a protest outside the MSEDCL office over power cut Pune: Hundreds of families in Ravet spent over 48 hours without electricity after heavy rain damaged the power infrastructure, leaving them struggling without elevators, water pumps, and other essential services.The prolonged outage severely disrupted daily life. IT professionals working from home said…
Over 75% of registered applicants have finalised their admissions, nearly 399,442 students are still awaiting placement Pune: The directorate of education has directed all higher secondary schools and junior colleges across Maharashtra to commence first year junior college (FYJC) classes on July 15, even as the admission process continues through special rounds.The decision follows the…
Irrigation department data released on Wednesday showed that Khadakwasla received more than 400mm of rainfall since June 1 Pune: Water storage across the four dams in the Khadakwasla circle crossed the halfway mark on Wednesday evening, with the Khadakwasla dam reaching its full capacity at 1.97 TMC, prompting water release into the Mutha river for…
Ujani receives water released from the Khadakwasla circle, as well as major reservoirs like Pavana, Mulshi and Veer Pune: The Ujani dam, western Maharashtra’s largest reservoir with a 116 TMC capacity, received nearly 23 TMC of inflow over the past four days, replenishing its live stock to about 8 TMC on Wednesday after it stayed…
Pune: Maharashtra has succeeded in bringing the dropout rate in Stds I-VIII down to zero, but Stds IX-X remain its biggest challenge, with the secondary-school dropout at 9% in 2025-26, latest UDISE+ report has revealed.The dropout rate is the proportion of students from a cohort enrolled at a given level in a specific school year…
