Pune:Maharashtra is witnessing a significant surge in influenza A (H1N1) cases, with the 2026 tally already surpassing the total recorded for the entire previous year. By Aug 21, this year, the state had reported 1,109 H1N1 cases, a sharp increase compared to the 942 cases recorded throughout all of 2025.Mumbai and Pune remain the primary…
Pune: Two bike-borne men in helmets posed as police constables to dupe a Cantonment water supply department staffer out of Rs38,000 around 3.40am on Sunday. The suspects pretended to check the complainant’s phone to con him.The complainant, a contractual staffer with the department registered an FIR with the Wanowrie police on Monday evening.Wanowrie police senior…
Pune: The Shivajinagar police have registered a case against 150 National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) members for allegedly forming an unlawful assembly, rioting and criminally trespassing into CoEP Technological University hostel premises on Friday, deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Krushikesh Rawale said.College hostel’s chief administrative officer Raju Tukaramji Pachkor (60) lodged the complaint,…
Pune: Congress and both NCP groups’ corporators on Tuesday agitated at PMC’s general body meeting over unresolved issues in the merged areas even though the new GB was formed six months ago. They brought up property tax collection from citizens from the fringe parts and displayed boards demanding urgent resolutions and clarity on the issue.Kaka…
Pune: Incomplete development plan roads, encompassing 700km, are making daily commuters face epic traffic snarls and congestion. The revelation on incomplete roads from the administration came at PMC’s general body meeting on Tuesday when many corporators raised concerns over pending road projects from their areas hampering overall traffic.The authorities said that most development plan (DP)…
Pune: Electoral registration officers in Pune division will hear 50 to 150 SIR cases every day after publication of the draft electoral rolls. Chief electoral officer S Chockalingam told officials on Tuesday to use daily dashboard data to set clear targets for disposal of cases and ensure that voters are troubled.At a review meeting for…
A festive Onam spread, with a dog-friendly twist, lets Pune’s pets join the celebrations Pune: Kerala eateries and delivery kitchens across Pune are busy prepping for the traditional sadhya, an elaborate vegetarian meal served on a banana leaf, as the city’s Malayali community observes Thiruvonam today. For the community in Pune, Onam is as much…
A pillion rider holds a large leaf of Leea macrophylla, commonly known as Large-Leaf Leea, as he enjoys a scooter ride with his friends amid a brief spell of rain in Pune city Pune: The city and its adjoining areas received mostly very light to light rain on Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Members of Pimpri Chinchwad Small Industries Association meet Maharashtra industries minister Uday Samant in Mumbai Pune: Days after industrialists from Chakan raised concerns over poor infrastructure in their MIDC, industry groups in Pimpri Chinchwad approached the state government to demand solutions to their own long-pending issues. They also demanded the Pimpri Chinchwad MIDC be made…
Pune: Has India shot itself in its foot by stopping sure-shot-medal women rowers from boarding the flight to Aichi-Nagoya?The government’s overzealous attitude towards pruning the Indian contingent for the Asian Games next month has not been confined only to tennis, but to rowing as well.The women’s rowing teams of Suman Devi & Diljot Kaur in…
