Move Aims To Finish Prelim Verification At Doorstep PUNE: Booth-level officers (BLOs) have started collecting supporting documents from voters during home visits in cases involving discrepancies or gaps in previous-roll mapping, with door-to-door verification under Maharashtra’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls extended till Aug 17.Officials said the move was aimed at completing preliminary…
Pune: NCP (SP) politician Rohit Pawar on Sunday said he was confident that their eight MPs would be present in Parliament and vote against the proposed delimitation bill, even as he said he was waiting to see how the situation actually unfolded amid reports that his party may stand in support.Speaking to reporters in Pune,…
Tanisha Koticha (L) and Sayali Wani competed at the championship held in New Delhi Pune: Two students from Pune have won a collective three medals at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2026.MIT World Peace University second year students Tanisha Koticha and Sayali Wani, pursuing BBA Business Analytics, have set an international flag in their nascent…
Pune: A 26-year-old grocer died by suicide in Bhosari after a woman customer allegedly threatened to lodge a police complaint against him, accusing him of stealing her gold earring, which she claimed had fallen at his shop.The woman allegedly took Rs 1 lakh from the victim, who was 50% disabled, and demanded an additional Rs…
Pothole-riddled roads in Chakan MIDC Pune: A two-day deadline has been set for civic officials to repair potholes across Pimpri Chinchwad amid growing complaints of damaged roads.Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi held a review meeting with civic engineers on Saturday and directed divisional executive engineers, deputy engineers and junior engineers to inspect…
Adulterated milk being destroyed by discharging it into the drain by the FDA officials in Pune A block of paneer being inspected for whether or not it is cheese analogue Adulterated milk being destroyed by discharging it into the drain by the FDA officials in Pune A block of paneer being inspected for whether or…
Pune: The sugar industry needs to move beyond conventional sugar production and evolve into a multiproduct biomass resource by expanding into ethanol, biogas, bio-CNG and other value-added products to improve its economic viability, former state home and finance minister Jayant Patil said on Friday. Speaking at the 71st annual convention of the Deccan Sugar Technologies…
Pune: Holders of old grant properties in cantonments will now have a defined, time-bound procedure for seeking permission to transfer or mutate their occupancy rights, with the station commander (brigadier-rank officer) designated as the competent authority to decide such applications.Under the new procedure laid down by the Ministry of Defence, applications will be submitted to…
To facilitate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) set up registration desks at public places across the city, including the premises of a Gurudwara in Ravet Pune: Villages are racing ahead in digitisation of voter records under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with booth level officers (BLOs)…
Toy libraries are reporting a rise in memberships as families opt to borrow age-appropriate toys, puzzles, STEM kits and children’s books instead of buying new ones every few weeks Pune: Toys come and go, but the pile of unused ones in the corner stays forever, or at least, it used to. As children outgrow toys…
