For drinking purposes, small manufacturers rely on 20-litre water cans Pune: Industrial clusters outside MIDC areas are increasingly facing water shortages, mirroring the supply constraints in municipal regions. These units are generally smaller in scale, with limited workforce and rely heavily on alternative sources like borewells and private water tankers, industry representatives said.“Most of these…
Shaniwar Wada and several landmark sites, including Kasba Ganpati, Lal Mahal, Bhide Wada, Mahatma Phule Mandai, Tulshibaug, and Vishrambaug Wada, is likely to be developed under the SPV Pune: Hemant Rasane, a member of legislative assembly (MLA) from Kasba Peth, on Thursday demanded that the state govt establish a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to develop…
Most people judge a country by what it shows the world, its skylines, its universities, its economic growth. Nelson Mandela judged it by something almost nobody puts on a brochure. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails,” he said. “A nation should not be judged…
KOCHI: Star shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa, who won the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, says she is not a fan of badminton’s new 15×3 scoring system, arguing that the diet version strips the sport of the drama and intensity that have made it so riveting. The All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament,…
Rahul Vishwanath Karad calls for academic model combining Warkari tradition with higher education PUNE: The government should develop a new academic model to integrate the Warkari tradition into higher education, said Dr Rahul Vishwanath Karad, Executive President of MIT World Peace University (MIT WPU). He said educationists should come together to explore how the values…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad traffic police have cancelled 1,855 AI-generated e-challans worth nearly Rs 15 lakh that were issued on Rath Yatra day, July 16, after finding that many motorists were penalised due to temporary traffic arrangements put in place for the annual procession.A senior traffic police officer said several roads along the 16-km Rath Yatra…
Mumbai became a hub of activism on Wednesday, as protests unfolded over allegations of exam irregularities MUMBAI: Mumbai witnessed protests at several locations on Wednesday in support of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) agitation over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, with police detaining several demonstrators and forcibly evicting senior Congress leaders from a key intersection…
The Sun would rise in the west on Venus, but that is only the beginning of how strange a day there would feel. A day is usually one of the simplest measurements we have. The Sun comes up, crosses the sky and disappears below the horizon. We mark the passing hours almost without thinking about…
Chennai: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is planning to promote the lesser-known yet significant ancient rock-cut temple in Mahendravadi near Arakkonam, some 90km from Chennai.ASI will create parking facilities and an information centre near the rock monument, which is among the earliest stone temples in Tamil Nadu. It was built by Pallava King Mahendra…
Panaji: The Enough is Enough citizens’ movement, led by Justice Ferdino Rebello, on Tuesday threatened to march to the Town and Country Planning (TCP) department on July 17 to seek a response to its representations to the govt.The movement submitted a 10-point charter of demands to the govt, including the proposed Goa Agricultural Land Protection…
