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PUNE: Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil, renowned for his work on the Western Ghats, passed away in Pune on Thursday following a brief illness, family sources confirmed. He was 83.Gadgil breathed his last late Wednesday night at a Pune hospital, the sources added.In 2024, the United Nations honoured him with the Champions of the Earth award,…
Former Union minister and ex-IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi passes away in Pune PUNE: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Suresh Kalmadi passed away at the age of 81 after a prolonged illness. He was undergoing treatment at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune. According to his office, Kalmadi’s mortal remains will be kept at Kalmadi…
PUNE: The State Election Commission (SEC) would follow the Dec 2014 directive issued by then state election commissioner Nand Lal for handling unopposed wins for the municipal corporation elections, where over 60 candidates from 29 corporations are likely to be elected unopposed, senior SEC officials told TOI on Saturday.SEC directed all municipal commissioners to submit…
PUNE: A Shiv Sena candidate from the Dhankawdi-Sahakarnagar ward of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was booked on Wednesday after he allegedly swallowed the A and B form of another party member at the ward office in the afternoon.Assistant election officer and nayab tehsildar Manisha Bhutkar filed a complaint with the Bharati Vidyapeeth police, after…
Ajit Pawar’s NCP & Sharad Pawar’s fraction to contest together in Pimpri Chinchwad PUNE: Deputy chief minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Sunday announced that NCP and NCP (SP) will contest the upcoming Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections in an alliance.Addressing a campaign rally in Talawade for party candidates, Pawar said, “In Pimpri Chinchwad,…
Sometimes, real life is stranger than fiction, and news of a couple from Pune, India, deciding to get separated within a day of their wedding is one such new incident. What makes this more bizarre is the fact that the couple dated each other for over two years before tying the knot, reported India Today….
PUNE: Arrested gangster Bandu, alias Suryakant Andekar, went to the Bhavani Peth ward office on Saturday to file nomination for the PMC polls but could not complete the process in the absence of requisite papers.His daughter-in-law, Sonali, and sister-in-law Laxmi, also went to the same ward office. They, too, could not submit their nominations.Kalyan Pandhare,…
PUNE:That signature smile of netas, the usual “namaskars” and umpteen vows seem outdated to win voters’ favour. The run-up to the PMC polls is witnessing a redefined way to entice voters — offering Paithani saris, highend vehicles, plots of land and even holiday trips to Thailand in lucky draws.With the local polls in Maharashtra taking…
Pune company’s Delhi-Mumbai express-way contract may be axed over delays NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Wednesday slapped an “intention to termination notice” – the final procedure before termination – on Roadways Solutions India Infra Ltd (RSIL) for failing to meet the construction target of a 35-km stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai…
NEW DELHI: Another incident on road safety and civic sense has become viral, this time from Pune. A video going viral on the internet shows two men including a foreigner taking it upon themselves to teach Pune commuters a lesson in road sense.The video shows two men standing in the middle of the footpath, diverting…
