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PGT 2026 winner Luke Mudgway (Photo by Pune Grand Tour) TimesofIndia.com in Pune: Nestled at the foothills of the Western Ghats, Pune witnessed a landmark moment in Indian sporting history as the country successfully brought its first-ever UCI 2.2 category professional cycling event to a close on Friday.Global professional cycling finally made its entry into…
PUNE: An IndiGo flight which landed in Pune from Delhi was held up at the Pune airport for more than an hour after an alleged bomb threat which later was found to be hoax, on Thursday late evening. The flight landed in Pune with over 100 passengers at 9.23pm, later than its original arrival at…
Villages along the route of Pune Grand Tour gather to support riders during India’s first UCI 2.2 road race. TimesofIndia.com in Pune: It was 12:38 pm on Thursday afternoon here. Clutching the metal barrier, a mother-son duo stood rooted among a swelling queue of spectators who had just witnessed a spectacular flag-off.As people around them…
Image Credit: TimesContent (TOI Archives) MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Urban Development Department on Thursday conducted the annual lottery determining mayoral reservations across the state’s 29 municipal corporations.Out of 29 Municipal Corporations, 1 is Scheduled Tribe (ST) , 3 Scheduled Caste (SC) (2 women SC), 8 Other Backward Caste (4 woman), 17 General (9 women). “Democracy Sliding…
PUNE: The State Election Commission (SEC) will return to traditional bottled indelible ink for the upcoming zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections on Feb 5, following controversy over marker pens used in recent municipal corporation polls, which allegedly left erasable marks, sparking concerns of bogus voting.“We will use indelible ink bottles instead of marker pens…
India National Team cyclists (Photo by @PuneGrandTour on X) NEW DELHI: “I was in school when I came to know about cycling. One day, I was riding on the road in my hometown, Rourkela, Odisha. I saw a cyclist. It was amazing. His cycle was different with all those gears, helmet, and goggles, I thought,…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday dismissed suggestions that deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had been “rejected” on his home turf, saying voters had instead endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and the BJP’s governance model. “I will not say that people have rejected dada, rather they have accepted the leadership of…
Two-Thirds Majority For Saffron Party In Pune & Pimpri Chinchwad | 14 Months After Powering Mahayuti Back To Office In State, Devendra Fadnavis Crafts Stunning Victories. Combined NCPs No Match As Lotus Blooms Again In Both Civic Bodies, Cong StrugglesPUNE: The two NCP groups forged an alliance in the hopes of recapturing the bastions in…
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar(File Photo) PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar used his political acumen to challenge the BJP on his home turf in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad but the civic election results on Friday showed that he failed to make a dent. Though the verdict is not impressive for Ajit Pawar, political observers said…
MALEGAON: In its maiden contest for Malegaon MC, Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra (ISLAM) party, floated by former NCP MLA Asif Shaikh, ended Congress domination by winning 35 seats. However, it fell short of a clear majority of 43 in the 84-seat corporation.ISLAM had tied up with SP, which bagged five seats. Mumbai And…
