Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) The NCP core committee, chaired by party president and Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, on Friday staked claim over Raigad, Pune, and Parbhani local body constituencies seats for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council polls slated for June 18. The last date for filing nominations is June 1. The meeting was attended by Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare, senior minister Chhagan Bhujbal, former Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse Patil, former minister Dhananjay Munde, and MP Par…
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Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Calling the death of 12 people after consuming spurious liquor in Pune’s Hadapsar and Pimpri-Chinchwad’s Dapodi-Phugewadi areas as “extremely unfortunate”, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar said on Friday that those responsible for the incident will not be spared. The Deputy Chief Minister has directed the administration to conduct a thorough, deep-rooted investigation into the incident.Taking serious note of the tragedy, Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar co…
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, on Friday expressed serious concern over the deaths of 13 people after consuming illegal toxic liquor in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad and directed the Police Commissioners of the two cities to take the strictest possible action and show absolutely no leniency toward those involved in manufacturing or distributing the hooch.He has instructed officials to conduct a thorough probe and ensure that nobody involved in the racket escapes…
Pune, May 29 (IANS) At least 13 people have died and several others are reported to be in critical condition after allegedly consuming toxic liquor in Maharashtra’s Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas. An FIR has been registered at Dapodi Police Station under Crime No. 114/2026. The case has been filed under Sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 123 (causing hurt by means of harmful substances with intent to commit a crime), along with other relevant sections of the Bharatiya N…
Pune, May 29 (IANS) A serious incident has come to light in Pune, Maharashtra, involving an alleged attack on a female employee of the Pune Municipal Corporation who was conducting Census-2027 work. It has been alleged that while going door-to-door to collect information for the census, the female employee and her colleagues were verbally abused. The following day, she and her son were allegedly surrounded and brutally assaulted. The woman has further alleged that the attackers tore her clothes,…
Pune, May 28 (IANS) The National Defence Academy (NDA) is set to conduct its 150th Passing Out parade (POP) at the iconic tri-services academy campus at Pune’s Khadakwasla on May 30.The grand ceremony will mark the commissioning of 355 cadets into the Indian Armed Forces.Ahead of the historic and momentous occasion, a full dress-rehearsal was conducted at the same iconic grounds in Khadakwasla, setting the momentum for the grand ceremony.The dress rehearsal saw a spectacular display of fly pas…
Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) In a major initiative aimed at ensuring the social, economic, educational and health empowerment of single women in Maharashtra, the state government has approved the formation of a Draft Committee for the ‘Single Women Policy’.The Minister of Women and Child Development, Aditi Tatkare, on Thursday said the proposed policy seeks to facilitate access to various government welfare schemes for single women and recommends comprehensive measures for their empowerment and overall…
Pune, May 28 (IANS) A serious case of road rage has come to light in the Wagholi area of Pune district, Maharashtra, where the occupants of a car allegedly assaulted a couple travelling on a motorcycle along with their three-year-old child. Police have registered a case against four individuals, including two women, in connection with the incident. According to the complaint lodged at the Wagholi Police Station, the complainant, Shantanu Niranjan Shukla (35), an engineer employed with a private …
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, May 27 (IANS) Gujarat health authorities have quarantined four people, including a businessman who recently arrived from Africa, as a precautionary measure amid heightened surveillance over Ebola outbreaks reported in Uganda and Congo, State Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said on Wednesday. The Minister said a 37-year-old businessman identified as Amori Lokola arrived in Mumbai around five to seven days ago before travelling to Vadodara.After the businessman developed a…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) India is the second-largest data centre market in the Asia-Pacific region with 1.6 GW of operational capacity and is also among the top three markets by development pipeline, with 3.1 GW under construction and planned, according to a new report on Wednesday.The country is emerging as one of Asia Pacific’s most significant growth markets for digital infrastructure, as accelerating AI adoption, hyperscale cloud expansion, and rising enterprise demand continue to reshape …