The Latest Breaking News from Pune

PUNE: Maharashtra has dominated the ‘Streets4People Challenge’, a competition organised under the Smart City mission which aims at recognising innovative efforts for creating “walking-friendly streets”.

PUNE: A 41-year-old mother of two showed grit and great composure as she took controls of the steering of a bus she was travelling in with 32 other women and children after the driver of the vehicle suffered a seizure.

PUNE: The daily oxygen demand across Pune district has grown slightly to 90-95 metric tonnes (MT) as compared to the 85-90 MT in a week-ago period, with Food and Drug Administration officials (FDA) claiming preparedness to meet any jump in oxygen demand.

PUNE: Only 6% of the total beneficiaries for the precaution dose of Covid vaccines have availed it eight days into the drive in the district and the health officials attributed the low response to the miscued idea that the Omicron strain caused mild illness, besides many citizens not completing the…

On a cold December morning in 2018, a strange event occurred on the grounds of D.E.S. Navalmal Firodia Law College in Pune. The staff was gingerly led into their staff room for an unexpected meeting. The room was crowded with extra chairs and the doors were closed. Inside the room…

Maharashtra saw sporadic incidents of violence, road and rail blockages, torching of vehicles, rallies and shutdown of markets during a bandh called by Dalit groups on Wednesday. They are protesting over the death of a 28-year-old man, who was killed in riots between Dalit and Maratha groups that erupted at the bicentenary celebration…

Huge protests by Dalit groups erupted in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, a day after members of the community were attacked on their way to Bhima-Koregaon in Pune district. One person died and five were injured in Monday’s violence during an event to celebrate the historic “Battle of Bhima…