The Times of India - Pune

Maha restos can open on Oct 5 at 50% capacity

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 02:58:45 GMT

To provide a boost to industries in MMR, industrial and manufacturing units of non-essential items can restart operations.

Inquiries for int’l travel bookings pick pace

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 02:53:00 GMT

International leisure travel enquiries and bookings from the city have picked up for the first time in six months, though India continues its embargo on flights beyond borders.

Clusters final for largest sero survey in Pune

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 02:43:00 GMT

Medical experts from the civic body’s health department and D Y Patil Medical College and Hospital have finalised the clusters in the municipal limits for the upcoming largest sero survey in the district.

Maharashtra: 1L solar pumps for farmers soon

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:46:21 GMT

The burden of cross-subsidy on high-end electricity users will be reduced to some extent, with the state planning to provide a total one lakh solar agri pumps to farmers in Maharashtra, a government official said.

Aarey protests: Withdraw cases, says Maha CM

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:28:33 GMT

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing felling of trees for a proposed metro car shed in Aarey Colony, a prime green lung of the city.

Lockdown in Maharashtra extended till Oct 31

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:30:28 GMT

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday extended coronavirus-induced lockdown till October 31, but also said that hotels, restaurants and bars will be allowed to operate from October 5 with restricted capacity. Hotels, food courts, restaurants and bars can operate from October 5 with capacity not exceeding 50 percent or as prescribed by local authorities.

Botched up surgery: Ayurveda doc jailed

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:28:27 GMT

In a first such conviction in the state, two doctors — both having Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) degree — were given 10 years of imprisonment for committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304-II of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the Pune sessions court on Tuesday.

Director Shekhar Kapur to be next FTII chairman

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:32:59 GMT

The Union ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) confirmed on Tuesday that veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur would be the next chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) governing council, as well as president of FTII Society.

Pune, 16 districts see drop in Covid cases

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:30:07 GMT

State surveillance experts said 17 districts, including Pune, that have registered a drop in active cases will have to continue showing the trend through October for it to be said that Covid-19 may be slowing and the threat of a second wave is “hypothetical”.

ICU bed availability improves across Pune

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 02:43:00 GMT

The availability of beds in the intensive care units (ICU) in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad areas improved to more than 350 on Tuesday, as against less than 100 earlier this month, on account of decline in active Covid-19 cases.

Trio rob cabbie of his car at gunpoint in Maha

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 02:30:00 GMT

In the third case of citizens being robbed at gunpoint since September 16, three men robbed a cab driver of his four-wheeler on Monday night while he was waiting outside a firm at the Hinjewadi IT Park to pick up his wife who works there.

Health app glitch hampers survey

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:30:00 GMT

(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on September 30, 2020)

Maha sees 14,976 new Covid cases, 430 deaths

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:22:02 GMT

Staff stir takes toll on SPPU exams

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:26 GMT

The varsity has been forced to postpone its final-year test schedule from October 1to 10 with 1,365 employees on strike

4 held for gang-raping teenage girl in Nagpur

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:32:01 GMT

Four men were arrested in Nagpur in Maharashtra on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girlfriend of one of them last month, police said.

Maha govt will last full term: Sanjay Raut

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:48:35 GMT

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government will complete its five-year term, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday while ruling out possibility of mid-term elections in the state.

Expensive remdesivir drives up treatment cost

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:26:36 GMT

The high retail price of antiviral drug remdesivir per vial has made Covid-19 treatment unaffordable for many.

Saurabh Rao stresses on low-key festivities

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 06:22:46 GMT

Divisional commissioner Saurabh Rao on Monday emphasized on low-key Das ara and Diwali in the districtfollowing the surge in the Covid-19 cases after the recentlyconcluded Ganeshotsav.

Pune: Doctor couple robbed at gunpoint

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 05:34:50 GMT

Two men, riding a scooter, robbed a doctor couple from Bibvewadi of two gold rings and a wrist watch totally worth Rs1.20 lakh at the point of a pistol after the couple had stopped their car near new Katraj tunnel on the Pune-Bengaluru highway for a break around 12.30am on Sunday.

Constables’ transfers: Crowding at top cop’s office

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 05:18:39 GMT

An internal shakeup of 1,200 Pune police personnel, mostly constables, triggered a crowd situation and social distancing concerns at the police commissioner’s office on Monday after more than 150 of the personnel gathered to voice their grievances against the transfers.