Pune:Β Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Sunday claimed that barring Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to lose the upcoming Assembly elections in the other three states and a Union Territory. Addressing the media in his hometown Baramati, Pawar said his assessment was based on the ground level situation and reports […]
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Credit Suisse VP mowed down by drunk driver in Pune
Pune |Β The Vice President of global investment banking company Credit Suisse, Ankur Khandelwal, was killed here after being knocked down by a speeding car driven by a man in an allegedly drunken state, who has been arrested. The Deputy Commissioner of Police in Pune, Pankaj Deshmukh, told the media that the preliminary medical report of […]
Former student leader of AMU, Sharjeel Usmani booked by Maharashtra police for fanning ‘communal hatred’
Pune :Β Amid a political uproar, the Maharashtra Police has booked students’ leader Sharjeel Usmani for his controversial anti-Hindu and other comments and inciting communal passions, officials said here on Wednesday. The Swargate Police Station early this morning filed a First Information Report (FIR) based on a complaint by a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Secretary, Advocate […]
Serum Institute of India plans to launch Covovax by June: Adar Poonawalla
Pune:Β In what could be a mega boost to the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive in India, the Serum Institute of India (SII) has announced its plan to launch its new vaccine, Covovax, by June this year. SII CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday that its partnership for a Covid-19 vaccine with Novavax has shown excellent efficacy […]
Major fire breaks out in Serum Institute plant in Pune
Pune:Β A major fire engulfed one of the buildings situated within the Serum Institute of India (SII)’s plant here on Thursday afternoon, officials said. There are no immediate reports of casualties. Thick clouds of smoke could be seen billowing out of one of the buildings in the SII complex at Gopalpatti, though company officials remained tightlipped […]
SII’s Covid vaccination era kicks off to save India
Pune:Β The much-anticipated Covid vaccination era finally kicked off when three trucks laden with the doses of the vaccine, rolled out of the Serum Institute of India (SII) plant for the airport, to save the nation, before dawn on Tuesday. The trucks came out of the SII premises under a massive security cordon led by Deputy […]
Maha farmers spill thousands of lts of milk on streets demanding an increase in milk procurement prices
Pune (Maharashtra): Hundreds of farmers on Tuesday emptied tankers and cans containing thousands of litres of milk on the streets in Sangli, Kolhapur, Jalna, Hingoli, Solapur and Pune demanding an increase in milk procurement prices. Hundreds of activists led by Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) President Raju Shetti took to the streets all over the state, […]
Pune man gets Rs 19K earbuds instead of Rs 300 lotion ordered online
Pune: A man in Pune has earned the envy of social media users after he revealed that Amazon India sent him Bose earbuds costing Rs 19,000 when he ordered a skin lotion worth Rs 300 on the e-commerce platform. What is more, Amazon even refused to take the earbuds back when he reported the matter […]
Awaiting ambulance, Pune man dies in chair
Pune: In a shocker, a 54-year old man in Maharashtra died in a chair on a Pune road awaiting an ambulance during the lockdown early on Saturday, officials and family members said. The victim’s distraught wife, sister and other relatives sat around him in a circle, maintaining physical distance, as local social activists and volunteers […]
Two Army soldiers killed, five others injured during bridging exercise in Pune
New Delhi: Two Indian Army personnel were killed and five others injured on Thursday, while carrying out a bridging exercise at the College of Military Engineering (CME) at Dapodi in Pune. “Two combat engineers lost their lives during a training session while carrying out a bridging exercise,” a senior Indian Army officer said. The officers […]