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NHRC sword hangs over top Pune officials
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Mumbai: The top administrative brass of Pune—the Municipal Commissioner and the Police Commissioner—are likely to face unprecedented legal and regulatory action from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over their persistent failure to rein in illegal, deafening sound systems. With...
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Raucous Reverence
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The assault of a Pune resident and anti-noise activist vocal about excessive noise during festivals is a disturbing reminder of what happens when religious enthusiasm becomes a licence for civic lawlessness. A disagreement over loudspeakers and DJs should be settled...
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Rahul’s ‘Ladies Special’
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Mumbai: They came carrying more than placards and flags, but with hope and faith writ on their faces.
Thousands of young women from Pune city, the district and adjoining regions converged on Saturday evening to hear Congress Leader of Opposition...
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Anganwadi worker’s expose sparks row
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Mumbai: An innocuous video of bad quality food items posted by an Anganwadi worker in Pune sparked off a major political spat with the ruling Mahayuti and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi trading charges.
Three days ago, an Anganwadi worker, Reshma...
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Hollow Hearts
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Pune has long cultivated an image of itself as Maharashtra’s cultural and educational capital. Yet, the alleged murder of a young businessman by his fiancée and her lover at Lohagad Fort reveals a darker reality that beneath the city’s polished...
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Water rationing in Pune
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Pune: Facing the prospect of a weak monsoon and rapidly dwindling water reserves, the Pune Municipal Corporation will begin imposing its proposed water cuts across the city, with residents set to receive water on alternate days from...
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MVA’s Pune misfire exposes schisms
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The unopposed election of Vikram Kakade to the Legislative Council has triggered fresh recriminations within the opposition coalition.
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Pune: As expected, Vikram Kakade of the Mahayuti was elected unopposed from the Pune Local Authorities’ constituency of the Legislative...
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Parth tightens grip on NCP
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A contentious candidate selection in the Legislative Council election suggests a decisive shift in NCP’s internal balance of power
Pune: Ahead of the Legislative Council elections for the Local Self-Government Constituencies, MP and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) General Secretary Parth...
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More Than Caregivers
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Now that the hype around Mother’s Day has come and gone by (wrapped in predictable imagery - flowers, gratitude posts, and carefully worded tributes) it is time to appreciate the role mothers especially those from underprivileged backgrounds playing...
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‘Oxford of the East’ for Sale
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The NEET scandal exposes the commercial ruin of Pune’s academic legacy.
For generations, Pune wore its scholarly reputation with great pride. It was known by its famous sobriquets - Vidyeche Maherghar (“abode of learning”) and ‘Oxford of the East’. Students...
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Maharashtra’s EV Boom and the Hidden Urban Infrastructure Crises
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The state’s electric vehicle boom promises cleaner cities and industrial renewal, but the transition is exposing the deep social and energy vulnerabilities of India’s urban future.
India’s electric vehicle revolution is picking up pace, and Maharashtra is one of the...
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Broken Trust
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The rape and murder of a four-year-old child is not merely a crime but the collapse of the most basic covenant that binds a society together. When such brutality is inflicted upon someone so young, so defenceless, the usual language...
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