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A 29-year-old printing technology engineer was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his Thosarnagar residence in Kondhwa on Tuesday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/engineer-hangs-self-at-kondhwa-home/articleshow/81789203.cms

Retailers said citizens were crowding grocery shops to stock up on essential items, such as rice, flour and pulses, following apprehensions of a lockdown because of the recent spike in Covid-19 cases. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/fear-of-lockdown-sparks-scramble-for-essentials/articleshow/81788699.cms

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from India | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/india/punjab-amends-policy-convicts-will-now-be-eligible-for-time-to-time-remission-7253769/ v

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/myanmar-junta-makes-ceasefire-offer-but-not-to-protesters-7253803/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-exporters-continue-to-encounter-significant-barriers-in-india-report-7253765/

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-factory-mix-up-ruins-up-to-15-million-johnson-johnson-vaccine-doses-7253716/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/brazil-detects-new-coronavirus-variant-similar-to-south-african-7253693/

from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-covid-19-lockdown-news-live-updates/liveblog/81811205.cms

The Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) added 8,605 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, its highest since the pandemic began last year. Besides, as many as 5,749 patients recovered in the region and 56 succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/days-tally-hits-new-peak-recoveries-stay-above-5k/articleshow/81789542.cms

The state government on Wednesday announced it would not extend the 2% stamp duty waiver on property registrations, a condition that had boosted the real estate sector after the pandemic-induced lockdown, but kept the Ready Reckoner (RR) rates unchanged for the 2021-22 financial year. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/no-extension-in-stamp-duty-waiver-rr-rates-unchanged-for-2021-22/articleshow/81790383.cms

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who underwent an emergency procedure to remove a gall bladder stone late on Tuesday at Breach Candy Hospital, is on the road to recovery, said doctors. Health minister Rajesh Tope said Pawar was doing well and could go home in four to five days. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-emergency-op-on-pawar-to-remove-gall-bladder-stone/articleshow/81796271.cms

The city hospitals have recorded a 50% drop in non-emergency elective surgeries after a fresh spike in Covid cases in March and experts fear large-scale disruption in medical services, including routine immunisations, and maternal and child health services, if there is another round of lockdown. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/50-drop-in-elective-surgeries-across-city-hospitals-in-march/articleshow/81788775.cms

The Pune Municipal Corporation ( PMC) will stop lifting wet trash from the premises of bulk waste generators not processing wet garbage at the source from Thursday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/no-wet-waste-pickup-from-errant-garbage-generators-from-today/articleshow/81789742.cms

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from India | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-147-cases-under-gpid-act-in-4-yrs-7253638/ v

from India | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sharad-pawar-undergoes-endoscopy-for-stone-removal-recovering-well-7252381/ v

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/g-gordon-liddy-watergate-mastermind-dead-at-90-7252344/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pandemic-pushes-gender-equality-back-a-generation-wef-7252341/

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/u-s-condemns-china-moves-to-further-reduce-hong-kong-political-participation-7252287/

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/brazil-military-chiefs-quit-as-bolsonaro-seeks-their-support-7252241/

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from India | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/india/assault-on-abohar-mla-bjp-protests-7252230/ v

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(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on March 31, 2021) from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/cover-story/rs-19000-for-19-km-ambulances-that-overcharge-patients-are-back-in-business/articleshow/81765780.cms

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For days now, Pune district has been carrying out the highest number of vaccinations in the state, data has shown. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-district-vaccination-coverage-now-highest-in-state/articleshow/81766252.cms

Following all-round concerns over the impact of yet another lockdown on the working classes and businesses in the state, the Maharashtra government said on Tuesday a “complete” shutdown is not in the offing, although some restrictions will have to be imposed to break the chain of the Covid-19 infection. Public health minister Rajesh Tope, too, said a complete lockdown would be unaffordable for the state. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/total-lockdown-not-in-offing-more-curbs-soon-maharashtra-govt/articleshow/81770053.cms

Maharashtra in March reported a steady decline in the Covid-19 fatality rate despite the rapid increase in positive cases, data has shown. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maha-covid-death-rate-below-0-5-despite-surge-in-march/articleshow/81766274.cms

Only 3.78 lakh students were admitted to the First Year of Junior College (FYJC) at the end of the final first-come-firstserve round held last week against the 5.59 lakh seats in the six districts of Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Amravati and Aurangabad. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/1-80l-fyjc-seats-vacant-65k-students-stay-away-from-allotted-seats/articleshow/81766806.cms

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pfizer-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-highly-effective-after-first-shot-study-7250882/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/traffic-in-suez-canal-resumes-after-stranded-ship-refloated-7250860/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/new-york-to-open-up-covid-19-vaccine-to-all-adults-on-april-6-7250858/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/woman-says-gov-cuomo-forcibly-kissed-her-cheeks-in-2017-7250849/

from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-pune-nagpur-lockdown-live-updates-30-march-2021/liveblog/81752307.cms

(This story originally appeared in Pune Mirror on March 30,, 2021) from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/crime/14-yr-old-girl-sexually-assaulted-by-3-adults-2-minors-fired-upon/articleshow/81748827.cms

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The maximum temperature touched 40 degrees celsius for the first time this summer in the city after hot winds from north India sent the mercury up in the rest of the state too. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/city-sizzles-at-40-1c-first-time-this-summer/articleshow/81749466.cms

Maharashtra is set to end the Covid-impacted financial year with Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections lower by 11.6% in comparison to the previous year. Data till March 25 shows that in 2019-20, the state collected Rs 1.85 lakh crore as GST, which fell to Rs 1.64 lakh crore in the current year—a Rs 21,594 crore shortfall. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-gst-collections-see-11-6-dip-in-pandemic-year/city/mumbai/maharashtra-gst-collections-see-11-6-dip-in-pandemic-year/articleshow/81750138.cms

from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/pawar-shah-meeting-rumours-swirl-despite-ncp-raut-denial/articleshow/81750977.cms

A 14-year-old gangrape survivor from Parvati had a close shave when one of the five suspects — a minor —fired at her from a pistol after committing the crime in a flat at an SRA scheme in Warje, but the bullet hit her cellphone in the chest pocket of her shirt. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/bullet-hits-mobile-in-shirt-pocket-close-shave-for-gang-rape-survivor/articleshow/81749459.cms

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/amazon-rainforest-plane-crash-pilot-7250047/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/covid-spreading-death-where-vaccines-havent-reached-7250063/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/thousands-flee-into-thailand-following-myanmar-air-strikes-7250058/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/suez-canal-evergiven-container-ship-refloated-7250042/

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/australian-pm-scott-morrisons-approval-rating-falls-to-lowest-in-a-year-7249967/

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Maharashtra is fit for imposing a fresh lockdown in its containment zones with the Covid-19 positivity rate, total confirmed cases per 100 tests, doubling almost every fortnight since January from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/covid-positivity-rate-in-maharashtra-past-its-peak-of-july-20/articleshow/81741724.cms

(This story originally appeared in PuneMirror on March 29, 2021) from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/crime/33-bookies-nabbed-for-betting-during-ind-eng-odi-series/articleshow/81727751.cms

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State home minister Anil Deshmukh said on Sunday that inquiry by a retired high court judge into the allegations by former Mumbai commissioner of police Param Bir Singh would bring out the truth. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/retired-hc-judge-to-probe-charges-against-me-deshmukh/articleshow/81740269.cms

The district registered 25,740 Covid-19 positive cases in the fourth week of March, making it the highest weekly count in the year-long pandemic. This weekly figure is higher than the monthly figure over entire last one year, except for September, peak of the first wave. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/except-sept-last-year-26k-cases-last-week-beat-every-months-total/articleshow/81740350.cms

March 28 was the worst day so far during the current second wave like surge as 88 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported from 11 districts of Vidarbha. Barring Gadchiroli and Gondia, all districts in Vidarbha reported deaths. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/88-covid-19-deaths-in-a-day-highest-in-current-surge/articleshow/81740231.cms

Two persons were killed on the spot and more than a dozen seriously injured after a state-owned Shivshahi bus collided head-on with a pick-up van on Ashti-Alapalli Road in Gadchiroli on Sunday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/2-killed-as-bus-rams-van-in-gadchiroli/articleshow/81740562.cms

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from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/at-the-suez-canal-hoping-a-rising-tide-will-lift-a-boat-4-football-fields-long/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/myanmar-mourns-bloodiest-day-since-coup-un-investigator-condemns-mass-murder-7248868/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/hong-kong-says-initial-investigation-of-biontech-vaccines-shows-no-obvious-systemic-factors-7248843/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/ship-blocking-suez-canal-moves-slightly-unclear-when-it-will-refloat-7248842/

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/stabbing-attack-at-canadian-library-dead-injured-7248801/

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from India | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/india/after-infra-at-farm-stir-sites-sgpc-doles-out-rs-1-lakh-each-to-153-farmers-who-died-7248813/ v

from World | The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com/article/world/rock-concert-barcelona-covid-7248790/

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from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-pune-nagpur-lockdown-live-updates-28-march-2021/liveblog/81731440.cms

(This story originally appeared in Pune Mirror on March 28, 2021) from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/cover-story/pvt-hospitals-rue-miscommunication-from-pmc-on-cvc-nod/articleshow/81728002.cms

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With Covid-19 cases surging in the state, the Maharashtra government on Saturday issued details of the new restrictions it was imposing: prohibiting gatherings of more than five people in public places from 8pm to 7am from Saturday midnight across the state and putting public places like gardens, beaches and seafronts out of bounds between 8pm to 7 am. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/8pm-to-7am-gatherings-of-5-banned-in-maharashtra-restaurants-to-be-shut/articleshow/81730463.cms

At a review meeting conducted by the Centre on Saturday, officials from 25 districts in the state that account for 60% of the Covid-19 cases over the past week in the country were directed to isolate as many asymptomatic patients as possible in institutional facilities. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/centres-5-step-strategy-to-curb-surge-in-maharashtra-districts/articleshow/81730652.cms

The Pimpri Chinchwad police late on Friday night arrested 33 bookies for accepting online bets on the India-England One Day International match played at Gahunje stadium. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/33-bookies-held-on-charge-of-accepting-online-bets-on-odi/articleshow/81728801.cms

Prakash Hasbe, the superintendent of the Pune Cantonment Board’s fire brigade, was fatally knocked down by a speeding PMPML bus at 509 Chowk in Dhanorie on Saturday morning when he was going back home on his scooter after the overnight firefighting operation at Fashion Street market. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pcb-fire-chief-dies-in-collision-with-pmpml-bus-after-dousing-fashion-street-flames/articleshow/81728472.cms

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(This story originally appeared in Pune Mirror on March 27, 2021) from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/mca-stadium-will-reach-a-new-milestone-on-sunday/articleshow/81713445.cms

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