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With Covid cases rising in some parts of the country, Mumbai’s April tally, too, showed an upward tick as compared to the March caseload.Maharashtra’s Covid graph, however, dipped by 55% in the same period. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/citys-april-covid-tally-up-20-state-tally-dips-by-55/articleshow/91222429.cms

The state government's freeze on its share of funds towards the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) has started to have an adverse impact as the tendering process has been put on hold for various projects being executed by Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation, MRVC officials said. The tendering process for a communications-based train control system, procurement of 191 AC rakes and an improvement plan for 19 stations is on hold, they said. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-plug-on-funds-puts-brakes-on-mutp-tenders/articleshow/91223610.cms

Recent Covid trends show localised spikes in some districts and do not indicate the start of a nationwide wave, ICMR additional director general Dr Samiran Panda told TOI on Saturday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/only-seeing-localised-blips-in-covid-cases-no-sign-of-wave-icmr/articleshow/91224061.cms

PMPML will start its e-bus service to Sinhagad fort for public from Monday, while private vehicles would be prohibited at the historical site. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/from-tomorrow-only-e-bus-to-connect-sinhagad-fort/articleshow/91224065.cms

Northwest and central India experienced the hottest April in recorded history — since 1901 or 122 years — IMD data for the period from April 1 to April 28, 2022, has revealed This month also recorded the highest frequency of heat waves in India after 2010, with as many as 146 heat wave to from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/hottest-april-in-122-years-for-northwest-central-india-imd/articleshow/91223165.cms

A 28-year-old woman was killed after an unknown vehicle hit her scooter at Dukkar Khind near Chandni Chowk along the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass on Wednesday afternoon.Police said victim Priyanka Ankush Mahajan of Ambegaon was on her way for a job interview in Katraj. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/woman-on-her-way-to-job-interview-dies-in-accident/articleshow/91193262.cms

The Bombay high court in Aurangabad on Friday imposed a Rs1 lakh cost on a petitioner while rejecting a PIL that sought the court's direction to stop MNS chief Raj Thackeray's public rally on May 1 here. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/bombay-hc-rejects-plea-to-stop-raj-thackeray-event-in-aurangabad/articleshow/91194475.cms

Most locations in Pune recorded above 41°C maximum temperatures on Friday, with IMD forecasting the mercury to hit 42-43°C in the city around May 4-5. At 46.4°C, Chandrapur in Vidarbha saw its second highest day temperature for April in recorded history on Friday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/most-locations-in-pune-sizzle-at-41c-above-city-may-hit-42-43c-next-week/articleshow/91193263.cms

A total of 989 loudspeakers have been installed without permission at establishments involving all religions across the city, revealed a study by the Pune police’s special branch against the backdrop of the ongoing row over the removal of amplifiers from places of worship. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/989-loudspeakers-installed-without-permission-police/articleshow/91193257.cms

Blistering and unprecedented day temperatures in several parts of India could be sparking off forest fires in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and other states, data from the Forest Survey of India (FSI) showed. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/in-3-days-over-7800-forest-fire-hotspots-spotted-in-india/articleshow/91194592.cms

The Vishrantwadi police on Thursday booked a moneylender on the charge of threatening a man for recovery of money despite the latter having paid him Rs 11 lakh so far against a principal amount of Rs 3.9 lakh. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pawnbroker-booked-for-harassing-borrower/articleshow/91193254.cms

The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Thursday arrested two men and detained their minor accomplice on the charge of damaging six vehicles in Pimple Gurav early on Wednesday following a dispute over a cricket match. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/duo-held-for-damaging-6-vehicles/articleshow/91163700.cms

As many as 18 places in Maharashtra reported maximum temperatures of more than 40°C on Thursday, with Jalgaon in the northern region of the state registering a sizzling 45.6°C — the third highest day temperature in the country after Daltonganj in Jharkhand (45. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/jalgaon-sizzles-at-45-6c-as-temperatures-soar-in-maha/articleshow/91163554.cms

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A two-wheeler rider was killed and five others were injured — three of them seriously — after a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus hurtling down the Shankar Maharaj flyover towards Swargate along the busy Pune-Satara road ploughed through vehicles waiting for green signal at the from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/one-killed-5-injured-as-msrtc-bus-ploughs-through-vehicles/articleshow/91163677.cms

Pune’s day temperatures during the last two days have been nearing the all-time temperature extremes for the month of April since 1901.All locations in Pune recorded their hottest April day on Thursday. In Shivajinagar and Pashan, the temperature rose to 41.8°C, while Lohegaon recorded 41.7°C. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/kp-sizzles-at-44-2c-as-temps-soar-jalgaon-3rd-hottest-in-india-at-45-6c/articleshow/91163681.cms

It would not be correct to interpret the recent spike in Covid cases in states such as Delhi and Maharashtra as the start of another Covid wave, leading health experts told TOI on Thursday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/covid-spike-hasnt-shown-makings-of-a-wave-experts/articleshow/91163693.cms

The price of CNG has been hiked yet again from Friday, for the fourth time this month. The cost of 1kg of CNG from Friday rested at Rs77.20, against Rs75. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/price-of-cng-hiked-again-fourth-time-in-a-month/articleshow/91163719.cms

The Nigdi police on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man on the charge of outraging the modesty of his nine-year-old niece. The police said the man’s mother had filed a complaint against him and claimed that he (her younger son) had attempted to molest her as well. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/man-arrested-on-charge-of-molesting-minor-niece/articleshow/91163737.cms

At around 8.30am, the fire broke out in an Ghar Sansar sale at a private land near Rajapeth Bus stand. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/nagpur-major-fire-breaks-out-at-ghar-sansar-sale-in-hudkeshwars-rajapeth/articleshow/91140372.cms

The current political scenario has left everyone perturbed in Maharashtra. There is complete anarchy in the state, thanks to the state-sponsored terrorism by the Shiv Sena workers. The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are being publicly attacked. Mobs are vandalising and hurling stones at the vehicles and residences of BJP leaders, all in the presence of the state police. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/maharashtra-witnesses-govt-sponsored-terrorism-think-tank-opts-to-remain-tight-lipped/

Thousands of NRIs, who are back in India after taking Covid vaccines other than Covishield or Covaxin, now face a unique problem: they are unable to get the precaution doses. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/nris-sputnik-beneficiaries-now-unable-to-get-boosters/articleshow/91136420.cms

The examination results for HSC and SSC would be declared by June 10 and June 20, respectively. Sharad Gosavi, chairman of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, told TOI on Wednesday that teachers have finished checking all the answer sheets, and the moderation work and scanning of the answer sheet barcodes were in progress. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-hsc-results-likely-by-june-10-ssc-by-june-20/articleshow/91136989.cms

The state transport department on Wednesday increased the pollution under control (PUC) charges for different categories of vehicles. According to the government order, the PUC rate for two-wheelers has been increased to Rs 50 as against Rs 35 earlier. Similarly, the charges for three-wheelers running on petrol now stand at Rs 100, instead of the earlier Rs 70. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-puc-charges-increased-centre-owners-displeased/articleshow/91136924.cms

State-owned Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (Mahagenco), for the first time in its six-decade history, made all 27 units of its seven thermal power stations (TPS) operational on Wednesday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/for-1st-time-all-27-units-in-states-thermal-power-plants-made-operational/articleshow/91136244.cms

State health minister Rajesh Tope told TOI on Wednesday that he had asked all districts to step up second-dose coverage of their target populations. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/tope-districts-told-to-boost-2nd-dose-coverage-1-7-crore-people-are-overdue/articleshow/91136415.cms

The Hinjewadi police on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old autorickshaw driver from Dapodi on the charge of flashing a 12-year-old girl. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/autorickshaw-driver-held-on-charge-of-flashing-minor/articleshow/91111570.cms

Two papers published in 2021 have shown that salt substitution can help reduce blood pressure [1] and improve all-cause mortality [2]. Both studies were performed in rural populations where exposure to salt in processed and ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is low. The population was randomized in both trials. One group received regular salt for daily use while the other had partial substitution with 25-30% of potassium chloride. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/a-teaspoon-of-salt-or-two/

A 35-year-old tailor, sacked from job barely a week ago, set ablaze his former employer in the latter's shop in Wadgaonsheri around 11.30pm on Monday and both succumbed to injuries in the early hours of Tuesday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-sacked-tailor-sets-ex-employer-on-fire-in-her-shop-both-dead/articleshow/91112175.cms

Eight trial sites have been selected in India to test Covovax as a booster dose in adults who received two doses of Covishield or Covaxin at least six months ago. Four of these hospital sites are in Pune, trial site investigators told TOI on Tuesday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/covid-19-8-sites-picked-to-test-covovax-as-adult-booster-after-6-months/articleshow/91112147.cms

The city traffic police have fined 23,484 people for talking on the phone while driving their two-, three-, or four-wheelers in 2021, and till March this year, the police have penalised 2,054 people for similar offence. The police collected fine of Rs49. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/23k-fined-in-2021-for-talking-on-cellphone-while-driving/articleshow/91111508.cms

Fifteen of the 27 locations across Maharashtra, where the IMD regularly monitors day temperatures, recorded at least 40°C on Tuesday, with Bramhapuri in Vidarbha emerging the hottest at 44.7°C. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/15-locations-in-maha-record-40c-above-temperatures/articleshow/91111506.cms

False information in publicity brochures of new projects will cost developers dearly as cited in a recent order issued by the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA). from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharera-permits-buyer-to-exit-project-due-to-false-info-in-brochure/articleshow/91111569.cms

The answer to the aforesaid question is an unambiguous yes. However, to understand the safety concerns of women using the net, we may take the analogy of driving a car. Just like in a rambunctious traffic situation there is a risk of accident or even loss of life but still citizens don’t stop driving a car. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/can-women-navigate-world-wide-web-safely-without-fear/

Thunderstorm and gusty winds are likely at isolated places in some districts of Madhya Maharashtra during the next few days, while heatwave could occur in some other areas in the sub-division, India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s latest forecast has revealed. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/drizzle-in-store-for-pune-heatwave-in-nashik-imd/articleshow/91085209.cms

The crime branch of the city police raided a bungalow in Wadaki on Pune-Saswad road late on Sunday night and arrested four men on the charge of accepting bets on the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/four-arrested-for-accepting-bets-on-ipl-match-via-app/articleshow/91085242.cms

Twenty states have recorded largely deficient pre-monsoon rain from March 1 to April 25, India Meteorological Data shows. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pre-monsoon-raindeficit-in-20-statesmay-hit-farming/articleshow/91085205.cms

There’s no sign of relief from the stress on kitchen budget with the retail rates of potato, tomato and leafy vegetables going up in the range of 10-20%, compared to the prices in the past two weeks. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/excessive-heat-poor-yield-push-veggie-rates-up-10-20/articleshow/91085239.cms

Two people were killed in separate road accidents in the Mhasrool and Indiranagar areas of Nashik city on Saturday. Jairam Mahadu Gaikwad (42), resident of Peth Road succumbed to the injuries he suffered in the accident along Dindori Road on April 18. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/2-die-in-separate-road-accidents-in-nashik-city/articleshow/91059171.cms

Two people have been arrested by Kolhapur police for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 5.93 lakh over a period of three months in the year 2021 by promising to help her get the ex gratia amount of Rs 50,000 for the death of one of her relatives due to Covid-19. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/two-held-for-cheating-woman/articleshow/91059380.cms

Only two positive patients are admitted to the hospitals of the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR). The tally of the total active cases remained below 250 in PMR, including the two patients in hospitals and 205 in home isolation. No Covid-related death was recorded in the PMR on Sunday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/covid-hospitalisations-in-pmr-drop-to-two/articleshow/91059304.cms

A 28-year-old woman from Wakad suffered severe injuries after falling into a 150ft gorge on Rajgad fort while trying to ward off a swarm of bees on Saturday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/woman-escaping-bees-falls-into-gorge-rescued/articleshow/91059286.cms

The six-month-old Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) strike is over. Shekhar Channe, vice chairman and managing director of the transport body, said that except for some 1,000 employees, the rest had reported back to work. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/1000-st-staffers-hold-out-all-buses-back-on-road-in-7-days/articleshow/91059297.cms

Over 3,000 residents of Pimple Saudagar and Wakad areas witnessed an eight-and-a-half hour power outage on Sunday from 4.30am till 1pm. After power was restored, there was another outage from 4.15pm to 5.45pm. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pimple-saudagar-wakad-swelter-for-over-eight-hours/articleshow/91059299.cms

The city police have booked three robbers for hitting a 28-year-old MPSC aspirant with a cement block on Friday night at Walhekarwadi in Chinchwad.The victim, Ramesh Kharmate of Talegaon Dabhade, suffered injuries to his head in the attack. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/mpsc-aspirant-assaulted-with-cement-block/articleshow/91059303.cms

Aurangabad city police have booked two, including a dismissed branch manager of a bank, for allegedly using the bank’s stolen records to blackmail bank officials and demand Rs 2 crore in an extortion attempt. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/2-booked-for-extortion-bid-of-2crore-from-bank/articleshow/91040699.cms

A newly married couple and a five-year-old girl, a relative of the duo, were killed after a tree fell on them in Pimpale village on Saswad-Veer road in rural Pune around 8pm on Friday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/tree-fall-kills-newly-married-couple-their-5-year-old-relative-in-rural-pune/articleshow/91041261.cms

A study of vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 variants has found that Covishield recipients with no history of Covid had the lowest levels of neutralizing activity against Omicron’s BA.1 sub-lineage, when compared to recovered patients and breakthrough cases given two doses. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/covishield-too-found-weak-against-omicron-boosters-important-niv/articleshow/91040539.cms

The seven thermal power stations across Maharashtra are unable to generate power at optimum levels due to lack of availability of backup coal on their premises. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/poor-coal-backup-in-north-maharashtra-hits-maharashtra-power-generation/articleshow/91041341.cms

Union minister of state for railways, coal and mines Raosaheb Danve on Saturday held the state responsible for the power shortage, asserting that the MVA government’s lack of planning forced people to face load shedding. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/electricity-crisis-due-to-mva-govts-lack-of-planning-danve/articleshow/91040566.cms