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The central agency is doing its work. He (Raut) said he did nothing wrong. Nobody should be afraid if they did not commit any wrong. He even said that he was ready to face any inquiry. So let the inquiry be over and let truth prevail," said CM Eknath Shinde. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/if-innocent-he-has-nothing-to-fear-maharashtra-cm-eknath-shinde/articleshow/93260894.cms

College principals anticipate the cut-off for the first merit list for FYJC (Std XI) admissions to be very high, given that over 6,500 students from various boards have scored over 95% in the Std X exams.​ from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-high-cut-off-likely-for-fyjc-merit-list/articleshow/93260914.cms

The civic body has decided to decentralise supervision of hospitals and sonography centres in its bid to increase the vigil on such health facilities. The move follows the detection of a bogus doctor in the city recently. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-municipal-corporation-wards-get-power-to-keep-watch-over-hospitals-and-sonography-centres/articleshow/93261242.cms

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Sunday reported zero availability of the Covishield vaccine. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/vaccine-shortage-no-covishield-doses-at-pimpri-chinchwad-municipal-corporation-centres-today-in-pune/articleshow/93261115.cms

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is set to turn its New Thergaon Hospital into a dedicated cancer care centre. Officials confirmed on Sunday that work is underway on the project. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-pimpri-chinchwad-municipal-corporation-starts-work-on-new-cancer-care-facility/articleshow/93260982.cms

India is likely to soon get next- or second-generation vaccines, including pan-coronavirus vaccine candidates, Dr N K Arora, chairman of the Covid-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization told TOI on Saturday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/next-generation-covid-vaccine-likely-soon-n-k-arora/articleshow/93242954.cms

The number of properties equipped with solar water heating systems has more than doubled in the last five years in the Pune civic limits, showed the latest Environmental Status Report of the municipal corporation. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-properties-with-solar-systems-double-in-five-years/articleshow/93243145.cms

A youth (21) and his two minor friends snatched several mobile handsets of people talking over phone at isolated places from April, but they ran out luck because they did not switch them off. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-cops-crack-10-phone-theft-cases-after-youths-arrest/articleshow/93243199.cms

Former minister and Shiv Sena leader from Jalna Arjun Khotkar on Saturday announced that he is extending support to the chief minister Eknath Shinde camp. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/tearful-arjun-khotkar-announces-his-support-to-maharashtra-cm-eknath-shinde-faction/articleshow/93243146.cms

The population now has good immunity against Covid, thanks to vaccines, but defences are weakening against influenza viruses, including H1N1 (swine flu). from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/99-of-critical-patients-of-h1n1-missed-annual-flu-shots-doctors/articleshow/93242966.cms

The students’ association of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) protested on Friday against the merit list announced by the institute on July 26 citing its failure to fill up many seats in the OBC, SC, ST and other reserved categories. They said no waiting list for these categories was announced. Students also said that this act by the institute was a repeat of the last two to three years. They have demanded that FTII re-evaluate the merit list. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/students-upset-about-reserved-seats-vacancy-want-ftii-to-re-draw-list/articleshow/93222262.cms

Standing crop damage in seven Vidarbha districts and two in Marathwada is the severest due to the heavy rain that lashed Maharashtra early this month for a prolonged period. Data compiled by the agriculture department on Wednesday (July 27) stated that over 10.7 lakh hectares of standing crops were damaged in the state. Of this, crops in over 5.7 lakh hectares were damaged in seven districts of Vidarbha and over 3.7 lakh hectares in two districts of Marathwada. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/crops-on-10-7-lakh-ha-damaged-in-maharashtra/articleshow/93222610.cms

A 13-year-old boy from Byculla in Mumbai was electrocuted on Thursday after he accidentally touched a light in the swimming pool of a private villa at Lonavla. The boy's relatives took him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead by the doctors. CCTV footage confirmed that the boy accidentally touched the light and got electrocuted, police said. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/boy-13-electrocuted-in-lonavla-swimming-pool/articleshow/93222639.cms

State paediatric Covid task force members are observing a rise in H1N1 (swine flu) cases among children in Maharashtra. "Children are not only contracting H1N1, but can also be a source as the infection spreads via respiratory droplets. When children go to school and play together, they can transmit the infection to one another. We witness a lot of influenza incidence during monsoon. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-paediatric-covid-task-force-says-h1n1-among-kids-rising/articleshow/93222688.cms

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday said the leader of the opposition and other party leaders were visiting various districts hit by heavy rainfall and their feedback revealed that the state government needed to concentrate on the situation. He said "the team of government that is needed for this (relief work) is lacking." from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/maharashtra-government-team-for-rain-loss-relief-lacking-sharad-pawar/articleshow/93222519.cms

A 33-year-old criminal on police records stabbed a solar heating systems trader (49) thrice in the stomach in Thergaon on Wednesday night after accusing the latter of driving a car closely past his scooter in a "dangerous manner". "Suresh Sutar, the solar heating systems trader from Thergaon, was taken to a private hospital. He is undergoing treatment in the hospital," sub-inspector J S Girnar of the Wakad police said on Friday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/road-rage-criminal-stabs-trader-thrice-in-thergaon/articleshow/93222558.cms

A 38-year-old woman professor of a private college in Pune was run over by a truck on Friday morning on Sinhagad Road, a police official said. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/woman-professor-run-over-by-truck-in-pune-hunt-on-for-driver/articleshow/93219552.cms

A 50-year-old constable, posted at the Shivajinagar police station, was found hanging from the ceiling fan at his Loni Kalbhor residence on Thursday morning.Senior police inspector Rajendra Mokashi of Loni Kalbhor police said, “He was disturbed over a family issue. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/constable-found-hanging-at-residence/articleshow/93199790.cms

Two suspected cases of monkeypox are being investigated in Maharashtra, including 30-year-old man from Bengal admitted to an Ahmednagar hospital. With this, the number of suspected cases in the state in recent weeks touched 10- eight of them tested negative and reports of two, including the 30-year-old's, are awaited. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-probing-2-suspected-cases-of-monkeypox/articleshow/93197824.cms

Arrested businessman Avinash Bhosale had bought a property in London for Rs 1,000 crore in 2018 by taking Rs 700 crore as loan from Yes Bank, then led by Rana Kapoor, said the chargesheet submitted by the CBI in the Yes Bank-DHFL case. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-businessmans-rs-1k-crore-asset-illegal-gotten/articleshow/93197752.cms

The centralized admissions committee for intake in FYJC (Std XI) has extended the deadline for filling part 1 and II of the applications till July 30 after more than 11,000 students did not complete the process despite creating the login. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-fyjc-form-filling-now-up-to-saturday/articleshow/93197849.cms

The state government has approved ex gratia payment of Rs50,000 each for 1.92 lakh applications received from the kin of Covid victims till July end, state disaster management officials said, reports Nisha Nambiar. However, the official Covid death toll in the state as per the ICMR portal is 1.48 lakh till July 28 since the outbreak of the pandemic. So far, the state has paid Rs961cr towards Covid ex gratia. State health and relief and rehabilitation department officials said the number of applications approved was higher than the official death toll as the SC had widened the ambit of compensation for Covid deaths in October last year. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-clears-1-92-lakh-covid-ex-gratia-applications/articleshow/93197783.cms

A 60-year-old man, diagnosed with Covid and dengue coinfection, died at a city hospital earlier this month. But an analysis of his sample by the NIV later revealed he had chikungunya too. Coinfections with more than one virus are uncommon, but have been reported during monsoon and postmonsoon months. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-triple-infection-detected-in-dead-mans-sample/articleshow/93197711.cms

The Lonikand police have cracked the theft of 198 iPhones, seven iPads and three laptops, collectively valued at Rs1.53 crore, from a warehouse on Kesnand road on the night of July 24, following the arrest of two men the next day. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/gadgets-worth-1-5-crore-found-after-duo-arrested/articleshow/93172645.cms

Two men posed as police and stole gold jewellery worth Rs1.35 lakh from a 60-year-old hardware shop owner at Sudumbare village in Maval Taluka on Tuesday around 2.30pm. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-fake-cops-steal-gold-jewellery/articleshow/93174303.cms

A tribal girl student at a state-run boarding facility in Maharashtra's Nashik district has alleged a male teacher stopped her and other girls having menstruation from planting trees during a plantation drive, prompting the tribal development department to order an inquiry. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/nashik-trees-will-burn-if-girls-with-periods-plant-them/articleshow/93178360.cms

Nearly a month after taking charge, CM Eknath Shinde is all set to expand his cabinet. "Certainly, there has been some delay, but there was no dispute at any level. We will expand the cabinet in the next three days. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/will-expand-cabinet-in-next-3-days-maharashtra-cm-eknath-shinde/articleshow/93173114.cms

At least one BA.2.75 sample from Maharashtra has been found with the mutation L452R, which was also seen in the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, reports Neha Madaan. At least three sequences from Karnataka also have been found with this mutation, as per GISAID data. But Maharashtra's coordinator for genome sequencing, Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, said no surge in caseloads have occurred near the area from where the sample was collected. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/ba-2-75-sample-from-maharashtra-found-with-delta-trait/articleshow/93173167.cms

The Eknath Shinde cabinet on Wednesday cleared a host of schemes with financial outlays running into crores which were being pursued by rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and MPs who switched sides to support it. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-eknath-shinde-govt-clears-schemes-sought-by-rebel-mlas-mps/articleshow/93173178.cms

Shivajinagar received 50.4mm rain during an hour-long intense spell of shower from 5.10pm on Wednesday,, leading to traffic snarls on arterial roads in the city. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-shivajinagar-gets-50-4mm-rain-in-1-hour-traffic-crawls/articleshow/93173154.cms

A 31-year old man died, while his friend was grievously injured, after a PMPML bus hit their scooter at Chandrama Chowk in front of Bombay Sappers on Alandi Road around 11pm on Tuesday.The police identified the deceased as centreing worker Akash Pillay from Sangamwadi. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/1-dead-after-pmpml-bus-hits-scooter-on-alandi-rd/articleshow/93172661.cms

The Hinjewadi police are investigating a complaint by a software engineer, accusing a man from Mumbai of stalking her for three months and sending threatening messages. The engineer lodged a police complaint on Monday after she received one such message from the alleged stalker. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-techie-says-mumbai-man-stalking-her-cops-probe/articleshow/93148478.cms

The Eknath Shinde government may be dragging its feet on forming the cabinet but it's moving speedily to facilitate projects linked to Sena rebels who are backing it. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-still-waiting-to-form-cabinet-eknath-shinde-govt-fast-tracks-projects-linked-to-sena-rebels/articleshow/93147849.cms

An option given to students to fill their choice of seats under the management quota on the first-year junior college (FYJC) admissions' portal this year has stumped colleges, especially where demand exceeds supply. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-management-quota-tab-on-fyjc-portal-confuses-students/articleshow/93147747.cms

A 64-year-old man's life was saved when his wife realized that he was longer than usual in the bathroom on Sunday morning. She knocked on the door and called out to him several times. But as he did not respond, their relatives broke open the door and found him lying unconscious on the floor. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-wifes-timely-knock-saves-man-from-gas-geyser-fumes/articleshow/93148894.cms

The city airport authority has received possession of 1.76 acres of land from the Defence Estates Office (DEO), Pune region, last week for the construction of a new cargo facility. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-airport-gets-1-7-acres-of-defence-land-for-cargo-facility/articleshow/93147795.cms

Monkeypox's long incubation period (gap between infection and onset of symptoms) of two to three weeks necessitates follow-ups and self-reporting as many international passengers are likely to be asymptomatic during arrival. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/maharashtra-monkeypoxs-incubation-makes-self-reporting-vital/articleshow/93148076.cms

Kharif crops sown on 2,500 hectares across Pune district have been damaged because of rain over three weeks of July, a preliminary report from the district agriculture office has revealed. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/rain-damages-kharif-crops-on-2-5k-hectares-in-district/articleshow/93124804.cms

The pavement along the Hadapsar gliding centre on Pune-Saswad Road has turned into an eyesore owing to dumping of waste along the cycle tracks and beautification work highlighting wari culture. This is the route taken by the waris every year. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/cycle-track-on-hadapsar-road-stretch-becomes-a-trash-site/articleshow/93124802.cms

The Pune Metropolitan Region recorded only 247 new cases on Monday, with one death. It was a sharp drop from Sunday's total of 598 cases from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/covid-tally-drops-across-pune-metropolitan-region-maharashtra/articleshow/93122708.cms

The IMD on Monday said August would start with below-normal rain in parts of Maharashtra. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/below-normal-rain-in-maharashtra-in-early-august-imd/articleshow/93122593.cms

The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Monday arrested the sister and two nieces of the woman, who had allegedly kidnapped a four-year-old girl from Chikhali on Saturday. The woman’s 12-year-old son has also been detained. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/woman-says-girl-child-desire-drove-her-to-kidnap-4-yr-old/articleshow/93122216.cms

A trainee pilot, on a solo cross-country flight, suffered minor injuries after a Cessna 152 (VT-ALI) trainer aircraft of a flying school in Baramati crash-landed on an agriculture field at Kadbanwadi in Indapur tehsil, about 135km from the city, around 11.30am on Monday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-trainee-pilot-bruised-in-crash-landing-lens-on-power-loss/articleshow/93122532.cms

A few passengers of the Mumbai-Manmad Panchavati Express were not shielded from the rain even inside the train on Sunday. The leaking roof of the AC coach reserved for the holders of monthly season tickets (MST) meant people had to use umbrellas to stay dry during the entire journey from Nashik to Mumbai on Sunday. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/umbrellas-out-inside-train-coach-with-a-leaky-roof/articleshow/93122137.cms

Sowing of kharif crops on almost 66% of the average 1.95 lakh hectares of cultivable land across Pune district has been completed following good rainfall over the last two weeks.This includes paddy, jowar, bajra, pulses like tur and moong, groundnut, sunflower, soybean and maize, among others. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/66-of-kharif-crop-sowing-completed-in-dist-officials/articleshow/93097382.cms

Police on Saturday rescued a four-year-old girl from Junnar hours after she was kidnapped from her residence at Chikhali. A 42-year-old man and his wife from Junnar have been arrested in connection with the case. The woman had come to stay with her sister at Chikhali for a few days and the girl lived in the neighbouring house. The woman got her son to lure the girl with a chocolate before she took her away to Junnar. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-chikhali-girl-4-year-old-rescued-hours-after-abduction/articleshow/93097668.cms

The number of students bagging the top three ranks in ISC (Class 12 of CISCE) nearly trebled to 154 from 54 in 2019, the last time students appeared for all papers. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/top-3-rankers-treble-in-isc-17-from-maharashtra/articleshow/93097701.cms

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast very light to light rain in the city during the week ahead, while a few places in the ghat sections of Pune district are likely to receive isolated heavy rain on July 25. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-to-get-light-rain-moderate-to-heavy-showers-at-a-few-places-in-ghat-section/articleshow/93097887.cms

Monkeypox surveillance should be launched discreetly in a "faceless" manner without stigma being directed at specific groups, experts say. Anyone can get monkeypox but the current outbreak has been mainly among gay or bisexual men in the West. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/experts-stress-on-faceless-surveillance/articleshow/93097637.cms

The co-owners of the landmark Yazdani bakery at Fort have resolved a bitter family feud over property. It ended with the Bombay high court's (HC) recent order that quashed and set aside a first information report (FIR) filed by one brother against the other. from Pune News, Latest Pune News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bitter-feud-between-fort-bakery-owners-ends-as-bombay-hc-quashes-fir-filed-by-one-against-other/articleshow/93097761.cms