Tag: Pune

Pune: India skipper Virat Kohli’s 38th ODI ton went in vain as a disciplined West Indies came back strongly to win the third One-day International by 43 runs at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Saturday. Chasing a healthy 284, India looked on course with Kohli belting an excellent 107 off 119 balls, his […]

Pune: A quick-fire first-half brace from Sunil Chhetri and another powerful finish from Miku set up a majestic 3-0 win for Bengaluru FC against FC Pune City in the Indian Super League (ISL) clash at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium here on Monday. Bengaluru led 2-0 at the breather with Chhetri striking in the […]

Pune/New Delhi: India has witnessed “a rising tide of violence, impunity, extended pre-trial detentions, and surveillance” under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government, PEN International said on Saturday as it wound up the 84th PEN International Congress with representation from over 80 countries in Pune. The international writers’ body called upon the Indian government […]

Pune: The banking sector was rattled again when hackers siphoned off a whopping Rs 94.42 crore from the Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd – the second oldest and second biggest cooperative bank in India – to foreign and domestic bank accounts, officials said on Tuesday. Shockingly, the Cosmos Bank admitted that it was “cyber-attacked twice, first […]

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department now ranks among the top three “revenue-earners” of the central government and there is still a huge potential for growth, a top IT official has said. Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, (PR-CCIT) Pune, Vinodanand Jha said in a statement released on Saturday that there was a huge possibility […]

Pune: Luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz India on Sunday rolled-out its 100,000th car — an E-Class sedan — for the Indian market from its manufacturing facility at Chakan, near Pune. “With the growing demand of Mercedes-Benz products, a spiralling aspiration among young successful Indians, our extensive and expanding local portfolio, combined with an unparalleled network and […]

Mumbai: The anger over marking the 200th anniversary of Bhima Koregaon battle in Pune district of Maharashtra continued today as protestors disrupted suburbs and local train services on the Harbour Line. The protesters blocked roads in several areas of Mumbai, forced shops to shut down and also attacked a journalist of a television news channel. […]

New Delhi: Anupam Kher, an actor with a repertoire of over 500 movies including international projects, was on Wednesday named Chairman of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. The film industry hailed the move. Official sources confirmed Anupam’s appointment. He will succeed the controversial Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment had triggered student […]

Melbourne: Cricket Australia (CA) on Wednesday congratulated its Test team for the quality performance during the recently concluded four-match Test series against India. Australia thrashed the hosts in the first Test match at Pune by 333 runs and then lost the second match in Bengaluru by 75 runs. The third match, which was played in […]

Pune: Australia scored 46/2 in the second innings, taking their lead to 201 runs at tea on the second day of the first cricket Test against India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday. Skipper Steven Smith (27) and Jose Handscomb (8) were at the crease when umpires called for the break. After […]

Mumbai/Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reaching here Tuesday on a day’s visit to Maharashtra in which he will launch infrastructure and housing projects worth about Rs 41,000 crore in the state, officials said. Soon after landing at Mumbai, Modi will attend an event organised by a TV channel and later release the book ‘Timeless […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Gautam Navlakha, one of the five rights activists arrested in connection with Koregaon-Bhima case, to be freed from the house arrest. The high court granted him the relief saying that the Supreme Court last week had given him the liberty to approach the appropriate forum within […]

Bhubaneswar: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, will conduct a week-long film appreciation course here as part of the institute’s nationwide programme to popularise film learning, the Director of FTII, Pune, Bhupendra Kainthola said. The course will provide a unique opportunity to the cine lovers of Odisha, to understand cinema from one […]

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police registered 16 FIRs and detained over 300 people in connection with protests by Dalit groups during the day-long bandh yesterday against the Bhima Koregaon caste clashes, while Internet services were suspended in Kolhapur following tension in the district. Over 200 buses of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation were damaged in […]

New Delhi: Ten more airports in the country, including Pune and Ranchi, will soon do away with the practice of stamping domestic passengers’ hand baggage tags, a new air travel regime that began at civil airports in April this year. A total of 17 airports are stamp-free in the country at present, with four airports […]