Pune

With a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in neighbouring Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have sounded a high alert across all adjoining districts and will also conduct thermal scanning of all those travelling from the high-risk state.

Despite the rising cases and chief minister's warning, people were seen flouting social distancing norms at Sitabuldi main road in Nagpur on Sunday.

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A SpiceJet flight carrying the vaccines left for the national capital around 8 am, three hours after three trucks with the maiden consignment of the vaccines rolled out of the Serum Institute of India facility, 15 km from the airport.

Flight no AI-850 from Pune to Delhi will carry the first the consignment of the vaccines to the national capital, an official said.

Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, has a licence to produce the shot and has already manufactured close to 50 million doses.

The area witnesses commemorative programs on January 1 every year as Dalits mark anniversary of the 1818 battle in which East India Company's forces which included Dalit troops defeated the army of the Peswha of Pune.

The civic body had earlier postponed the reopening of schools and colleges in its limits and stated that they will continue to remain shut till January 3.

Six people of a caste panchayat have been arrested in Pune district of Maharashtra for allegedly ordering social boycott of a family, police said on Sunday. The victim family had allegedly refused to let the panchayat of the Kanjarbhat community interfe...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be arriving at Hakimpet Air Force station in an IAF flight from Pune in the afternoon, an official memo issued by the Telangana Chief Secretary on Thursday night said.

Shetti (53), who heads the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna, a leading farmer organisation in Maharashtra, had tested positive for Covid-19 last month and later recovered from the infection.

The MoS for consumer affairs, food and public distribution said the state government will fall on its own, and added that the BJP would play the role of a "strong" opposition party.

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Pravin Darekar, said Deshmukh is questioning former BJP chief minister Devendra Fadnavis regarding his election campaign in Bihar.

The 19-year-old woman had registered a complaint with Shikrapur police station.

Tata Power on Thursday said it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tata Motors to commission India's largest solar carport at Chikhali near Pune in Maharashtra.

The district administration has asked the firms in the Chakan MIDC area not to allow the employees who live in containment zones to report for work at present, he said.