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Topic: Pune

Pune’s rise as a coaching hub: It’s cheaper than Delhi, more ‘human’ than Kota

Laidback Pune is powering India’s coaching economy with surge in big coaching centres as well as local institutes, and huge rush of students.

‘This is Pune, won’t let it turn into JNU’—how BJYM stormed college event over a Bangladesh flag

Members of the BJP's youth wing entered MIT-WPU campus during a cultural fest and vandalised Bangladesh stall. University says it will file a police complaint.

Who is Pooja More-Jadhav, dropped as Mahayuti pick for Pune polls after oppn from local BJP workers

In a tearful press conference after being dropped, Pooja said she is from a farming family in Beed and had been struggling to make a mark in politics for the past 10-12 years. 

From violent protests to majority consent, how opposition to Pune’s Purandar airport thawed

Pune currently has only one airport, the Lohegaon airport, which is a defence airport and has limitations on expanding for civil traffic.

Pune’s century-old Holkar bridge & its hair-raising stories—apparitions to embodied voices

In 'Ghost Whispers', Neil D'Silva and Sarbajeet Mohanty sketch spine-chilling stories of paranormal investigations.

Zero revenue & no operations, but Parth Pawar’s Amadea Enterprises entered into a Rs 300-crore deal

The controversial land deal was revoked after it came to light last week. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has set up a probe under Additional Chief Secretary Vikas Kharge. 

Rs 300-cr deal for land that couldn’t be sold—what’s Mahar Watan land, at centre of Parth Pawar row

Although the deal stands cancelled now, it has sparked a political row because the land is reserved for the Mahar community, and owned by the state government.

Rise of Murlidhar Mohol, Modi’s minister & former wrestler now grappling with Jain land row

BJP is keeping its distance from the controversy involving Murlidhar Mohol as it finds itself dealing with weight of alliance and risk of alienating Jains, a traditional support base.

The hardliner BJP underestimated: Medha Kulkarni’s journey from sidelined MLA to Hindutva MP

BJP's Medha Kulkarni, now Rajya Sabha MP, came under the spotlight recently for her ‘gaumutra’ protest at ‘Shaniwarwada’ after a video showed women offering ‘namaz’ at the site.

Where is Nilesh Ghaiwal? Absconding Pune gangster’s political ties set off slugfest in Maharashtra

Ghaiwal, it is believed, turned to the underworld sometime in the early 2000s. A Look Out Circular (LOC) has been issued against him.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.