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Sunetra Pawar makes emotional pitch as she files by-poll nomination

India, April 7 -- NCP leader Sunetra Pawar filed her nomination on Monday for the April 23 Baramati by-election, setting the stage for a contest the ruling Mahayuti alliance had briefly hoped would be... Read More


Parth rules out bid for unopposed by-poll win

India, April 7 -- NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said his party will not reach out to the Congress to seek an unopposed win in the assembly by-election in Baramati, where his mother and Maharashtra ... Read More


Monday musing: When the rain is real, and the city still isn't ready

India, April 6 -- Last Thursday's unseasonal rain in Pune once again brought the city to a halt. Waterlogged roads, traffic snarls, choked drains, and scattered power disruptions followed within hours... Read More


Monday Musings: Building a city underground, without knowing what lies beneath

India, March 30 -- Last week's borewell drilling incident that triggered water leakage into the Shivajinagar-Swargate underground Metro tunnel in Pune may appear, at first glance, like an isolated act... Read More


From flunking math to advising bizmen: Rise and fall of rape-accused 'godman'

India, March 27 -- There is a striking paradox at the heart of the Ashok Kharat story. The 67-year-old self-styled 'astrologer-godman' from Nashik now being probed by the Fadnavis government for rape ... Read More