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Maha: Dr Vishwanath Karad honoured with 'Vishvshanti Prakash Deep Award'

Pune, Sep 19 (UNI) Dr Vishwanath Karad, founder-president of MIT World Peace University, was honoured with the 'Vishwashanti Prakash Deep Award' by Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE), Pune here on Thursday.
The ISLE, local Centre, has started an Industry Oriented Technical Managerial Post Graduate Programme in Lighting Technology and Management for the first time in India.
A three-day programme, 'Prakash 2024', has been organised in collaboration with ISLE, Pune Local Centre and Maha Metro at the premises of MIT WPU, Kothrud, said a press release here.

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Maharashtra Konkan region under red alert; Mumbai to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall

Maharashtra Konkan region under red alert; Mumbai to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall

16 Jun 2025 | 10:52 AM

Mumbai, June 16 (UNI) According to the Indian Meteorological Department on Monday, heavy to very heavy rainfall is anticipated in Mumbai as well as in the Konkan region, while red and orange alerts had been issued in Maharashtra.

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Maha: Women State secy Sonali Marne resigns from Congress

16 Jun 2025 | 1:52 AM

Pune, June 15 (UNI) Congress State women secretary Sonali Marne has resigned from the party membership here on Sunday.

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Technical brain bypass surgery in Pune saves life of software engineer

15 Jun 2025 | 11:03 PM

Pune, June 15 (UNI) A 32-year-old software engineer from Pune, with recurrent ischemic episodes and was partially blind, underwent Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery (STA-MTA) bypass surgery by a neurosurgeon at Manipal Hospitals here recently.

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Maha: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue's pedestal caves in at Rajkot fort in Sindhudurg

Maha: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue's pedestal caves in at Rajkot fort in Sindhudurg

15 Jun 2025 | 11:00 PM

Kolhapur / Sindhudurg, June 15 (UNI) Within a month of installation of a new statue of Chhatrapatii Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot fort in Malvan tehsil of Sindhudurg district, the pedestal on which the statue is installed crumbled on Sunday with a big hole in a wall.

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Maha: CM announces  Rs 5 lakh compensation to each family of victims of bridge collapse incident

Maha: CM announces Rs 5 lakh compensation to each family of victims of bridge collapse incident

15 Jun 2025 | 9:29 PM

Mumbai, June 15 (UNI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday announced that the state government will provide financial assistance of Rs five lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives in the bridge collapse incident on the Indrayani river near Talegaon in Pune district.

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