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Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Monday Musings: Decline in active Covid-19 cases in Pune is heartening

Barricades placed at an entry to the Upper Indiranagar area that has been sealed in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, June 6.
Updated on Jun 09, 2020 03:57 pm IST

Monday Musings: Thankfully, there’s no grand memorial for him

The world's tallest statue "the Statue Of Unity" was inaugurated overlooking the Sardar Sarovar Dam near Vadodara in India's western Gujarat state.
Updated on Jan 28, 2019 02:39 pm IST

Monday Musings: Marathi literary body must become fiercely independent

The Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal organises the annual Marathi literary meet and the latest fiasco over the withdrawal of the invitation to the eminent writer, Nayantara Sahgal from the 92nd literary meet is quite telling.
Updated on Jan 14, 2019 03:17 pm IST

Monday Musings: Why is BJP opposing road safety in Pune?

Metro worker dressed as Yamraj spreads awareness about road safety at Deccan corner in Pune.
Updated on Jan 07, 2019 03:43 pm IST

Monday Musings: Why is good governance elusive in India?

The people are to be blamed to a large extent when it comes to littering of garbage, traffic indiscipline, and breaking queues. (In pic) Kothrud garbage dumping yard in Pune.
Updated on Dec 31, 2018 02:22 pm IST

Monday Musings: Mass transport for Pune, BJP must now deliver

Election after election, political parties promised to address the city’s needs for mass transport and in the mid-2000s, a pilot BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) was launched in Pune.
Updated on Dec 24, 2018 02:39 pm IST

Monday Musings: Ayodhya dispute needs a creative, inclusive solution

Construct a university at Ayodhya with the consent of Hindus and Muslims, said Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in a TV show recently.
Updated on Dec 03, 2018 02:54 pm IST

Monday Musings: Has Marathi manoos gained from defunct 100-bed hospital?

Draupadabai Murlidhar Khedekar general hospital and trauma care centre is located in Bopodi.
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 02:35 pm IST

#MondayMusings: How tall should a statue be?

A view of the memorial to the ‘Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhai Patel which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Updated on Nov 12, 2018 02:42 pm IST

Monday Musings: Why can’t Govt tame pvt. bus operators?

As against 1,500 for an off-season Pune-Nagpur ticket of a private luxury bus, the rates during Diwali have been raised to a whopping 3,000 to 4,000, with an indiscriminate jump of 100% to 250%
Updated on Nov 05, 2018 02:48 pm IST

Monday Musings: Civic spending needs forensic accounting

Be it the well-known water affidavit (in picture) scam or the cancellation of the tendering process for the mega, 3,300 crore 24x7 water scheme on suspicion of bid rigging; the story is very similar in department after department of the PMC.
Updated on Oct 08, 2018 02:21 pm IST

Monday Musings: Let Cantts be, but open arterial roads to public

Motorist using the Elliot Lines road near Kalyaninagar. The road was recently opened to civilian traffic to help reduce commute time in the city.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 02:41 pm IST

Monday Musings: Citizens’ white paper on Pune’s water mafia is the need of the hour

Back-of-the-envelope calculations show that this black business of water mafia has grown to upwards of Rs. 100 crore per annum.
Updated on May 28, 2018 04:38 pm IST

Monday Musings: There’s Aamir’s Paani Foundation and there’s Pune’s Paani Mafia

Water tanker illegally fills water from a punctured PMC water tank at Wadgaonsheri.
Updated on May 21, 2018 02:31 pm IST

Monday Musings: Is Dr Salim Ali Bird Park headed for a slow, painful death?

This bird park, just a decade ago, was frequented by at least 30 different species of birds, including ruddy shelduck, red wattled lapwings and black headed ibis.
Updated on May 14, 2018 02:55 pm IST

Monday Musings: BJP on test: How will it deal with corruption in PMC?

the case relates to cartelisation and bid-rigging that has been established in tenders of 14 crore pertaining to seven thermal composting plants at various locations in the city.
Updated on May 07, 2018 03:36 pm IST

Monday Musings: What are we doing to our children?

Most parents lose the battle when children are fussy about food and throw regular tantrums over their refusal to eat fruits and vegetables, and their demand for oily fast foods and sugared drinks.
Updated on Apr 30, 2018 03:00 pm IST

Monday Musings: Aamir Khan silences critics with Paani Foundation

Last week, the actor was in Pune to urge college students to become ‘Jalmitras’- volunteers in the cause of fighting drought in the state.
Updated on Apr 23, 2018 03:09 pm IST

Monday Musings: Is Pune waiting for a fire tragedy at pubs, eateries?

In Decembers, last year, a restaurant at Kamala Mills in Mumbai was gutted in fire. The restaurant was found to have no fire safety measures in place.
Updated on Apr 16, 2018 04:33 pm IST

Monday Musings: Pubs in residential areas the new normal for Pune?

Agent Jack's pub in Baner.
Updated on Apr 09, 2018 04:24 pm IST