Soham Shah

Introduction

Soham is a Correspondent with the Indian Express in Pune....Read More

Soham is a Correspondent with the Indian Express in Pune.

A journalism graduate, he was a fact-checker before joining the Express. Soham currently covers education and is also interested in civic issues, health, human rights, and politics.

Articles by Soham Shah

Experts stress the need for protective masks as studies show high rates of irritation and airway disorders among personnel.

Breathless Pune: Part 4-‘Eyes start to water’; air pollution on roads choking traffic cops, gig workers

Nov 25, 2025 21:22 IST

Traffic police, cab drivers, and gig workers in Pune face prolonged exposure to high pollution...

Tue, Nov 25, 2025

Pune RTO meets NIC, driving licence, unauthorised RTO agents, Regional Transport Authority, National Informatics Centre, Aadhaar card discrepancies, online RTO applications, higher transport authorities, procedural adjustments, indian express news

Pune RTO report says driver lost control in Navale bridge accident

Nov 25, 2025 09:17 IST

“For things like brake failures, the condition of the crashed vehicle is such that nothing can be...

Tue, Nov 25, 2025

Rajasthan Royals intends to shift its IPL home venue from Jaipur to Pune for multiple seasons, with the MCA confirming their willingness to host the franchise. (File)

Rajasthan Royals interested to shift home venue to Pune for multiple IPL seasons, RCB deal less likely: Maharashtra Cricket Association

Nov 24, 2025 13:27 IST

The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune will be allotted to Rajasthan Royals if its...

Mon, Nov 24, 2025

Pune land deal case, Parth Pawar, Mahar Land Controversy, Pune land deal, Pune land deal row, Pune Land Controversy, Parth Pawar Land Controversy, Parth Pawar, Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Pune City Tehsildar, land eviction Pawar son firm, Indian express news, current affairs

Pune land deal case: Police record Sheetal Tejwani’s statement again

Nov 21, 2025 00:55 IST

Tejwani was present at the Commissioner’s Office for more than four hours. Pune Commissioner of...

Fri, Nov 21, 2025

NCC strength in Maharashtra to increase by 20,000 over 2-3 years: ADG Vivek Tyagi

Nov 20, 2025 22:06 IST

Speaking at an interaction with the media at the NCC Group Headquarters in Pune on Thursday, he...

Thu, Nov 20, 2025

Police Commissioner raises concerns over private hostels/PGs lacking control on student timings and inter-hostel visits. (File)

Moral policing? Pune Top Cop flags lack of restrictions in private students accomodations

Nov 20, 2025 11:01 IST

Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said these accommodations had become ‘addas’ of...

Thu, Nov 20, 2025

Parth Pawar, Mahar Land Controversy, Pune land deal, Pune land deal row, Pune Land Controversy, Parth Pawar Land Controversy, Parth Pawar, Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Pune City Tehsildar, land eviction Pawar son firm, Indian express news, current affairs

Pune land deal: Parth Pawar not probed, sub-registrar; Tejwani, Patil guilty of stamp duty evasion, says panel report

Nov 20, 2025 00:02 IST

The land, possessed by the government and leased to the Botanical Survey of India, could not have...

Thu, Nov 20, 2025

Pune police unveil year-long road map for campus discipline and safety

Nov 19, 2025 21:13 IST

The plan begins immediately with preparations, nominations of student ambassadors from colleges and...

Wed, Nov 19, 2025

Bombay HC says petition challenging alternative medicine admission rules has “strong, arguable case’

Nov 18, 2025 11:14 IST

The petitioner submitted in court through advocate Rahul Kamerkar that CAP Round II and Round III...

Tue, Nov 18, 2025

SPPU assistant professor Anagha Bhat-Behere bags Dostoevsky Star Award for contributions to Russian literature

Nov 17, 2025 22:50 IST

The award certificate says that Dr Anagha Bhat-Behere, an assistant professor at Savitribai Phule...

Mon, Nov 17, 2025

All smiles as 25 Pune ZP students leave for NASA tour

Nov 15, 2025 02:15 IST

The trip includes visits to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space...

Sat, Nov 15, 2025

How Biharis in Pune view NDA’s election wipeout

Nov 15, 2025 02:11 IST

Pune is home to a significant population of Bihari...

Sat, Nov 15, 2025

Forensic experts at the spot where a major accident took place on the Navale Bridge area of the Katraj–Dehu Road Bypass along the Pune–Bangalore Highway on Thursday evening. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon)

Pune Navale Bridge accident | ‘Lucky to be alive’: Families recall terrifying crash

Nov 14, 2025 18:18 IST

Zuleikha and her daughter Saima were admitted to hospital after the accident at night. They were...

Fri, Nov 14, 2025

They claim repeated complaints of bullying were ignored and allege a cover-up by the school administration.

‘Hindi from Class 6’ chorus at three-language committee’ public meet in Pune

Nov 13, 2025 21:47 IST

Speakers at the meeting were asked about their views on whether Hindi should be introduced in...

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

Pune land deal, parth pawar Pune land deal, Tehsildar Yewale arrested by ACB, Suryakant Yewale, Koregaon Park land deal, Pune news, Pune, Maharashtra news, Indian express, current affairs

Pune land deal: Tehsildar Yewale was arrested by ACB in 2011 for ‘taking bribe’

Nov 13, 2025 00:57 IST

Has other corruption & negligence charges against him in the...

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

RCB won its first IPL trophy in 2025 after an 18-year wait on June 3, by beating Punjab Kings in the final in Ahmedabad.

Pune could be RCB’s home ground in IPL 2026: Talks on, says Maharashtra Cricket Association

Nov 12, 2025 12:46 IST

Kamlesh Pisal, honorary secretary of the MCA, said RCB will be able to confirm Pune as the home...

Wed, Nov 12, 2025

HND Hostel deal cancellation | ‘Proceedings moving at slow pace’: Jain ‘munis’ demand court decision

HND Hostel deal cancellation: ‘Proceedings moving at slow pace,’ say Jain ‘munis’, demand court decision

Nov 11, 2025 21:28 IST

Acharya Guptinandi Maharaj said a petition was filed in the civil court 10 days ago after the...

Tue, Nov 11, 2025

Names of deceased, former professors listed as current employees in Savitribai Phule Pune University’s NIRF 2025 data

Nov 10, 2025 12:22 IST

In more apparent errors, the qualifications of multiple professors have been erroneously...

Mon, Nov 10, 2025

Dudi told The Indian Express that Amadea’s view was a misrepresentation of point 13, which does not grant the original watandars the right to deposit money and demand a regrant of the land.

Pune land deal: In two letters in a month, tehsildar reiterated BSI eviction from Koregaon Park

Nov 10, 2025 08:43 IST

The letter said, “...it was explicitly stated (in point 13) that the lease shall stand terminated...

Mon, Nov 10, 2025

Mahar Land Controversy, Pune Land Controversy, Parth Pawar Land Controversy, Parth Pawar, Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Pune City Tehsildar, land eviction Pawar son firm, Indian express news, current affairs

44-Acre Mahar Land Controversy: In June, Pune official sought land eviction at Pawar son firm behest

Nov 09, 2025 04:00 IST

FIR says firm’s application seeking land possession, Tehsildar’s order to Botanical Survey to...

Sun, Nov 09, 2025

Koregaon Park land deal, Koregaon Park, pune land deal, Chhava Kamgar Union, Dinkar Kotkar, Parth Pawar, Pune news, Pune, Maharashtra news, Indian express, current affairs

Activist complained about Koregaon Park land deal as early as June

Nov 09, 2025 00:54 IST

Dinkar Kotkar claims he was threatened to withdraw his complaint by a person claiming to be Parth...

Sun, Nov 09, 2025

Who are Digvijay Patil and Sheetal Tejwani, named as accused in the multi-hundred crore Pune land scam?

Pune land deal: Who are Digvijay Patil and Sheetal Tejwani?

Nov 07, 2025 19:18 IST

While Digvijay Patil is the nephew of Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra, Sheetal Tejwani has been named...

Fri, Nov 07, 2025

CM Fadnavis ordered a probe as Opposition parties demanded clarity on alleged stamp duty irregularities.

Shiv Sena (UBT) protests controversial property deal linked to Parth Pawar in Pune

Nov 06, 2025 19:38 IST

Shiv Sena (UBT) held a protest in Pune on Thursday, demanding action over an alleged ₹1,600 crore...

Thu, Nov 06, 2025

Sixty-two per cent or 238 of the 384 government-sanctioned faculty positions at the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) in Maharashtra lie vacant. (file)

Professor recruitment at Pune’s SPPU: same 111 posts advertised again as process stalled for 2 years

Nov 05, 2025 16:22 IST

The Savitribai Phule Pune University, on November 4, announced that the posts of 32 professors, 47...

Wed, Nov 05, 2025

Maharashtra State Election Commission, Pune District Collector Jitendra Dudi, Phursungi Urali Devachi, Baramati, Pune news, Pune, Maharashtra news, Indian express, current affairs

6.34 lakh to vote in 14 municipal councils, 3 municipal panchayat

Nov 05, 2025 00:33 IST

Baramati is the largest municipal council with 20 wards and 41 corporators, followed by...

Wed, Nov 05, 2025

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