R.K. Laxman ‘fine’ after minor procedure, says family

Eminent cartoonist R.K. Laxman underwent a minor procedure at the Military Command Hospital here and is now fine, his family said Pune on Monday.

Laxman was admitted to the hospital two days ago to remove a tube which had been inserted in his nose after he

Pankaj Advani, Geet Sethi win in time format

Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi started afresh after their loss in the point-format with a win each in the time-format of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Billiards Championships here Tuesday.

Defending Champion Advani had earlie

CBI case against three Pune transport institute officials

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against three officials of the Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT), Pune, and two representative of bus maker Ashok Leyland for irregularities.

“Irregularities in the procedur

IBM woman employee murdered in Pune suburb

A woman employee of IBM was found murdered on the outskirts of Pune late Friday night, police said Saturday.

Darshana Tongare, 21, was returning home around 9.15 p.m. from work when at least one assailant stabbed her in the chest with a sharp obj

Pune gets first woman police chief,Meera Borwankar

The Maharashtra government late Wednesday appointed Meera Borwankar as the Pune’s first woman police commissioner, transferring the current police chief Satya Pal Singh to the state police headquarters.

Singh will take over as the new additional

NGOs march to highlight ill effects of tobacco

On the eve of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, an anti-tobacco rally was organised in Old Sangvi on Sunday. Local NGOs of Bharat Ratna Sardar Patel Pratishthan, Season’s Group Social Welfare Trust, Leva Patidar Mitra Mandal and Pune District Gunvant Kamgar Vika

Army attracts youth to join the forces through career fair

Army recruiting officers participated in the ‘one career seminar’ organised by the Genesis Education Society in the city on Tuesday. This was to attract the youth of Pune to join the Indian Army as officers. The event focused on career options available to the

Police asked to probe fire outbreak at garbage depot

Apprehending arson, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has requested the Pune rural police to probe the reasons for the outbreak of the fire at the garbage depot at Uruli Devachi, about 20 km from the city.The civic administration on Tuesday lodged a complai

Six held for making vulgar calls on 100

Six youths have landed in the police lock-up in the last two months for calling up the emergency number 100 and passing vulgar comments on women police personnel on duty. The women police personnel filed complaints against the youths. Additional commissioner

Parents angry over govt’s 50% school fee hike plan

The Maharashtra government’s resolution (GR) allowing private and unaided schools to hike their fees up to 50% to enable them to pay teachers as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations has evoked a sharp reaction from various parents’ organisations.Visibl

City firm’s software to block calls, SMSes

A call or SMS from an agent to sell an insurance policy or announce the latest offering from a nearby mall can now be barred by the users without any intervention from the service providers. Pune-based Optinno Mobitech Private Limited has developed a unique s

IT: Now a place for non-engg students

BSc student Sandhya K landed up with a job in an IT firm, just like her cousins with engineering degrees. The 21-year-old will join a Bangalore-based top company from July on a starting salary of Rs1.8lakhs, and her job profile includes a ‘non-technical’ activ

MCCIA merit awards presented

Cummins Generator Technologies India Limited managing director Pradeep Bhargava said people should strive to solve problems instead of seeking solution from the government.Speaking as the chief guest at the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agricult

Yashada’s website adjudged best in govt category

The Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration’s (Yashada) website has been adjudged as the best Marathi government website at a competition held by the state government. The contest was organised by Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha, an apex institute

12 shanties gutted in Hanumannagar

A major fire gutted 12 shanties at Hanumannagar slum in the Wadarwadi area on Thursday. No casualties were reported.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, but fire brigade officials said it could be due to short circuit. There were three blasts as LPG

PCB members under police scanner

Two elected members and two former vice presidents of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) are under the scanner of city police on charges of allegedly issuing extortion threats, cheating and resorting to criminal manipulation of cantonment board records during the

Delhi players rule the court

Delhi lad and seventh seeded Garvit Batra lifted a memorable double crown by winning the boys’ singles and doubles titles, while Jasmin Kaur Bajaj lifted the girls’ singles title at the Bilcare-ATF Trophy Under-14 Series Tennis Tournament. The tournament organ

PMC, Cummins staffers clean up river bed

Over 350 staffers of the Warje Karvenagar regional ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and a section of the employees from Cummins India Limited on Friday jointly undertook a cleaning drive on the river bed for three hours. During the drive, th

City girl’s dream touches space

City girl Zohra Aziz Ali Manjiyani is among the 40 students to have contributed towards designing perhaps the country’s first smallest student satellite (STUDSAT) which is ready for launch on Sunday. Zohra is a final year electronic engineering student from th

Nimbalkar is PP in Pujari case

The state government has appointed senior criminal lawyer Harshad Nimbalkar as the special public prosecutor (PP) in the gang rape-cum-murder case of software engineer Nayana Abhijit Pujari.She was raped and killed in October last year.Speaking to media on Tue