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

NET exam on June 27 in city

The University of Pune (UoP) will conduct national eligibility test (NET) on June 27 on behalf of University Grants Commission (UGC). The information pertaining to the examination will be displayed on the UoP’s website.The UoP has uploaded information pertaini

Regionalism rears ugly head

Hundreds of candidates for the posts of shikshan sewaks on Monday protested against alleged manhandling and discrimination faced by them at the interviews held in Sindhudurg. The candidates, who are from Pune district, protested before the office of the Mahara

Dead fish in Godavari raise a stink in Nashik

Environmentalists and local residents here have expressed concern after dead fish were found floating in the Godavari river last Friday near Asarambapu Ashram, off Gangapur Road. Nashik deputy mayor Devyani Pharande, BJP city secretary Nitin Wankhede and othe

PMPML to buy buses with both-side doors

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) welcomed the directive of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd’s (PMPML) management to buy buses with doors on both sides.The Union ministry of urban development’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) SK Lohia

Zagade puts blame on civic machinery for water logging

In a stormy meeting of General Body (GB) of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday, municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade made a startling accusation that the nalas or natural channels of rainwater flow in the city ‘vanished’ due to the municipal administra

Take sex education to villages

A 19-year-old unwed mother’s gruesome act on Saturday of killing her newborn by throwing it out of her two-storey house has shocked citizens and social workers in the city. Non-government organisations in the city have emphasised on the need for greater aware

State edu dept issues notice to Rosary School

The state education department on Monday issued a show cause notice to Rosary School seeking an explanation from the school management on the issue of hike of the school fees. Over 600 aggrieved parents on Sunday had staged a protest in front of the school loc

Pre-draft CRZ notification rejected

The National Coastal Protection Campaign (NCPC) has rejected the ministry of environment’s pre-draft coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) 2010 notification. The NCPC includes associations like the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF)and Maharashtra Machimar Kruti Samiti

Best-five or not, ICSE students prefer jr colleges

Despite the nagging worry that the state board’s ‘best of five’ policy will make it harder for them to get into junior colleges, most ICSE students in Mumbai are planning to seek admission to city colleges instead of going to an ISC school. Shrutika Salvi, who

Thackeray jodo: Many want it, but few think it’ll happen

An ambitious campaign to bring the warring Thackeray cousins together before the 2012 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections kicked off on Sunday. Titled "Mazi Chalval Mi Maharashtracha (My movement for my Maharashtra)", it is an outcome

‘Green tribunal act can’t avert environmental calamities’

The recently enacted National Green Tribunal Act to "adjudicate substantial questions of the environment, and award civil penalties" has been criticised by the environmental activists. Because of its seriously-flawed provisions, they said in a worksh

State govt starts helplines for farmers

The state government has started helplines for farmers in the wake of the crisis of fertilisers and seeds in the state.The crisis is man-made and created by a section of the traders and the state government is determined to curb it, said state agriculture mini

Frequent power cuts trouble residents

Bavdhan residents are fed up with the erratic power supply for the past few months. They said the supply is cut at least a dozen times during the day for a few minutes.Omkar Thatte, a resident of Suvarna Park society behind Maratha Mandir, said the society mem

People brave heat, rain due to lack of bus shelters

With no bus shelters on the Bavdhan-NDA Road, commuters have to wait for Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) buses braving either the scorching sun or the heavy downpour.The transport utility has failed to come up with bus shelters at the bus s

Mundhwa rehab centre fails to retain rescued girls

On May 29 this year, 13 girls ran away from the rehabilitation centre in Mundhwa. Just 12 days later, another girl fled after hoodwinking the security staff. All the girls had been rescued from the red light areas in the city. But these are not isolated cases.