With rising instances of cheating at the examinations conducted by the University of Pune, the issue of misconduct of students is all set to feature prominently at the senate meeting of the varsity scheduled for this Thursday.
Under the state government’s flagship programme of providing 10 lakh houses in five years, it is creating a land bank of 2,000 hectares in the state. Of this, nearly 100 hectares will be in Pune.
In the wake of the civic administration failing to regularise rampant constructions in the 23 merged villages, the Pune Municipal Corporation on Tuesday announced it would soon launch an amnesty scheme to legalise these constructions.
In the backdrop of recent case of rape and murder of techie Naina Poojari, the Crime Branch of the city police have issued guidelines for women working in BPO and IT sector in the city.
Twenty-four-year-old Amit Jain died in a road accident last year and his mother Rekha is still trying to come to terms with the loss but she reflects with pride her dying son’s decision to donate his kidneys and cornea.
President Pratibha Patil landed in the city on Tuesday, ahead of her flight on Wednesday when she will be the first woman to fly in an Indian fighter aircraft.
