Indian Express - Pune

• Screen Awards 2014: The stage is set
  Camaraderie dominated the spirit at the party to announce the nominations for 20th Screen Awards.
  - 9 Jan 14, 5:51am -
• On the Wild Side
  An ongoing exhibition captures plants and animals in their natural environs.
  - 9 Jan 14, 3:01am -
• Artist, By Nature
  Two Varanasi-based artists display their varied interpretations of nature at an exhibition in the city.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:59am -
• Prevent sale of gutkha and liquor near schools, education deputy director tells principals
  As per a govt resolution, the sale of alcohol, tobacco, gutkha and related products within a radius of 100 m is banned.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:49am -
• WIL played role in successful launch of GSLV-D5
  WIL has been part of many critical and core components of India''s first Mars mission and first mission to Moon.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:45am -
• Connecting NGO launches new helpline centre in Chinchwad
  New helpline centre will have six volunteers to attend calls between 2 pm and 8 pm.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:37am -
• Suu Kyi, Malala pull out of Bhartiya Chhatra Sansad
  However, they are likely to address the sansad through video-conferencing.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:34am -
• Chopade and Shaikh shine with all-round performances
  Reserve Bank of India, who elected to bat after winning the toss, were restricted to 102 for nine.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:30am -
• In the time of recession, some small-scale units in Pimpri industrial belt stand apart
  Some are adopting innovative measures to encourage employees to perform better to weather the current storm.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:27am -
• Medical negligence: Doc told to pay up Rs 7 lakh
  Mulani had moved the Forum alleging that his son had died because of the medical negligence of Dr Pawar.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:24am -

• PMPML decides to appoint experts for dedicated BRTS cell
  Asks prospective candidates to take a ride on the route before appearing for interview.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:22am -
• DoPT asks PIOs not to divulge personal info of RTI applicants
  PIOs have been asking firms to give info to applicants.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:08am -
• Andhra police raid red light area, rescue 37 girls
  Pune Police officials said that they extended full support to the AP police operation.
  - 9 Jan 14, 2:05am -
• NCP, MNS lock horns over launch of musical fountain in Katraj
  To score brownie points, both parties want it be inaugurated by their respective leaders.
  - 8 Jan 14, 4:25am -
• Pulse polio immunisation programme on January 19
  In Pune, 4.8 lakh to be administered drops.
  - 8 Jan 14, 4:21am -
• Veterinary diploma holders demand representation
  Pune-based veterinary services association to provide inputs to national-level committee examining the Indian Vet Council Act.
  - 8 Jan 14, 4:18am -
• CoEP''s satellite launch postponed to March
  After being in the pipeline for several months, ISRO and CoEP had signed an MoU for the launch of the satellite.
  - 8 Jan 14, 4:16am -
• Dwarf twins, high on entertainment quotient, make a stopover in city
  They have never performed outside the state but hope to do so this year.
  - 8 Jan 14, 4:04am -
• NCP to field Jagtap in Maval, faces challenge from split Sena
  Sena leaders conceded there was division in the party, but said will fight as one unit.
  - 8 Jan 14, 3:58am -
• Parties sound poll bugle in Pune
  AAP scouts for candidates for Pune and Maval.
  - 8 Jan 14, 3:46am -
• Pune: ILS student ends life after failing exams
  Saumitra Dhoble was on vacation in his hometown Nagpur when the results were declared.
  - 8 Jan 14, 2:51am -
• In a first, a degree that blends expertise in law and economics
  Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics will launch the PG degree from the coming academic year.
  - 7 Jan 14, 5:23am -
• Latest trend: Policing via social networking
  Pune rural police officers use WhatsApp to share crime details, connect with citizens
  - 7 Jan 14, 5:20am -
• 17 children shifted from Preet Mandir to 3 adoption agencies
  The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has shifted out 17 children from Preet Mandir an adoption agency that had requested for closure last year.
  - 7 Jan 14, 5:17am -
• LPG booking: Elderly not happy with IVRS
  The consumers, especially senior citizens, are demanding an effective alternative system.
  - 7 Jan 14, 5:15am -
• Jan 31 deadline looms, those without Aadhaar ID will have to pay market price for LPG
  Pune residents who have not yet enrolled for their Aadhaar number and linked their bank account with the ID for LPG subsidy may have to pay Rs 836 more for every LPG cylinder, as directed by the Union Ministry of Petroleum.
  - 7 Jan 14, 5:12am -
• Lift mishap in hospital: Cops book contractor
  The incident had taken place in the main building of the Kamla Nehru Hospital run by the Pune Municipal Corporation on Saturday morning around 11 am.
  - 6 Jan 14, 2:35am -
• Through street play, project reaches out to construction workers
  Kushal, a partnership project, has so far imparted skill training to 10,000 workers and aims to cover one lakh more
  - 6 Jan 14, 2:32am -
• Six injured after PMPML bus goes out of control, driver detained
  Six persons, including a woman and her seven-year-old daughter, were injured after they were hit by a PMML bus at a traffic signal on Laxmi Road on Sunday morning.
  - 6 Jan 14, 2:30am -
• Employers now look at what students do on social media sites
  Major companies are now looking at the data shared on social networking sites too to decide on the selection process, say placement officers.
  - 6 Jan 14, 2:28am -
• Slowdown? Not at all, Pune bucks the trend
  Demand for freshers and those with 0-5 years of experience rising, IT, ITES and auto sectors lead the pack: Job portal surveys
  - 6 Jan 14, 2:14am -
• 'Intel-sharing biggest lesson learnt from 26/11''
  Coordinated intelligence and intelligence sharing are the biggest lessons learnt from 26-11, said Brigadier Pawan Bajaj, the commander of the Aundh-based Shivneri Brigade.
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:47am -
• In testing times, three shoemakers put their best foot forward and do brisk business
  M G Road in Camp is a place full of character. Almost every element of the motley mix - person, establishment or store - seems to have layers to uncover.
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:35am -
• City top cop links chain-snatching to rising gold price
  To avoid such incidents, don''t display ornaments: Pol to women
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:33am -
• Scam after-effect: Survey of defence land in Pune Circle 87% complete
  The Defence Estates Office (DEO), Pune Circle alone has so far surveyed 87 per cent of the 80,000 acres of defence land within its limits.
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:31am -
• Adarsh scam: Khadki vendor to move court to get his house back
  'Why am I being called a benami owner when all my transactions are transparent?'' asks Vishal Kedari
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:08am -
• Disabilities fail to hold Manali back as she promotes book penned by mother
  Book narrates the journey of Manali from an all dependent girl to the winner of the President''s award as the 'most creative girl'' for her project on water purification method
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:41am -
• Make Marathi compulsory in all knowledge streams: F M Shinde
  Marathi literary meet : The poet-writer rues government-instituted literary awards have been reduced to half, wants state to restore the original number
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:39am -
• First socio-economic survey of transgenders begins
  NGO Samapathik Trust will be targeting the various fairs flocked by transgenders in large numbers
  - 4 Jan 14, 3:47am -
• Ambulance owners threaten to go on strike, want RTO to revise tariff
  Say new rates fixed by the transport office too low, demand a minimum of Rs 16 per km.
  - 4 Jan 14, 3:41am -
• Passer-by saw us, we told him she was a sex worker, approver tells court
  Pujari a techie working at a city-based company Synechron was abducted and gangraped and was later killed by on October 8, 2010.
  - 4 Jan 14, 1:14am -
• 73,000 applications received in 3 days for AAP tickets: Damania
  Maharashtra convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Anjali Damania Friday reiterated that the party would contest all 48 seats in the state in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
  - 4 Jan 14, 1:12am -
• Govt schemes don''t reach 93% backward caste Muslims: Study
  Report says 79% have no caste card, madrasas not preferred educational institutions, average family size is 4.6 members
  - 4 Jan 14, 1:11am -
• Back to Baker Street
  Audiences world over refused to believe that the super sleuth Sherlock Holmes was gone.
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:31am -
• Release of 'C-grade' Miss Lovely in India is in itself true success, says director
  For director Ashim Ahluwalia, director of Miss Lovely, the film's theatrical release in India is the true measure of its success
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:11am -
• Having an Identity
  Poonam Dhillon on her role as an illiterate mother-in-law and her return on television after more than a decade.
  - 3 Jan 14, 4:55am -
• Pune slips in livability index, reveals survey
  Index answers questions whether people will opt to live in the city and have a better frame of life.
  - 3 Jan 14, 4:46am -
• Realtors unhappy with RR rates; claim it will harm industry, state
  Last year, the state had increased the ready reckoner rate by 20 per cent.
  - 3 Jan 14, 4:42am -
• Education directorate in 'deep slumber'' as IEDSS teachers continue to go without pay
  IEDSS replaced the earlier scheme of Integrated Education for Disabled Children.
  - 3 Jan 14, 4:37am -
• For cleaner buses at 10 depots, PMPML to rope in contractor
  Facility would be operational round the clock and the buses would be cleaned regularly.
  - 3 Jan 14, 4:33am -
• Politicians put up banners as PMC turns a blind eye
  To reach out to public, many political leaders have presently put up banners.
  - 3 Jan 14, 4:28am -
• Country''s first girls'' school continues to face govt neglect
  Legal battle over relocation of affected parties gets delayed as government pleader 'skips'' hearings.
  - 3 Jan 14, 4:16am -
• In Vogue
  City-based designers talk about inspirations behind their upcoming Spring-Summer collections.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:40am -
• The Celluloid Man
  Celluloid, a Malayalam film to be screened at the Pune International Film Festival.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:37am -
• Tribal Trail
  An ongoing exhibition in the city offers a peek at the tribal handicraft and culture.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:33am -
• Thread Bare
  Designers Gunjan Arora and Rahul Jain create abstract art using waste threads.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:29am -
• Activists to hold RTI katta on January 4
  Katta, an open-air meeting of people, will throw light on the Act and its various uses.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:25am -
• Maharashtra in driver''s seat against Assam
  Assam finish Day 3 on 94/4, 250 runs adrift.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:19am -
• In four hours on Dec 31 night, 253 persons booked for drink driving
  40 per cent of those booked are below 25 years, maximum cases reported from Hinjewadi, say police.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:12am -
• Move to grade schools yet to take off, minister promises action
  The issue will be taken up on priority basis this year.
  - 2 Jan 14, 3:07am -