Dheeraj Bengrut

Principal Speak: Shikha Jain, director, IMDR: Only way to learn how to do it... is to do it

Shikha Jain’s resume is filled with a list of degrees that ensure her heading IMDR is the perfect fit

Pune IT firms restrict air travel of employees, issue advisories

Most companies have cancelled travel plans and issued advisory notices to its employees

SSC exams: 20-mark orals to lift pressure off students from writing 100-mark papers

1,131 students with special needs and 18 transgender students have registered in Pune division

Pune-Mumbai e-way trauma centre saves 160 lives in five months

The centre runs round the clock and is fully equipped with various medical facilities to give emergency medical treatment to injured victims or person in distress, says Dr Suyog Gurav, project director, Trauma care centre

SPPU’s NSS unit adopts Sinhgad fort to ensure it’s always clean and green

The initiative, started by the National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of the SPPU, comes from the varsity working on a policy to “adopt” such historical monuments and forts

Teaching the golden oldies: Pune NGO works to better senior citizens’ lives

The programme currently has volunteers working in two slum areas: Kasturba Vasahat and Indira Vasahat in Aundh and have started their centre in the area called as ‘Vrudhanchi Anganwadi’ (senior citizens playgroup)

Farmer crosses Pune-Mumbai expressway illegally, gets crushed by vehicles

Incident happened at around 8.00 pm at the 75km mark on the e-way

Altering the course of nallah at Yewalewadi may have intensified flash floods: PMC

The water body has now dried up due to mass dumping of construction waste by developers in the area

Six held for firm owner’s murder in Chakan MIDC

The deceased has been identified as Harishchandra Kisanrao Dethe (45), a resident of Vishrantwadi.

Lohegaon airport implements separate traffic lanes for arrival, departure pick-ups and drops

Vehicles that enter from the main gate drive in a circle, to go through the driveway of departure gate 1 and 2, and then exit from there

PMPML starts ‘design studio project’ to beautify major bus stands across city

Starting with its pilot project, PMPML upgraded and beautified the Deccan Gymkhana bus stand, on Jungli Maharaj road near Garware bridge, in a month’s time

45 years in the business of hope: Sofosh, the home for abandoned infants

The police handed over all the abandoned newborns to the Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospitals (Sofosh), a voluntary charitable trust, working for such abandoned children

Upgraded GMRT opens up space for path-breaking discoveries, says Yashwant Gupta

The GMRT is built and operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA)-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

New depots key challenge for new PMPML boss, says Nayana Gunde

Vijay Suryawanshi is the new CMD and will have to work on bus infrastructure

PMPML ticket for ex-servicemen’s SHGs to board bus to financial independence

Forty CNG buses will be hired by a firm formed by 40 self help groups (SHGs) under the name ‘Vishwayodha’

Govt should talk to protesting Muslim women on CAA, says Padma awardee

“If the Muslim women and people are feeling insecure about their citizenship, then the government should clear their doubts. All of us Muslims are citizens of this country and have not come from outside India. Thus, we have the fullest right on our country,” he said.

Republic Day Special: How Pune got an Ambedkar museum which neither Delhi nor Mumbai wanted

Personal effects of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, were donated by his wife, Savita Bhimrao Ambedkar, in 1982 to create the museum

Passenger dies at Pune railway station, body taken in luggage tempo as GRP has ambulance, but no driver

The railway police force (RPF) and general railway police (GRP) called the railway hospital ambulance and the state government 108 ambulance which came to the spot, but denied taking the body citing that the facility is only available for injured and serious passengers

Infants rescued from Pashan lake under observation at Sassoon

Love wins: Inter-religious couple take back custody of child born out of wedlock

The couple, who requested HT not to take pictures citing the sensitivity around their decision, plan to get married next month

We promise quick redressal of public issues, says Pratap Jadhav, incharge, chief minister secretariat office centre

Pratap Jadhav, revenue department deputy commissioner at the Pune divisional commissioner office, has been given the charge of the chief minister secretariat office centre

Uddhav reaches out to public: Chief minister’s secretariat centre begins work in Pune

Thackeray, during the last winter session of the state legislature at Nagpur, had announced the setting up of a chief minister’s secretariat centre in all the divisional offices in the state

Makeshift Wakdewadi bus depot in Pune not passenger friendly

From broken benches, to confusion regarding platforms, to risky walk for pedestrians, the depot lacks basic amenities, rue users

HT spot check: Damaged platforms, dysfunctional prepaid rickshaw services greet passengers at Pune rly station

A bsence of sitting space and non-availability of affordable food are also the problem areas

IIIT Pune degree to now offer US, European university validity

Prof Shukla explained that under the collaboration whatever is being taught in the US and Europe, will also be taught in India under a choice-based credit system

RTE admission schedule not declared yet; activists write to Maha education dept

Parents face many difficulties in the admission process and have to wait till September and if they don’t get admission through RTE, their child’s entire academic year has is wasted, say activists

Alumni Connect: Dentist with a smile for the catwalk

Ensuring her clinical expertise Dr Anjali Chaugule began her dental practice in Pune in 2005

Campus Connect: Centre for Dewey Studies in India opens at SPPU in collaboration with University of Texas

The centre has been launched in collaboration with the University of Texas, USA, and was inaugurated at the Department of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Studies (DBAS), Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), on Thursday, by SPPU vice-chancellor Prof Nitin Karmalkar

Protesting students not to disrupt convocation at Pune University

There was heavy police bandobast inside SPPU and intensive checking was going on of every person entering the convocation ceremony pandal

Students to not disrupt SPPU convocation, to hold ‘university shut’ protest wearing black ribbons