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Maharashtra student elections deferred: State education minister Vinod Tawde

State higher education minister Vinod Tawde announced in the cabinet that the Universities Act will be amended to empower the cabinet to postpone the student council elections in the event of the schedule of state elections overlapping or due to any law and order situation or natural calamities.

The student council elections which were scheduled to be conducted in September have now been postponed by the Maharashtra state cabinet on Wednesday due to the forthcoming state assembly elections.

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Updated on Aug 08, 2019 04:27 PM IST

Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Additional buses to ply to Mumbai, bus service to Kolhapur stopped

Commuters who want to travel to Mumbai and Kolhapur are facing inconvenience as the railway route has been shut down due to waterlogging and landslides due to heavy rains.

Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will ply additional buses to Mumbai from the Swargate bus station, however, it has stopped all bus services to Kolhapur, Sangli and Miraj routes.(Kunal Patil/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 08, 2019 01:16 AM IST

Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Flood-weary get a helping hand in Pune

30 doctors are working round the clock in shifts at the PMC-run schools in Balewadi to provide medical services to residents

Medicines were distributed at rehabilitation centres in PMC-run schools.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 07, 2019 04:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

In solidarity: Help pours in for evacuated residents in Pune

Citizen groups have stepped forward to help citizens affected by rains

Residents of low-lying areas in Baner and Balewadi were shifted to Balwadkar School, Balewadi where they were provided food, shelter and health services.(Milind Saurkar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 06, 2019 04:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

NDRF, fire brigade rescue 8,842 residents to safety in Pune

Residents in Baner and Balewadi were forced to leave their homes as low-lying areas were inundated.

NDRF team rescues residents of Prathamesh Park, Baner in Pune on Monday using lifeboat.(MILIND SAURKAR/HT)

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Updated on Aug 06, 2019 03:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut, Pune

65K seats remain vacant for diploma engineering courses in state

According to officials, this year, 65,921 applications were received by the Maharashtra State board of technical education (MSBTE) for the engineering diploma admissions.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2019 01:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut, Pune

Next generation should be problem solvers, says Abhay Jere, chief innovation officer

There are multiple challenges that the innovation sector is facing, according to Jere

Abhay Jere, chief innovation officer (CIO) of innovation cell(Milind Saurkar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2019 04:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

SPPU Committee recommends, 75% attendance necessary for earn and learn scheme

The committee submitted a draft to the management council for approval after a meeting was held on July 26

SPPU Main building(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2019 03:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

FYJC: 11,496 students in Pune yet to take admission

At least 46,701 seats are still vacant in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad colleges across streams after the second round was declared on July 26

In the second round, 6,738 students have been allotted the colleges of their first preference and till now 5,122 students have taken admissions(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2019 03:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Punekar’s guide to trekking smart this monsoon

Several spots have been identified as “risky” and “crowded” by trekking organisations and rescue operation members in and around Pune

A large group of trekkers seen at Harihar fort, located 40km from Nashik city.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2019 05:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

College elections@25 years: Stringent guidelines to curb violence on campus

Ban on participation of student wings of political parties; cap on expenses

In a bid to bring in sobriety in campus politics, Maharashtra has come up with a strong code of conduct and rules to prevent violence.(HT/PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2019 06:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByYogesh Joshi and Dheeraj Bengrut

Pune’s SPPU radio surpasses boundary, to give voice to other colleges

Savitribai Phule Pune University’s Vidyavani radio ties up with other city colleges for creative content generation and more student participation.

Vidyavani radio station of Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune.(MILIND SAURKAR/HT)

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Updated on Jul 26, 2019 04:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Students from across the globe will come here to work with us, says Somak Raychaudhury, Iucaa director

Raychaudhury has worked on several Nasa projects and is currently involved various projects with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in astrophysics

Somak Raychaudhury, director of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (Iucaa).(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 23, 2019 04:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Chandrayaan’s first-stage booster made in rural Pune

Pune’s Walchandnagar Industries Ltd manufactured components of the lunar mission vehicle, such as the first-stage booster and “flex nozzle control tanks”

Students jump with joy after the Chandrayaan-2 was launched on Monday. A programme to screen the launch event was held at Fergusson College amphitheatre.(Ravindra Joshi/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 23, 2019 03:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Campus connect: Pune student wings gear up for University elections

Though political party-affiliated student wings are not allowed to contest these elections, directly, all students wings in the state have already begun working to contest the elections

After 25 years, student elections return to the city and student unions and organisations are more than ready to run for vote banks.(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 19, 2019 05:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Engineering admission: 64,0001 BE seats vacant in state after first CAP round

First round of the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) first year admissions has started for 1,35,190 seats in the state

A government college at Ganeshkhind road.(Milind Saurkar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 18, 2019 02:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

FYJC merit list: No admission yet for 36,834 students in Pune division

First general merit list was declared on July 12 after which students were supposed to take admissions; second general list will be declared on July 22

On Tuesday, the admission process for the first general list of candidates for the first year junior college (FYJC) was issued. As many as 36,834 students are still without admissions in the Pune division, as per the data released by the education department.(HT FILE)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2019 02:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Policy aim is good but method needs reviewing says, Bhalbha Vibhute at the Dr Chitra Naik memorial lecture

Vibhute was speaking on the new education policy 2019 at the Dr Chitra Naik memorial lecture at Indian Institute of Education (IIE), Kothrud on Monday

Bhalbha Vibhute former director, department of adult and continuing education, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2019 03:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

FYJC cut-off shrinks, students in Pune demand revival of internal marks system

As against 86 colleges in 2018-2019, only 27 colleges have 90% or above cut-off margin this year

Only 27 colleges had the above 90 per cent figure in the current academic year. Among these 27 colleges, 20 are for the Science stream, three for Arts and the remaining four are for the Commerce stream.(HT/PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 15, 2019 04:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Key demands of common man ignored in Union Budget: Punekars

Increased the price of petrol and diesel, and no relief from high education fees, a disappointment, say residents

Mahesh Kalekar a private company employee resides in Kumbharwada chawl in Kasba peth.(Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 06, 2019 05:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

SB Mujumdar lauds ‘Study in India’ programme

Mujumdar recalled that it was way back in 1971 that Symbiosis was established for the welfare of foreign students and to attract as many possible foreign students to Pune

SB Mujumdar, founder of Symbiosis Society.(HT/PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 06, 2019 05:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Campus connect: 4,511 students in Pune have not accessed part 1 of form for FYJC admission

According to Cap committee, students who have not approved part 1 of the form at guidance centres, will not be eligible to fill the part 2 of the form

Students seeking FYJC admission enquire about the process at Fergusson college on Thursday.(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 05, 2019 03:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Sinhgad wall collapse: Rescue delayed, everything was over within seconds allege survivors

Residents also alleged that the rescue team reached the mishap site late. Pune district collector, Naval Kishore Ram, however, said, “The NDRF and fire brigade officials reached the spot on time.”

Relatives mourn the death of their deceased relatives at Sassoon hospital in Pune on Tuesday.(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 03, 2019 04:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut and Nadeem Inamdar, Pune

Six die in second Pune wall collapse in 3 days

Heavy rainfall since the onset of the south-west monsoon on Friday has paralysed Pune and caused flooding, and traffic jams.

Compound wall collapse at Sinhgad Institute, Ambegaon in Pune(HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jul 02, 2019 11:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByNadeem Inamdar and Dheeraj Bengrut

Learning licence procedure delayed as computers keep breaking down at Pune RTO

Test takers have to wait for hours for their turn, due to the continuous breaking down of the machine.

People appearing for the learning licence test at the examination hall at RTO in Pune.(Shankar Narayan/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 02, 2019 05:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut, Pune

State ICSE students in a fix with 6th subject marks now invalid

Suvarna Kharat, joint secretary, state education department, on Monday issued the order for the Class 11 centralised online admission process

The number of students who have scored above 95 per cent in CBSE board is 57,000 and in ICSE board it is 21,000 in the state(PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY)

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Updated on Jul 02, 2019 05:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Earn and learn scheme at Pune varsity in a soup, needs scrutinisation

Adsool committee has submitted documentary evidence and proof of the persons involved in this case; discrepancy amounting to lakhs of rupees was done in the last two years

The Savitribai Phule Pune University’s (SPPU) ‘Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Earn and Learn scheme’ is once again under scanner after allegations of fund discrepancies came to light.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 01, 2019 05:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Campus calling: Looking beyond mainstream career opportunities

With the First Year Junior College (FYJC) admission procedure going on, academic experts tell us about these next-generation career options and what future does it hold for the students

Class 10 and Class 12 students looking to main-line into careers that include sports management, statistical analysis and artificial intelligence, have access to courses and graduate programmes that cover all of the above, and more, here in Pune(Milind Saurkar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 28, 2019 04:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

CCTV cameras help avert two rail accidents on Pune-Mumbai ghat section

Late on Wednesday evening, a boulder fell on the railway line at Monkey Hill near Khandala on the Pune-Mumbai rail track, forcing the railway authorities to shut the line till the debris was cleared.

The installation of the cameras was done for the first time last monsoon and plans are afoot to increase the number of cameras on this section.(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 27, 2019 07:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Pune’s drug addiction problem, a teenage issue

Several rehabilitation and de-addiction centres in the city joined hands with the police to drive home the anti-drug addiction message at schools and colleges across the city, given the age bracket now in question

June 26 is ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’ and the anti-narcoticscell of Pune police released this information based on at least five years of narcotics cases in its archives(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 26, 2019 03:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

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State higher education minister Vinod Tawde announced in the cabinet that the Universities Act will be amended to empower the cabinet to postpone the student council elections in the event of the schedule of state elections overlapping or due to any law and order situation or natural calamities.

Commuters who want to travel to Mumbai and Kolhapur are facing inconvenience as the railway route has been shut down due to waterlogging and landslides due to heavy rains.

30 doctors are working round the clock in shifts at the PMC-run schools in Balewadi to provide medical services to residents

Citizen groups have stepped forward to help citizens affected by rains

Residents in Baner and Balewadi were forced to leave their homes as low-lying areas were inundated.

According to officials, this year, 65,921 applications were received by the Maharashtra State board of technical education (MSBTE) for the engineering diploma admissions.

There are multiple challenges that the innovation sector is facing, according to Jere

The committee submitted a draft to the management council for approval after a meeting was held on July 26

At least 46,701 seats are still vacant in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad colleges across streams after the second round was declared on July 26

Several spots have been identified as “risky” and “crowded” by trekking organisations and rescue operation members in and around Pune

Ban on participation of student wings of political parties; cap on expenses

Savitribai Phule Pune University’s Vidyavani radio ties up with other city colleges for creative content generation and more student participation.

Raychaudhury has worked on several Nasa projects and is currently involved various projects with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in astrophysics

Pune’s Walchandnagar Industries Ltd manufactured components of the lunar mission vehicle, such as the first-stage booster and “flex nozzle control tanks”

Though political party-affiliated student wings are not allowed to contest these elections, directly, all students wings in the state have already begun working to contest the elections

First round of the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) first year admissions has started for 1,35,190 seats in the state

First general merit list was declared on July 12 after which students were supposed to take admissions; second general list will be declared on July 22

Vibhute was speaking on the new education policy 2019 at the Dr Chitra Naik memorial lecture at Indian Institute of Education (IIE), Kothrud on Monday

As against 86 colleges in 2018-2019, only 27 colleges have 90% or above cut-off margin this year

Increased the price of petrol and diesel, and no relief from high education fees, a disappointment, say residents

Mujumdar recalled that it was way back in 1971 that Symbiosis was established for the welfare of foreign students and to attract as many possible foreign students to Pune

According to Cap committee, students who have not approved part 1 of the form at guidance centres, will not be eligible to fill the part 2 of the form

Residents also alleged that the rescue team reached the mishap site late. Pune district collector, Naval Kishore Ram, however, said, “The NDRF and fire brigade officials reached the spot on time.”

Heavy rainfall since the onset of the south-west monsoon on Friday has paralysed Pune and caused flooding, and traffic jams.

Test takers have to wait for hours for their turn, due to the continuous breaking down of the machine.

Suvarna Kharat, joint secretary, state education department, on Monday issued the order for the Class 11 centralised online admission process

Adsool committee has submitted documentary evidence and proof of the persons involved in this case; discrepancy amounting to lakhs of rupees was done in the last two years

With the First Year Junior College (FYJC) admission procedure going on, academic experts tell us about these next-generation career options and what future does it hold for the students

Late on Wednesday evening, a boulder fell on the railway line at Monkey Hill near Khandala on the Pune-Mumbai rail track, forcing the railway authorities to shut the line till the debris was cleared.

Several rehabilitation and de-addiction centres in the city joined hands with the police to drive home the anti-drug addiction message at schools and colleges across the city, given the age bracket now in question

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