Labour, industrial court lawyers take one-week swine flu break

Tuesday 11 August '09

Around 200 labour and industrial court lawyers who are members of the Labour Law Practitioners’ Association have decided to take a ‘swine flu break’ for a week.

Cheque misplaced, bank told to pay Rs 5.61 lakh to customer

Wednesday 5 August '09

The Pune district consumer court recently ordered the Axis Bank to pay Rs 5.61 lakh to Hadapsar-based building construction contractor Nilesh Pokar after the bank misplaced his cheque.

It's green push: staff told to use car pools

Monday 3 August '09

Several IT firms and IT parks have introduced parking fee for employees.

Reels of learning

Friday 31 July '09

If you thought film production was the forte of the wealthy, Pramod Prabhulkar’s workshop on the topic will help you bust that myth.

Family court lawyers to form their own bar association

Wednesday 29 July '09

For the first time in 20 years, a family court in Pune is all set to form its own bar association, a registered society of the 200-odd practising lawyers in Pune.

Teachers’ strike to hit revaluation results

Thursday 23 July '09

The ongoing college teachers’ strike is likely to affect around 35,000 students of BSc, BCS, BA, BCom and other non-professional courses who have applied for revaluation.

Management case against factory staff boomerangs

Sunday 19 July '09

A case lodged by the Theur-based Yashwant Cooperative Sugar Factory against its employees’ union in Pune Industrial Court has boomeranged...

Soon, kids to get first lessons in climate change through games

Wednesday 15 July '09

Soon, schoolchildren will join the green brigade and play an active role in the fight against climate change as the the concept and its effects would be demystified and will soon be presented in the form of computer games for them in the city.

IBM promises jobs to 100 engineers

Monday 13 July '09

IBM India has assured jobs to at least 100 candidates, mostly freshers, during its off-campus recruitment drive held on Friday and Saturday.

A surprise for engg students

Thursday 9 July '09

While most IT companies have deferred their campus recruitment by six months, engineering students can take a breather with the off-campus recruitment to be held by IBM India in association with Federation of Training and Placement Officers (FTPO) on Friday and Saturday...

For failing to hold lectures, consumer court orders WLC to compensate student

Wednesday 8 July '09

The Pune District Consumer Court has ordered Wigan and Leigh College (WLC) to compensate an amount of about Rs 3 lakh to V V Kanuga, a resident of Koregaon Park.

Fauji serial, Kargil clips inspired this city lad to take up a career in defence

Sunday 5 July '09

For 18-year-old Sushil Bodke, a resident of railway officers’ quarters at Maldhakka, getting selected in the Indian Naval Academy, Kerala is a dream come true.

Extravaganza, no more?

Saturday 4 July '09

Weddings no longer mean endless shopping sprees, extravaganza and lavishness, as young couples now prefer their marriages to be quiet, private affairs...

Not summer camps, these kids like trotting the villages

Sunday 21 June '09

Vacations are not just about attending camps or art and craft classes for a group of seven children from Sneh Paradise Society on Paud Road.

City techie conquers Jaonli peak, first Indian to do so in 25 years

Monday 15 June '09

For the first time in 25 years, Jaonli peak in the Gangotri-Gangnani area of the Himalayas has been conquered by Indian climbers.

50% leave IIT-JEE coaching mid-way

Sunday 14 June '09

Even as IIT-JEE classes in the city are seeing frenetic admissions, the fact remains, on the institutes’ own admission...

City set to be headquarters of NRI parents’ organisations

Wednesday 10 June '09

Pune is all set to become the headquarters of nine units of NRI parents' organisations in the country as NRI Parents Organisation...

Self-defence classes for Indians Down Under, Shiv Sena welcomes move

Wednesday 10 June '09

The Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA) has come up with an initiative to run free capsule courses in self-defence in Australia for all the 11 victims of the racist attacks and their friends.

Self-defence classes for Indian students: Sena welcomes move

Wednesday 10 June '09

Welcoming the initiative taken by the Federation of Indian Students of Australia to run free capsule courses in self-defence in Australia for all 11 victims of the racist attacks and their friends...

Pune all set to become HQ of NRI Parents' Organisation

Tuesday 9 June '09

Pune is all set to become the headquarters of nine units of NRI Parents' Organisation (NRIPO) in the country.

Attack on Indian students: NRI parents’ body wants Oz to take responsibility

Friday 5 June '09

City-based NRI Parents’ Organisation (NRIPO) and its counterpart in Baroda have written to the Prime Minister’s Office...

Time up for study panel: fate of CET uncertain

Wednesday 3 June '09

The fate of Maharashtra Health and Technology Common Entrance Test remains uncertain as the three-month deadline given to the study panel ended in May and they are yet to arrive at a conclusion.

25 city students get US varsity sop

Tuesday 2 June '09

Twenty-five city students have been selected by University of Alaska Fairbanks to get 66 per cent concession in tuition fees while doing a course at the university.

It’s only IIT for physics champ Vinit

Monday 1 June '09

Vinit Atal, the lone student to be selected in 10 years from Pune for the International Physics Olympiad...

Faced remarks on skin, poverty Down Under, say ex-students

Friday 29 May '09

Former Indian students in Australia have come back with allegations of racial abuse, ranging from comments on poverty to insults on skin colour.