Gitesh Shelke Dna

• Iranian spy case: Details sought from Pune varsity

  The state government has shot off a letter to the University of Pune (UoP) asking what police action has been initiated in the case of the Iranian spy who was admitted as a PhD student by the UoP. The UoP received the query letter from the Mantralaya on Tuesday. However, the UoP officials concerned wondered how the varsity could know about the poli...

• Four college students complain of ragging in Pune

  Four first-year BSc (agriculture) students of Shivajinagar-based Agriculture College have complained of ragging by seniors to the college authorities. They alleged that they were being ragged and humiliated by second-year students for the last two months. The incident came to light last Saturday when the uncle of an aggrieved student visited the ho...

• He works in a mortuary to pursue his hobby

  He seems like any other enthusiastic student participating in the one-act play competition of the ongoing Indradhanushya 2010 youth festival at the University of Pune. However, 22-year-old Govinda Bhiku Khairnar is in a league of his own. Apart from being a competent stage artiste and bright student, this young man works in the mortuary of JJ Hospi...

• 250-yr-old idol of Hanuman found in Pune river

  A six-foot idol of Lord Hanuman, believed to be over 250 years old, was discovered in the bed of the Mutha river near Sangam Bridge late on Wednesday evening.Workers engaged by the Pune Municipal Corporation to clean the river bed under its Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal (JNNURM) project chanced upon the idol. The width of the idol is 3.5 ...

• Pune varsity to install CCTV cameras to curb crime

  Rattled by the ruckus created by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and continuous thefts on the University of Pune (UoP) campus, the authorities have installed closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) at its entry gates to keep a close watch on visitors.While one CCTV camera has been installed at the main gate on Ganeshkhind Road, the other cam...

• University of Pune senate elections tomorrow

  The University of Pune (UoP) senate election for teachers, post-graduate teachers and board of studies will be held on Sunday. Twenty-six teachers, six post-graduate teachers and 219 candidates for the board of studies are in the fray.There are 13 senate seats for teachers, four seats for post-graduate teachers and six each of 24 different boards o...

• Pune: No principals in college, time running out for 40,000 students

  The future of over 40,000 first-year students of colleges and institutes functioning under the University of Pune (UoP) is at the crossroads: their colleges and institutes do not have full-time qualified principals and directors as required. The UoP has made it clear it will not grant eligibility to these students.The last date of securing eligibil...

• Pune: Mid-day meal deal scrapped after complaint from parents

  Parents of students of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-managed Krida Niketan School at Saritanagari on Sinhagad Road on Thursday demonstrated on the school premises against the alleged distribution of stale fruits and food under the mid-day meal scheme.The parents said school principal Jyoti Mankar was transferred by the PMC's school board whe...

• Pune: 16 city students in catering team at CWG

  Sixteen hotel management students of Pune are on their toes at the Commonwealth Games Village in Delhi to ensure that participating athletes are well fed. They are part of a group of 250 students from various institutes of the United Education Institute (UEI) Global India who are part of the official catering team at the CWG. The group from Pune in...