Pune: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Friday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his govt with renewing faith in the Constitution.“So far we had forgotten what the Constitution prescribes and what it prohibits,” said Pandit in her keynote address delivered through video conferencing mode at a national conference on ‘75 Years…
Mumbai: A total of 78,000 students have secured admissions to junior colleges in Maharashtra in the fourth round of the First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions. State education department announced the schedule for the fifth and final round. Students can fill in their college preferences between 8 am on Aug 26 and 6.30 pm on…
NEW DELHI: Declining to stay an earlier order prohibiting restaurants from mandatorily levying a service charge, Delhi High Court on Friday questioned how hotels/restaurants can charge customers above the MRP. It further asked restaurant associations, who have come in appeal, about the rationale to separately ask for a service charge instead of including it in…
Pune: All 2,800 employees on contract under the National Health Mission (NHM) in Pune district, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and Pune Municipal Corporation marched to the district collector’s office on Friday, over their demands for job regularisation and better pay as per state govt’s 2024 GR.Their strike since Aug 19 has affected crucial health programmes…
Mumbai: Mumbai University saw a slight improvement in the enrolment of international students. The university developed a robust Single Window System to streamline foreign student admissions. From applications, fee payments, document scrutiny, seat allocation, and hostel assignment, every stage is centrally monitored. Students can track their admission status in real time through a personalised dashboard….
New Delhi: Dismissing the revision petition of a man, a Delhi court reprimanded him for his mischievous approach in filing a frivolous plea and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.The court of Additional Sessions Judge Bhupinder Singh on Aug 18 stated that liberal access to justice should not be construed as a means…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday appealed to the farming community not to take any drastic steps and said that state govt is taking several measures to provide them relief. His remarks come in response to the opposition targeting govt over a farmer’s death by suicide in Ahilyanagar district’s Newasa taluka. In a…
Mumbai: With Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange planning to renew his agitation from Aug 29 in Mumbai, state govt on Friday reconstituted its cabinet sub-committee on the quota by appointing water resources minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil as its chairman. He replaced higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil.Sources say the change was made because Vikhe…
New Delhi: Ring Road and Outer Ring Road may be the city’s lifelines, but ironically, they are death bringers too. At the end of July, the two corridors had accounted for total 381 accidents involving cars, two-wheelers and pedestrians — more than one in every 10 accidents in Delhi this year. Stretching nearly 90km and…
Pune: Regular commuters on Pune–Mumbai Expressway have urged the authorities to expedite Khopoli–Kusgaon missing link project, citing inconveniences faced by them due to repeated delays.Rinki Dhruv, a Mumbai resident who frequently travels to Pune, said, “While there are practical difficulties, it is about time the authorities complete the project to ease travel for commuters.”Echoing similar…
