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PUNE: Noted Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar died on Monday at his residence here after prolonged illness. He was 80 years old.

Family sources said Tendulkar died at about 8 a.m. He had been unwell for the past two months.

A Padma Bhushan awardee, Tendulkar was best known for his plays Ghashiram Kotwal and Sakharam Binder. He was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement.

In 1977, Tendulkar won the National Film Award for his screenplay of Shyam Benegal’s movie Manthan . He also wrote the screenplays for other critically acclaimed films like Nishant , Akrosh and Ardh Satya.

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TOI : PUNE: Considering exorbitant costs involved in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), the Pune-based Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital’s IVF centre has announced concession for infertile couples from June.

“There is a section of society which cannot afford this high-cost treatment. Hence, the IVF centre of Mangeshkar hospital has announced concessions from time to time,” said Anand Shinde, male infertility expert at the hospital’s IVF centre. In the very first year, the centre has maintained a respectable success rate of 34 per cent.

“Generally, patients undergoing IVF have a higher abortion rate, but at the IVF centre here has reported only one case of abortion so far,” he said.

Notably, number of couples requiring infertility treatment is rising. Late marriages, stressful work, unhealthy diet, obesity and lack of exercise are some factors that contribute to infertility. Besides, environmental pollutants, which build up toxic levels in our food chain also cause decrease in fertility in both men and women, explained Shinde.

The next free orientation programme will be held at the the IVF centre on May 25 at 4 pm. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has planned to develop a large garden, which will have over a thousand trees and ayurvedic plants, on a two hectare plot near Akurdi railway station.

Speaking to TOI on Friday PCMC chief garden superintendent Suresh Salunke said that the garden will have 1,250 trees, and over 200 varieties of rare ayurvedic plants. The garden will be developed and maintained by a private firm.

Salunke said that Pimpri-Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA) has handed over a plot measuring around two hectares to PCMC for the purpose. The plantation work will begin in July. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: The Kothrud police have booked Shrirang Raghunath Hole (53) of Karvenagar and his two sons for allegedly beating up one Prakash Gajanan Jinral (51), a junior engineer with MSEDCL, on Saturday.

According to police, Hole and his two sons—Dipesh (23) and Hemant (21)—barged into the MSEDCL’s Karvenagar office, engaged in a heated debate with Jinaral and executive engineer Bharat Dholkiya and assaulted them.

As a mark of protest, the MSEDCL employees stopped work. They complained that the accused was earlier booked for power theft. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: In a well-planned attempt, three unidentified assailants targeted a plywood businessman in Marketyard, when he was on his way home, and decamped with his scooter containing Rs 1.25 lakh cash. The incident occurred near the Maharashtra state warehousing godown at Marketyard on Saturday night.

Lalitkumar Periwale (30) runs a plywood business at New Timber Market in Bhavani Peth. At around 7.30 pm, he put the day’s collection in the scooter dickey, closed the shop, and set for home.

The suspects, who were travelling triple seat on a motorcycle, first dashed against Periwale’s vehicle at Giridhar Bhavan chowk. Instead of arguing, Periwale advised them to drive properly. For him the matter seemed to have ended there, but the trio had some other plans in mind as they chased him up to some distance and intercepted his vehicle on the lonely road near the Maharashtra state warehousing godown at about 8.15 pm. They thrashed Periwale and flung chutney on his face and decamped with his vehicle (MH12-DE-6368), which contained Rs 1.25 lakh cash. The total loss recorded is Rs 1.65 lakh.

The passers by rushed him to a nearby private hospital where he was treated for itching eyes. Since it was dark, Periwale could not give description of the suspects. Swargate police sub-inspector S Deshmukh said they will interrogate Periwale’s employees. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: Independent candidates cornered four of the five seats declared till late on Sunday night in the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) elections which were held earlier in the day.

The independents — Shailesh Bidkar, Sangeeta Pawar, Prasad Kedari and Karansingh Makhwani — emerged victorious in wards 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively, while Congress candidate Arti Mahajan of the Congress was declared winner in ward 5. Close contests were witnessed in wards 1 and 2.

Bidkar won from ward 1 by a margin of just 30 votes. He polled 1,308 votes as against his nearest rival, Mihir Irani of the Congress, who got 1,278 votes. Former PCB member from this ward, Arjun Khurpe of the Nationalist Congress Party, barely got 394 votes.

In ward 2, which was reserved for women candidates, Pawar defeated Violet Fernandes of the Congress by a margin of 29 votes. While Pawar got 677 votes, Fernandes secured 648. Shiv Sena candidate Vaishali Gondkar got 479 votes to finish third.

In ward 3, Kedari polled 967 votes to defeat Sandeep Bhosale of the NCP, who got 811 votes. Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Munawar Harun Qureshi was placed third with 733 votes.

In ward 4, which was reserved for SC/ST candidates, Makhwani secured 1,404 votes to defeat Atul Gaikwad of the BJP, who got 753 votes. Independent candidate Deepak Gawli finished third with 468 votes.

In ward 5, Mahajan secured a whopping 1,939 votes to defeat her nearest rival, Varsha Gade, who got 599 votes. NCP candidate Swati Ganla finished third with 504 votes.

The counting of votes for the remaining three wards was in progress till late into the night. The results were announced by returning officer Col Sanjay Kaushal. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More