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TOI : PUNE: In a tragic incident, Vishal Dongre (22), a youth from Bhatnagar in Pimpri died in a freak accident at Tiger Point in Lonavla when the jeep he was sitting in fell down in a 2000 ft valley on Friday afternoon.

Dongre with four friends had gone to Lonavla for a picnic on Friday. They parked the vehicle near Tiger Point and all except Dongre got down from the jeep. Suddenly the jeep started rolling and fell into the valley.

Driver Dnyaneshwar Dhanawade of Thergaon, Sahebrao More; Tanaji Udanshive; Ajinath Telange (all from Kalewadi) and Janardan Jankar from Pimpri, had accompanied Dongre.

The rescue team was able to bring Dongre’s body to a level of 800 feet on Friday but the operations had to be abandoned due to bad weather. The body was brought out on Saturday noon. Dongre was an employee of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: The city crime branch raided two music stalls at Dengale bridge and recovered fake compact discs, VCDs and MP3 worth over Rs 7 lakh here on Saturday. The police have arrested Shrikant Sunil Shendge (20) and Vinod Namdeo Naiknaware (26), both of Mangalwar Peth, in connection to this case.

Acting on the info that fake CDs, VCDs and MP3s were being sold at a lower rate to customers at stall numbers 22 and 38 at Dengale bridge, a police team led by inspector Rajendra Bhamre raided the place, under DCP Anil Kumbhare (crime) and ACP Vinod Satav (crime). Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: The Faraskhana police have arrested an imposter, who threatened the prostitutes in Budhwar Peth area, in the guise of a policeman. The police recovered a khaki uniform from his possession.

Police hawaldar Y.B. Ombase and his collegues were on a patrol on Thursday night when they overheard some ruckus near Hotel Sapna. Identified as Kaluram Shinde (30), a resident of Khed, the man was found shouting and creating a scene.

Shinde was detained at the Shukrawar Peth chowky. Meanwhile, a rickshaw driver came to the police and asked them to arrest Shinde since he used to threaten the people in the guise of a policeman. The police found a uniform in Shinde’s two-wheeler parked near Hotel Sapna.
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TOI : MUMBAI: Even though the state faces the prospect of additional power cuts to cope with increased demand, thanks to irregular rains, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Pune can still hope for zero load-shedding. Tata Power Trading Company Ltd (TPTCL), the firm buying costly electricity for these three cities since June 1, would have to get 150 MW more to avoid load-shedding.

MSEB officials said Navi Mumbai, Thane, Mulund, Bhandup and Pune have been getting 325 MW from outside the state at a high cost by paying an additional reliability charge of 35 paise, 43 paise and 48 paise per unit respectively. Now, Tata Power Trading Co would have to get another 150 MW from outside the state if these three cities are to continue with zero load-shedding despite overall shortage crossing 4,000 MW across Maharashtra.

Ajay Bhushan Pandey, managing director of MSEB’s distribution company ‘MahaVitaran’, speaking to TOI on Saturday said Navi Mumbai, Thane and Pune would have to undergo an hour of load-shedding in case TPTCL cannot manage the extra 150 MW power. “If TPTCL gets only the originally contracted quantum of 325 MW, then an hour of load-shedding is compulsory. If extra electricity is available, these three cities would have uninterrupted power,” assured Pandey. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: Playing the ‘Marathi’ card, members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Vidyarthi Sena (MNVS) ransacked the office of Mangesh Karad, executive director of the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) group of institutes, here on Saturday.

Around 50 members of the MNVS entered the institute’s premises in Kothrud at around 11 am. They staged a protest and raised slogans against the pro-north Indian admission policy being implemented by the institute.

The mob then moved towards Karad’s office, intending to ‘adorn’ him with a garland of currency. Realising that he was not in the office, the mob turned violent. The office was ransacked with glass panes, furniture and other equipment bearing the brunt of the wrath. Following this, the miscreants fled the scene.

Roopali Patil, vice president of the city unit of the MNVS said, “The agitation was staged against the institute’s policy of giving preference to north Indian students for admissions to the management quota. Injustice is being done to Marathi students, who are being completely ignored by the institute. As a result, nearly 70 to 80 per cent of the total seats are being grabbed by north Indians.”

Moreover, Patil alleged the institute was violating norms as admissions were being granted on the basis of fake documents being produced by north Indian students. The institute was also collecting heavy donations from these students, she added.

Patil stated categorically that the MNVS would continue its agitation in the near future to ensure that city colleges gave priority to Marathis and kept the local students’ interests in mind.

Reacting to the incident, Rahul Karad, founder-dean, MIT School of Government, said the incident had come as a shock. “The admission procedures for all the courses run by the institute are being conducted within the rules and regulations laid by respective universities.”

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TOI : PUNE: Protesting against granting admissions to students from other states, a group of MNS activists on Saturday vandalised the premises of Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) in Pune.

The activists, who had gone to submit a memorandum to the institute’s management, alleged it was favouring students from other states in admission by taking donations from them and ignored the locals.

Police have arrested three persons in connection with the incident at Kothrud area of the city. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More