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TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: The ongoing agitation by teachers from the University of Pune (UoP)-affiliated aided senior colleges has adversely affected the work of re-evaluation of papers, especially B.Sc and BCS, following the declaration of results for the university exams held in the March/April session.

A majority of these results were declared over the last two weeks and the university has started receiving applications for re-evaluation of marks through the affiliated colleges.

According to UoP’s controller of examination (CoE) S M Ahire, the university gets an average 40,000 re-evaluation applications for the March/April exam session and 38,000 pleas for the October/November session. On an average, the university conducts 275 exams for each of the March/April and October/November sessions.

“Although there is no specific timeframe for completion of the re-evaluation process, our attempt always is to settle these pleas within a reasonable time so that the students, who may have to appear in the ensuing examination, are able to make decisions,” said Ahire.

He said the examination department was finding it difficult to draw the services of teachers. “Even if someone gets ready to join work, the teachers’ organisation pulls them back,” he added. A majority of teachers engaged in the re-evaluation task are fr…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: Kamal Jain (65), the Canada-based NRI man who tried to escape a parking fine on Sunday and in so doing, injuring a policeman and couple, was sent to police custody till Tuesday.

Senior police inspector Suhas Nadgouda of the Bund Garden police station produced Jain before judicial magistrate first class Jyoti Purkar around 2.30 pm on Monday. Jain is the chief executive officer of a leading company.

Asking that Jain be remanded to seven days’ police custody, assistant public prosecutor Shilpa Mahatekar told the court that the suspect’s custodial interrogation was essential to determine the motive behind the incident.

Mahatekar asked that time be given to the police in order to verify Jain’s passport and visa and to ascertain whether he was staying in India legally.

Mahatekar sought time to find out the number of persons the suspect had met before committing the offence and to conduct a test identification parade by producing him before the injured couple who are undergoing treatment at the Lokmanya hospital in Pimpri. Another two-wheeler rider who was also knocked down by the suspect also needed to be identified, she said.

The prosecutor said Jain was suspected of having links with a terrorist organisation or gang, and so attacked the policeman.

According to defence lawyer Shrikant Shivade, custodial interrogation was not required as he had no intention of committing the crime and was not known to the injured victims.

Shivade submitted that no weapons had been recovered from Jain and that the police had impounded the passport and visa even though he was entitled to stay in India till 2010.

He argued that the victims were not seriously injured and that the police had recorded Jain’s statement after keeping him in custody for about 27 hours.

Shivade said that the police could check the phone calls made by Jain from his mobile phone in…More

TOI : PUNE: The ongoing agitation by teachers from the University of Pune (UoP)-affiliated aided senior colleges has adversely affected the work of re-evaluation of papers, especially B.Sc and BCS, following the declaration of results for the university exams held in the March/April session.

A majority of these results were declared over the last two weeks and the university has started receiving applications for re-evaluation of marks through the affiliated colleges.

According to UoP’s controller of examination (CoE) S M Ahire, the university gets an average 40,000 re-evaluation applications for the March/April exam session and 38,000 pleas for the October/November session. On an average, the university conducts 275 exams for each of the March/April and October/November sessions.

“Although there is no specific timeframe for completion of the re-evaluation process, our attempt always is to settle these pleas within a reasonable time so that the students, who may have to appear in the ensuing examination, are able to make decisions,” said Ahire.

He said the examination department was finding it difficult to draw the services of teachers. “Even if someone gets ready to join work, the teachers’ organisation pulls them back,” he added. A majority of teachers engaged in the re-evaluation task are fr…More

TOI : PUNE: Although there has not been much rain in and around the city over the last two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials say that conditions for better rainfall exists for the next few days.

As per the IMD’s weather update, a low pressure area is likely to develop over the northwest Bay of Bengal till Monday, which will become more marked thereafter. Apart from this, an off-shore trough is likely to persist along the west coast.

Due to these weather conditions, widespread rainfall activity with very heavy showers at a few places is likely to continue along the west coast and Gujarat till Monday evening and then decrease in intensity.

Fairly widespread rains with isolated heavy showers is likely in Central Maharashtra and south Rajasthan as well. The Southeast peninsula and north-eastern states, on the other hand, are likely to see subdued rainfall activity.

“Conditions are favourable for rainfall. A gradual increase could be witnessed during the next two days,” said A B Mazumdar, deputy director general meteorology (DDGM) of the IMD.

Pune and the catchment areas continued to witness weak rainfall activity on Sunday. According to the irrigation department, the Khadakwasla catchment witnessed only 1 mm rainfall throughout the day. Other dam catchments too recorded light showers. Panshet and Varasagon had 8 mm each and Pavana recorded 21mm. 1,104 cusecs of water was discharged from Khadakwala dam throug…More

TOI : PUNE: Although there has not been much rain in and around the city over the last two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials say that conditions for better rainfall exists for the next few days.

As per the IMD’s weather update, a low pressure area is likely to develop over the northwest Bay of Bengal till Monday, which will become more marked thereafter. Apart from this, an off-shore trough is likely to persist along the west coast.

Due to these weather conditions, widespread rainfall activity with very heavy showers at a few places is likely to continue along the west coast and Gujarat till Monday evening and then decrease in intensity.

Fairly widespread rains with isolated heavy showers is likely in Central Maharashtra and south Rajasthan as well. The Southeast peninsula and north-eastern states, on the other hand, are likely to see subdued rainfall activity.

“Conditions are favourable for rainfall. A gradual increase could be witnessed during the next two days,” said A B Mazumdar, deputy director general meteorology (DDGM) of the IMD.

Pune and the catchment areas continued to witness weak rainfall activity on Sunday. According to the irrigation department, the Khadakwasla catchment witnessed only 1 mm rainfall throughout the day. Other dam catchments too recorded light showers. Panshet and Varasagon had 8 mm each and Pavana recorded 21mm. 1,104 cusecs of water was discharged from Khadakwala dam throug…More

TOI : PUNE: Although there has not been much rain in and around the city over the last two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials say that conditions for better rainfall exists for the next few days.

As per the IMD’s weather update, a low pressure area is likely to develop over the northwest Bay of Bengal till Monday, which will become more marked thereafter. Apart from this, an off-shore trough is likely to persist along the west coast.

Due to these weather conditions, widespread rainfall activity with very heavy showers at a few places is likely to continue along the west coast and Gujarat till Monday evening and then decrease in intensity.

Fairly widespread rains with isolated heavy showers is likely in Central Maharashtra and south Rajasthan as well. The Southeast peninsula and north-eastern states, on the other hand, are likely to see subdued rainfall activity.

“Conditions are favourable for rainfall. A gradual increase could be witnessed during the next two days,” said A B Mazumdar, deputy director general meteorology (DDGM) of the IMD.

Pune and the catchment areas continued to witness weak rainfall activity on Sunday. According to the irrigation department, the Khadakwasla catchment witnessed only 1 mm rainfall throughout the day. Other dam catchments too recorded light showers. Panshet and Varasagon had 8 mm each and Pavana recorded 21mm. 1,104 cusecs of water was discharged from Khadakwala dam throug…More

TOI : PUNE: Although there has not been much rain in and around the city over the last two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials say that conditions for better rainfall exists for the next few days.

As per the IMD’s weather update, a low pressure area is likely to develop over the northwest Bay of Bengal till Monday, which will become more marked thereafter. Apart from this, an off-shore trough is likely to persist along the west coast.

Due to these weather conditions, widespread rainfall activity with very heavy showers at a few places is likely to continue along the west coast and Gujarat till Monday evening and then decrease in intensity.

Fairly widespread rains with isolated heavy showers is likely in Central Maharashtra and south Rajasthan as well. The Southeast peninsula and north-eastern states, on the other hand, are likely to see subdued rainfall activity.

“Conditions are favourable for rainfall. A gradual increase could be witnessed during the next two days,” said A B Mazumdar, deputy director general meteorology (DDGM) of the IMD.

Pune and the catchment areas continued to witness weak rainfall activity on Sunday. According to the irrigation department, the Khadakwasla catchment witnessed only 1 mm rainfall throughout the day. Other dam catchments too recorded light showers. Panshet and Varasagon had 8 mm each and Pavana recorded 21mm. 1,104 cusecs of water was discharged from Khadakwala dam throug…More

TOI : PUNE: Although there has not been much rain in and around the city over the last two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials say that conditions for better rainfall exists for the next few days.

As per the IMD’s weather update, a low pressure area is likely to develop over the northwest Bay of Bengal till Monday, which will become more marked thereafter. Apart from this, an off-shore trough is likely to persist along the west coast.

Due to these weather conditions, widespread rainfall activity with very heavy showers at a few places is likely to continue along the west coast and Gujarat till Monday evening and then decrease in intensity.

Fairly widespread rains with isolated heavy showers is likely in Central Maharashtra and south Rajasthan as well. The Southeast peninsula and north-eastern states, on the other hand, are likely to see subdued rainfall activity.

“Conditions are favourable for rainfall. A gradual increase could be witnessed during the next two days,” said A B Mazumdar, deputy director general meteorology (DDGM) of the IMD.

Pune and the catchment areas continued to witness weak rainfall activity on Sunday. According to the irrigation department, the Khadakwasla catchment witnessed only 1 mm rainfall throughout the day. Other dam catchments too recorded light showers. Panshet and Varasagon had 8 mm each and Pavana recorded 21mm. 1,104 cusecs of water was discharged from Khadakwala dam throug…More