Pune

Pune: Teachers working as assistant booth-level officers (BLOs) have urged state govt to introduce a separate honorarium, compensatory leave and reimbursement of cellphone data and field expenses involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying poll-related responsibilities were increasingly being carried out in addition to their regular teaching duties.The teachers said…

PMC officials inspect progress of road works PMC officials inspect progress of road works PMC officials inspect progress of road works PMC officials inspect progress of road works PMC officials inspect progress of road works Pune: Civic chief Naval Kishore Ram and other officials on Monday inspected ongoing road and infrastructure works in areas of…

Pune: With two months into the academic year, around 57,000 students in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) schools are still waiting for essential supplies, including school bags, shoes, raincoats and other educational materials.The PCMC runs 110 primary and 24 secondary schools. Every year, the civic body provides the students with school bags, raincoats, shoes, socks, notebooks,…

Pune: Antony Lara Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd, which operates the waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Moshi garbage depot, has decided to increase the compensation for the families of the nine people who died in the July 8 garbage heap collapse.The company’s HR head, Sunil Neve, said the compensation…

Many students claim they have failed various backlog exams as a result of the changed pattern of marks Pune: Second and third year students of engineering institutes under Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) will hold a protest on the varsity’s premises on Wednesday against a change in the pattern of examination marks that was allegedly…

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Experts said firms were likely to cite factors like weather, storage conditions, sowing practices, soil quality and sampling procedures to argue that poor germination was not caused by seed quality Pune: Seed firms facing action over complaints of poor soybean seed germination are gearing up for crucial hearings next week, with the state agriculture department…

Pune: A long-pending proposal to upgrade the Baramati airstrip, the site of multiple aviation accidents over the last few years, has finally been sanctioned, with work on runway recarpeting and installation of night lights set to start soon, senior officials from Maharashtra Airport Development Company Ltd (MADC) told TOI on Monday.“First phase of the works…

Swati Mujumdar with S B Mujumdar Pune: Swati Mujumdar, renowned expert in skill education, has been appointed chancellor of Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (SSPU) in Pune.A Ph.D in skill development and a Fulbright Scholar, Mujumdar has also served as chairperson of the Maharashtra Govt’s Vocational Education and Skill Development Committee. She is also associated…

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