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Women Power, with women pass-outs from the Officers’ Training Academy, opting for the Corps of Engineers, being inducted into the young officers’ course and thus being insured field postings, something which had been restricted to men previously. Guess that’s only fair.

Citizens living in the red zone near the dighi magazine depot, with the problem of provision of civic amenities finally showing signs of being solved. The defence authorities have consented to reduce the outer safety distance from 1145 to 760 metres.

Auto-rickshaw commuters, with the Regional Transport Office directing rickshaw drivers to display their fare charts prominently for the benefit of the passengers, warning that stern action will be taking against erring drivers. Commuters, look before you pay.

DOWN:
Security, as a spate of dacoities hit close home, crossing the suburban barrier and striking a family in Kothrud. Well-armed and well-planned, the culprits locked up the two watchmen on duty and cut the telephone lines before escaping with their booty. Within 24 hours, armed men attacked a jewellery shop in Chandan Nagar and, in the process, grievously injured two people, decamping later with jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh. But the tale of woes continued with Lady Luck eluding the police as five suspected dacoits succeeded in giving them the slip after a 90 km chase on the Pune-Ahmednagar highway.

Trusts, as the office of the charity commissioner has been functioning without a charity commissioner, a joint charity commissioner (for three months) and a deputy charity commissioner (for three years). With the charity commissioner’s office responsible for the workings of various religious and educational trusts, there is a lot of pending work that is piling up. Trust them to be uncharitable about this!

Stall owners in the parvati darshan area, who are in fact rehabilitated flood victims. After the floods, they were allotted land to build their stalls and set up businesses to support themselves. Suddenly, after 14 years, the Pune Municipal Corporation realised that the land allotted by it actually belongs to the State government, therefore the PMC does not have the jurisdiction to allot the land. Landing in trouble?

The examination department of the university of pune, when in its haste to declare the results, it ended up messing up most. As a torrent of faux pas rose, it turned out that a number of students who had appeared for the examinations were marked absent. And more blunders showed up every passing day. The result – marked chaos.