A committee, last month, had approved a 10 per cent hike in fee for new entrants and 5 per cent for existing students from 2019-20 academic session. Talking to Chandigarh Newsline, PU senator Subhash Sharma said that the syndicate should not give its nod when they discuss the matter

During Rahul’s short visit to Pune — he arrived from Nagpur on Thursday night and left for Chandrapur on Friday evening — he took time out to meet Congress and NCP leaders separately. The two parties are leading the opposition front in the state.

Last year, after delivering a speech in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi, in a dramatic gesture, had walked up to the Treasury Benches and surprised Modi by hugging him. At that time too, he had said that he had no hatred for Modi at a personal level.

The village, which is believed to be the place where the last rites of Sambhaji Maharaj were conducted after he was killed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, is at the centre of a dispute that partially triggered the violence in Koregaon Bhima in January 2018.

The 16-page booklet in Gurmukhi, titled “Gutka Sahib di sohun chukan wali Congress sarkaar da haal Punjab behaal”, which also reads on its cover “Shiromani Akali Dal - Bhajpa liyao” is being distributed in the party rallies being addressed by SAD president Sukhbir Badal beginning April 1.

The new party’s president, Mahinderpal Dangarh, is a native of Dangarh village in Sangrur and will be contesting the Sangrur parliamentary polls. Dangarh was in UP’s Ferozabad on Tuesday for the filing of nomination papers of party’s Vice-President Amit Garg.

A total of 13 Chandigarh police personnel, including seven male cops, appeared before the selection board, but only women candidates managed to clear the tough test. The test was held in September 2018. The seven men included two inspector rank officers.

KRBF brings together music lovers, to aid funds for under-privileged children suffering from congenital heart defects. The musical opus will unfold with Parikrama leading the jam on April 19 with folk and contemporary duo, Maati Bani, and contemporary Indie pop singer Shubhangi Joshi.

Started in 2002, UIET is the largest department of PU and is serving six undergraduate and eight postgraduate programmes. Among the six UG programmes, CSE has 110 seats, IT has 110 seats, EEE has 120 seats and in other three branches of the department, the number of seats in each branch is 90.

A six-member academic and administrative committee had met on January 24 and proposed the introduction of PU-CET for admission to Master of Social work from the 2019-20 academic session. The committee clarified that admission will be through a qualifying PU-CET.

IISER’s officiating director Prof. Arvind told Newsline that this initiative is the first step towards developing an indigenous quantum computer and a quantum communication network along with building sophisticated research infrastructure and training human resources.

Under the Digital India campaign, PGI had decided to set up a patient-friendly information system for outdoor patients. They were to be given a time slot and token, which were to be displayed on a screen.

By March-end, state mills owed over Rs 21,000 cr to farmers

The internal vigilance report of the BIS, which has made parts of the RC with the CBI, says it needs to be probed whether an “insider” played a role in generating a false complaint against the Pune-based company.

It was in 1995 that Balwinder Singh, who had done Diploma in Pharmacy (D. Pharma), first got a licence to run a chemist shop under his name. Sources in the FDA disclosed that despite frequent raids, he was neither booked nor his licence cancelled until Shoree intervened in 2009.

Kolhapure had earlier contested the civic elections in 2012 and 2017, when he received only 78 and 152 of the total votes polled, respectively. This time, he will face formidable political opponents such as BJP candidate Girish Bapat and Congress candidate Mohan Joshi.

Haryana Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu, who is the election-in-charge of Chandigarh and Punjab; Sanjay Tandon, the city BJP chief, and Harmohan Dhawan, Aam Aadmi party candidate graced the occasion with their presence.

The two lawyers, who started their political career as student leaders, fought their maiden Lok Sabha battle in 1991, in which Jain lost to Bansal. But Jain avenged his defeat in the very next elections in 1996.

A police officer privy to the investigation said they called around 50-60 people in the contact list of Balwinder and to whom he had spoken before the incident.

Data compiled by the modus operandi branch (MOB) of Chandigarh police for the last five years between 2014 and 2018 shows in 55 cases out of 163, attacks took place on traffic police personnel at different nakas.

Safety helpline provides riders options like share your ride details, emergency button and features such as trusted contacts, which ensures a safe ride for women who book rides late at night.

Pune Regional Centre conducted its ceremony simultaneously with 52 other regional centres. Honourable Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Prof K P Vishwanath and RC Pune’s regional director Dr Kalpana Gupte awarded 190 students for completion of their programmes.

Accompanied by NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shinde filed his nominations papers with the Election Commission Wednesday afternoon. Pawar came to Madha in a bid to send out a strong message to BJP about how much the seat matters to him.

The Parishad, which works for issues related with Muslim women and seeks their resolution through constitutional methods, in its manifesto said practices like polygamy, halala and female circumcision should be brought under broader gender justice law.