Pune district has 66 unrecognised schools, the third highest in the state. Thane district has the highest number of unrecognised schools in the state — 129 — followed by Mumbai (in municipal corporation limits), with 113 such schools.

The event, ‘National Security: Opportunities and Challenges’, will be attended by former Indian High Commissioner, TCA Raghavan, who will speak on Afghanistan-Pakistan relations.

The bank is under severe restrictions since 2013 after the Reserve Bank of India had suspended its board of directors over its precarious financial health.

Any NGO or Pune institution that is responsible for managing an organisation’s online media presence can apply for the workshop. 

The Iksha Foundation, a Bengaluru-based NGO supporting children with eye cancer, has stepped up programmes to spread awareness about retinoblastoma and ensure that the disease is detected in potential victims in its early stages.

A 25-year-old IT professional was allegedly molested by an unidentified biker at Hinjewadi IT Park when she was on her way home from work Wednesday night. An FIR in the case has been registered at Hinjewadi police station.

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited (MSEDCL) has set up electricity connections at 65 households in Songav village in Phaltan taluka.

As many as 96 per cent of the 47,398 students from Pune district, who had registered for the MH-CET, appeared for the exams Thursday.

Within a year of the Maharashtra government pushing for outsourcing diagnostic services based on Centre’s recommendations, it faces a range of issues — from shortage of phlebotomists to slow turnout time of reports.

INDRANI MUKERJEA, lodged at Byculla District Jail in connection with the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, has allegedly denied having written to the Nagpada police station, claiming a threat to life for deposing against Karti Chidambaram in the INX deal case.

Bhujbal (70) was discharged on Thursday from KEM hospital in Mumbai, where he underwent treatment for nearly a week after being released from the Arthur Road jail.

Vyas (27) had gone missing from near her home in south Mumbai on March 16. Tamhankar (28) and Sahjwani (42), two of her colleagues at celebrity salon chain BBlunt, have been arrested on charges of murdering her and disposing of the body at a nullah.

Like thousands of young men who head to Mumbai for work from different parts of the country, Poddar too arrived in Mumbai from Bihar in August 2017.

THE MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation’s (MMRC) plan to make up for the delay in the construction of the Metro 3 corridor has necessitated the rehabilitation of 144 more families belonging to two housing societies near the proposed Girgaon station.

The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested 18 people following a complaint filed by Associate Executive Editor Derick D’sa against his personal assistant Amit Mayekar.

Atharva, the son of police inspector Narendra Shinde who is posted in the Economic Offences Wing, was found dead on Wednesday morning inside the residential complex, where he had gone to attend a birthday party on Monday night.

Yuva Sena president Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu, requesting him to impose a ban on single use disposable plastic within airport premises, along with other eco-friendly measures to control pollution.

CIVIL AVIATION Secretary R N Choubey on Thursday said it would be tough to start flight operations at Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) by December next year. 

THE INDIAN Institute of Technology, Bombay, is the 26th best university among the universities in the BRICS region and emerging economies, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings released Thursday.

The state government on Thursday published a notification proposing modifications for Development Plan-2034 and inviting suggestions and objections from Mumbai residents.

The activist said PCMC chief Shravan Hardikar had convened a meeting on the issue and directed his officials to take suitable action in the matter.

Pune Police Commissioner Rashmi Shukla has ordered an inquiry into allegations that a few police officers had misbehaved with a passenger of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) bus.

THE MUCH-DELAYED Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on the Nigdi-Dapodi route, along the old Mumbai-Pune Highway, will be extended to Khadki.

Given the complete ban on cattle slaughter, abattoirs are reporting an overwhelming number of buffaloes being brought in for slaughter.