January 14, 2011 02:32 IST
After China issued a stapled visa and denied immigration clearance to Indian weightlifter Yukar Sibi,an Army Sports Institute product,institute authorities said the country should keep diplomacy and sports apart.
Fri, Jan 14, 2011January 12, 2011 03:58 IST
This month,Lt Gen Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik became probably the first Maharashtrian to take over the strategically important,prestigious and sensitive Northern Command as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief and the reaction of his family members in Pune was,'it's a most deserved appointment'.
Wed, Jan 12, 2011
January 09, 2011 04:22 IST
The Chakan airport project got a boost with Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik spelling out in clear terms.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011January 08, 2011 01:07 IST
After three days of on-the-spot assessment,the 11-member team of Ministry of Environment and Forests today declared that the Lavasa project had caused no destruction of forests.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
January 08, 2011 01:02 IST
Lavasa will happen, asserted Ajit Gulabchand,chairman of Lavasa Corporation as he left the news conference called on the last day of the Ministry of Environment and Forests delegations visit to Lavasa.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011January 08, 2011 00:09 IST
Prima facie,forest destruction does not seem to have happened in case of Lavasa.
Sat, Jan 08, 2011January 06, 2011 05:57 IST
They were five before the German Bakery blast. The February 13,2010 blast,which killed two of them Rajiv Agarwal and Abhishek Saxena however could not take away the memories of their friends from the rest.
Thu, Jan 06, 2011January 05, 2011 07:39 IST
When the Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad,organised a reunion for the 1991 batch between December 25 and 27,many ex-students from across the globe could not be a part of it.
Wed, Jan 05, 2011
January 05, 2011 07:38 IST
Pune has added yet another feat to its name. It now ranks fifth in the number of Facebook users in the country,according to a recent survey published by Beevolve,a popular media monitoring website.
Wed, Jan 05, 2011
January 02, 2011 04:39 IST
Scientists at the Punes High Energy Materials Research Laboratory.
Sun, Jan 02, 2011December 27, 2010 04:42 IST
Combat aircraft crash caused by uncontrolled spinning owing to design faults may be prevented at the design stage using a software a city start-up,Researchers at Idea Research and Development Pvt Ltd,run by IITians,has come up with.
Mon, Dec 27, 2010December 25, 2010 01:06 IST
My biggest day will be the day I salute you. Making these words of a retired subedar major his inspiration,his son Vivek Chaudhary has taken a step nearer to this dream.
Sat, Dec 25, 2010December 25, 2010 01:05 IST
Brigadier Ajit Apte celebrated his 61st birthday on December 18 in Bangladesh. At 22,a year after he had joined the Indian Army,he had fought the 1971 war.
Sat, Dec 25, 2010December 23, 2010 01:09 IST
Ka...kha...ga...gha...the sounds emanating from a black box are followed by those of students who enthusiastically repeat the sounds and follow the strokes of Light Emitting Diodes lighting and displaying alphabet on the box in citys Bandodkar Primary School.
Thu, Dec 23, 2010December 23, 2010 00:13 IST
Serving in extreme weather conditions,Indian Army may soon be armed with suits to protect them from extreme temperatures.
Thu, Dec 23, 2010December 22, 2010 04:07 IST
The city that boasts of military establishments such as Southern Command,National Defence Academy,DRDO,CME and BEG is also witnessing a rapid growth of Small and Medium Enterprises that focus on defence manufacturing and supplies.
Wed, Dec 22, 2010December 16, 2010 01:36 IST
Two more Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme polyclinics to come up in Pune has been welcomed by ex-servicemen.
Thu, Dec 16, 2010December 13, 2010 03:20 IST
They had never lost hope while fighting their disabilities,but the Union Sports Ministry killed their spirits when it dropped the Indian wheelchair basketball team from the first Asian Para Games
Mon, Dec 13, 2010
December 09, 2010 01:13 IST
Five days after the CBI searched Wanavdi Command Hospital here,the Army on Wednesday admitted that the air-conditioner seized by CBI officers was an unaccounted gift from complainant and medicine vendor M/s Shashi Enterprises of Chinchwad.
Thu, Dec 09, 2010December 05, 2010 06:23 IST
Hit by a shell that damaged his spine in the 1971 war,turning him into a paraplegic,Antthony Pereira,61,is an inspiration for others like him at the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre in Pune.
Sun, Dec 05, 2010December 03, 2010 03:50 IST
A civic school with facilities of horse riding,swimming pool,gym and firing range that usually form part of a military school curriculum would soon become a reality with the school board of the Pune Municipal Corporation stepping up efforts to set up a Municipal Sainik School.
Fri, Dec 03, 2010November 29, 2010 23:18 IST
It is probably the only place,in literal sense,where dreams get wings-real wings.
Mon, Nov 29, 2010November 28, 2010 06:04 IST
Six out of 20 sportsmen from the city-based Army Sports Institute.
Sun, Nov 28, 2010November 28, 2010 05:53 IST
The first dedicated training academy for Indian Coast Guard personnel is likely to come up in Pune,though Raigad district in the state is also in contention.
Sun, Nov 28, 2010November 24, 2010 06:22 IST
Top archer of the Indian Army,Subedar Tarundeep Rai,says he was kept in the dark regarding his omission from the final team of three in the Indian Archery team at Guangzhou on Monday.
Wed, Nov 24, 2010




