Headmaster accused of seeking sexual favours suspended

Mid-Day.com | Wednesday May 23, 2012

Taking serious note of MiD DAY's report on the alleged sexual harassment of seven girl students at a state-run residential school for the children of conservancy staff in Yerawada by the school headmaster, Yadav Iraba Gaikwad, the Social Welfare Department commissioner yesterday suspended the headmaster.

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Reality show participants say organisers cheated them

Mid-Day.com | Tuesday May 22, 2012, Pune

Indian Idol participants from the city claim the organisers have cheated them. Many aspiring singers who travelled to Mumbai from the city to fulfil their dreams were shocked to learn that a silent audition had already been conducted in the city to shortlist the "eligible" candidates and that the auditions held on May 19 were not genuine.

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School girls accuse headmaster of making sexual advances

Mid-Day.com | Monday May 21, 2012, Pune

Seven girls staying at a residential school run by the state government in Yerawada have accused the headmaster of making sexual advances. Despite this, the Social Welfare Department has only issued a show-cause notice to the person concerned asking him why he should not be terminated from service.

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CID chiefs agree on setting up 9 branch secretariats

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 20, 2012, Hyderabad

CID chiefs of southern and neighbouring states on Saturday agreed to set up branch secretariat at nine places in order to exchange all criminal intelligence and to have real time coordination and cooperation in various operations pertaining to breaking organised crime networks.

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Two teams from Pune scale Mount Everest

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 19, 2012, Mumbai

A dozen civilian mountaineers from Pune today reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain at 8,848-metres.

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Pune Stationmaster thrashed in his office

Mid-Day.com | Thursday May 17, 2012, Pune

Railway operations were stopped for almost 40 minutes by all stationmasters of Pune division to protest the attack on Pimpri stationmaster R P Gupta by three people in his office, which is adjacent to the Government Railway Police (GRP) chowky. The GRP succeeded in arresting three accused last morning.

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Eighteen injured in truck-bus collision in Pune

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 16, 2012, Pune

Eighteen people were injured when a Mumbai-bound State Transport bus was hit by a truck at a city square, police said.The mishap occurred last night when the bus, taking a turn towards Shivajinagar terminus near the busy Central Observatory square, collided with a speeding truck coming from opposite direction resulting in minor injuries to as many as 18 passengers including the bus driver.

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Ambedkar cartoon row: A day after resignation, office of NCERT advisor Suhas Palshikar attacked in Pune

Reported by Syed Imtiaz Jaleel, Written by Shamik Ghosh | Saturday May 12, 2012, Pune

The office of Suhas Palshikar, one of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) advisors who resigned from his post yesterday over the Dr BR Ambedkar cartoon row, has reportedly been attacked in Pune.

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Hospitals in Pune will not treat ex-servicemen unless govt clears dues

Reported by Imtiaz Jaleel | Friday May 11, 2012, Pune

Binod Ojha served in the Defence forces for 15 years and is now retired and lives in Pune. On May 2, his wife suffered a paralytic attack in her legs and needed immediate hospitalisation. Having registered for the Government's Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) meant that Mrs Ojha could be admitted to any empanelled hospital and be treated at discounted rates and bills would be taken care of by the Defence Ministry (MoD).

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Police increase vigilance in Pune

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 12, 2012, Pune

Following an alert by the central intelligence agencies about possible entry of Lashkar-E-Taiba terrorists, Pune police have increased the vigilance in the city.

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