Saturday, February 21, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Pune

Manners, not looks, stop tribals’ dreams from taking wing

Back in 2006, the state government launched a scheme to train tribal men and women for aviation, hospitality and tourism industries. Air Hostess Academy, a Pune-based institute, was appointed to train the rustic tribal women how to play the perfect hostess in air. It interviewed 545 women and selected 95 for a year-long training course. The state government paid Rs1 lakh for every trainee.But it has all come to nothing. Tribal minister Babanrao Pachpute said in the legislative council on Thu…

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Sports

IPL STARS WALK THE RED CARPET

The inaugural IPL awards night function was a culmination of the best of Bollywood and the cricketing world with actors and players walking the red carpet at the Grand Hyatt on Friday night.Actors and cricketers alike walked in with some posing for the shutterbugs while others were in a hurry to get to the party. The crowd-pullers were Sourav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh.Yuvraj looked dapper in a suit and even spent a few minutes speaking to the media while Harb…

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Sports

Rawat eclipses Sunrise

Dipak Rawat bowled a decisive super over to guide Khodiyar MES Cricket Club to a thrilling victory over Sunrise Cricket Club in the SPCT Cup at MG Science ground on Thursday. After winning the toss, Sunrise CC notched up 148 in their allotted 20 overs. Smit Patel with his blistering 62 off 55 (5×4, 1×6), was the top scorer for his team. In reply, Dhruv Raval (45 off 47) and Suresh Chauhan (26 off 11; 4×4, 1×6) led Khodiyar’s charge. But their departure wrecked the Khodiyar’s batting with Vish…

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