Maharashtra - World Snap

Over 350 staffers of the Warje Karvenagar regional ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and a section of the employees from Cummins India Limited on Friday jointly undertook a cleaning drive on the river bed for three hours. During the drive, they collected two containers full of plastic carry bags, gutkha sachets and other garbage from the river bed. The drive was carried out between Rajaram and Mhatre bridges. Regional ward officer Sunil Gaikwad, health inspector Dipak D…

Pune

May 7, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

City girl’s dream touches space

City girl Zohra Aziz Ali Manjiyani is among the 40 students to have contributed towards designing perhaps the country’s first smallest student satellite (STUDSAT) which is ready for launch on Sunday. Zohra is a final year electronic engineering student from the All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s Institute of Information Technology. It is a dream come true for her since from childhood she has been inclined towards space science and wanted to do something on that subject. …

Mumbai

May 7, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

‘Kasab puts even a monkey to shame’

Public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had compared Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab to a mad dog, a poisonous snake, a horse running amok and a demon, while seeking maximum punishment for the Pakistani terrorist.The lawyer did not relent even after the death penalty was awarded to Kasab. If anything, he only added a few more animals to his dictionary. After the judgment was delivered, Kasab asked for a glass of water and didn’t react. "Even if he shed any tears, they were crocodile tears," …

Mumbai

May 6, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

Making ice-cream in a matter of minutes!

Resident of Belapur, Namrata Saney (35) is a doting mother of two. She took up cooking only after marriage and loves trying newer recipes. Her forte remains preparing ice-creams of different flavours and teaches the same in her locality. By doing so, she has succeeded in unifying her interest in cooking with her zeal for teaching. She refers to books and magazines to draw ideas for newer recipes to please her family. She shares a cool recipe with the readers of DNA Navi Mumbai.Ice-cream…

Mumbai

May 6, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

From now, silence will reign at Shivaji Park

Loudspeakers will now be history at Shivaji Park, to the delight of the predominantly Marathi-speaking residents in the locality. Finally after six years of battling the frequent noise and din from political and other rallies, the Bombay high court ruling on Wednesday was music to the ears of the Shivaji Park residents.But for three days ? Maharashtra Day (May 1), Republic Day (January 26) and Mahaparinirvan Diwas (December 6) ? the court has, in an interim order, said the park vicinity woul…