Pune

On the eve of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, an anti-tobacco rally was organised in Old Sangvi on Sunday. Local NGOs of Bharat Ratna Sardar Patel Pratishthan, Season’s Group Social Welfare Trust, Leva Patidar Mitra Mandal and Pune District Gunvant Kamgar Vikas Samiti jointly organised the event to spread the message about the ill effects of tobacco. General manager of Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited Vivek Sangamnerkar also attended the rally. He appealed to the addicts to giv…

Army recruiting officers participated in the ‘one career seminar’ organised by the Genesis Education Society in the city on Tuesday. This was to attract the youth of Pune to join the Indian Army as officers. The event focused on career options available to the students after completion of std XII and graduation. Director Recruiting of the Army at Pune Col Bharat Dabral gave a structured talk to the youth and their parents regarding the various career options available after std XI…

Apprehending arson, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has requested the Pune rural police to probe the reasons for the outbreak of the fire at the garbage depot at Uruli Devachi, about 20 km from the city.The civic administration on Tuesday lodged a complaint application at Loni Kalbhor police station on the issue. Solid waste management head Suresh Jagtap said that the PMC has given a complaint for a probe into the outbreak of the fire. The fire broke out on Sunday at the process…