Pune

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. …

The state government has appointed senior criminal lawyer Harshad Nimbalkar as the special public prosecutor (PP) in the gang rape-cum-murder case of software engineer Nayana Abhijit Pujari.She was raped and killed in October last year.Speaking to media on Tuesday, Nimbalkar said, "I will first study the entire case with the help of the police. I expect their complete cooperation in the case."He said he will particularly study the evidence part of the investigation.The …

Newly married Anil Waghmare’s family will take some time to come to terms with the tragedy they suffered on Monday when their hutment in Ambedkarnagar got gutted in the blaze.The 21-year-old lost all the gifts and valuables the couple had received in their marriage five months ago. He lives with his parents and wife. "I earn my living through painting banners and boards. I don’t know how to console my family. They are in a shock," Waghmare said.The family lost everyth…

The Pune District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd (PDCC) will provide financial assistance to industries following increase in its deposits by Rs1,167 crore in a single year. Addressing newspersons on Tuesday, chairman of the bank Digambar Durgade said that by March 2009 the bank had deposits of Rs4,285 crore which increased by Rs1,167 crore to Rs5,452 crore by the end of March 2010. As the deposits have increased substantially, the bank has decided to lend the money to industries. Durg…

The two-decade-old problem of leaking drainage lines continues to haunt Modikhana residents with no complete repairs in sight. The 8,000-odd residents of the area are up in arms against the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) engineering and health department for failing to resolve the issue even after 20 years. The citizens of the area recently contacted DNA highlighting the issue. A visit to the spot revealed that the drainage intersection near the Modikhana cattle shed had broken and the catt…