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PUNE: In a decision likely to spend shivers down the spines of officers of doubtful integrity, the general body meeting of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) on Thursday demoted health superintendent V.S. Kulkarni with immediate effect for his complicity in clearing trade licences in a deceitful manner.

Salman Khan was recently spotted in the city with his security guards while attending former actress-model Sangeeta Bijlani’s 65th birthday celebration in Bandra. Salman looked classy and stylish as usual in a basic black T-shirt and denim trousers. The actor did not pose for paparazzi while making an exit from the venue.

Is Munish Dayal (Nisha Sharma's spurned groom) a rarity among today's upwardly mobile young men? Not really. There are many who cite tradition as defence.

Furious that a lower court in Anand failed to obey the Gujarat high court's direction to complete a long pending suit within a given deadline, the bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri on Monday issued contempt of court notices to nine judges. The HC's directions were "blatantly violated, ignored and not implemented" by the judges, the bench observed.

Builders Association of India has demanded 'infrastructure status' for the construction industry and to put rental income under the infrastructure status.

Armed with a fake letter, fraudsters posed as cyber crime officials and got around Rs 1.2 crore transferred from a Kolkata bank account, earlier frozen on a request by Hyderabad Police, in a multi-city loan app fraud case.

MANGALORE: The second day of Techsplash '04 , progressed with gathering momentum befitting the laudable inauguration.

They are a rare breed of rock musicians and a novelty from Surat. An all Gujarati band' Odyssey creates 21st century, honest, heartfelt music without worrying too much about genres.

Armed with a fake letter, fraudsters posed as cybercrime officials and managed to transfer Rs 1.8 crore from a Kolkata bank account, earlier frozen on the request of Hyderabad police, in the multi-city loan app fraud case.

Hardly did anand j (name changed) know his fun filled Diwali would turn into a mess this year. The 10-year-old was busy bursting crackers with his friends and family when a pataka hit his eyes and in the next few minutes, he howled in pain. The bright diyas and twinkling fairy lights vanished and everything seemed dark.

Though incessant rain had left most of the crackers damp and kept children away from bursting them like previous years, Minto Eye Hospital in Chamarajpet registered 20 patients with eye injuries.

Scientists in Kolkata have sought a review of the protocols to present a paper at the Indian Science Congress following the controversial presentation made by one Captain anand j Bodas at the recently concluded edition of the Congress in Mumbai.

Son said at a press conference announcing SoftBank’s quarterly results, “I’m not retiring yet but there is no mistake that Nikesh is my top candidate for my successor. Until now, it was Japan’s SoftBank from here overseas will become main.”

As transactions go digital, and people realise they can get access to credit, that’s when you’ll see second-order effects.

Entrepreneurs are stepping in to help new parents without a traditional support system and navigate the path of child-rearing

On Friday, Andhra University vice-chancellor G Nageswara Rao, a professor of inorganic chemistry, claimed that Kauravas from the Indian mythological epic Mahabharata were born using stem cell technology and that Ravana from the Ramayana had 24 types of aircraft .

For young aspiring entrepreneurs and for those wanting to join startups, parents and relatives are often the biggest roadblocks.

Closing a company in India can take years, though opening one — or many — is easy enough.

Lessons have been learnt, and the last 18 months have been about rationalisation. The focus has moved to solid ideas, passionate founders, shrinking cash burn and building profitability.