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Big cut-offs at small colleges Times of India - Mumbai | cut offs colleges: With a very high number of students getting over 90% in Std X, the cut-offs for vocational courses in junior colleges in the city have gone up.

Email scam@Nigerianwadi, Mira Rd Times of India - Mumbai: They promise a fortune from faraway lands, but the fount of those beckoning emails lies in Mumbai?s own backyard.

For some toppers, top colleges are not a must Times of India - Mumbai | top colleges toppers: Even as FYJC aspirants are hoping to beat each other in the race to grab a seat at the few top colleges in the city, many who have scored a 100% in the SSC exams have opted out of the race.

Zip from Colaba to Chembur in 25 mins by July 2011 Times of India - Mumbai | colaba: The central government's decision to allow the use of salt pan land for the Eastern Freeway project has brought Mumbaikars closer to their 25-minute dream drive from Colaba to Panjarpol in Chembur.

Duo looted passengers after offering lift in rented cars Times of India - Mumbai | rented cars: That robbers and conmen would go to any lengths to walk away with the booty is no secret, but this duo from Delhi took things a bit too far. Gurucharan Singh alias Gabbar Karnail Singh (33) and Kamal Singh (21) regularly flew to Mumbai to loot unsuspecting Mumbaikars.

Scarred in 1993 riots, Hari Masjid to don new look Times of India - Mumbai | masjid riots: Hari Masjid or the Hillal Mosque, which became the symbol of all that went wrong with Mumbai in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition, is all set to get a new look.

H1N1 claims one more, toll 292 Times of India - Pune: One more H1N1 flu death was reported in the city on Friday, taking the toll since August 2009 to 292.

Protest against PMPML fare hike Times of India - Pune | fare hike protest: The PMP Pravasi Manch and other city-based organisations held a protest rally at the Pune divisional commissioner Dilip Band's office on Saturday to oppose the PMPML fare hike.

Govt revises home guards service norms Times of India - Pune | norms home guards: The institution of home guards is set to witness drastic changes, with the state government recently issuing a government resolution restricting their services to a maximum of 12 years, thereafter, the service tenure is extendable every three years.

Spare the rod, save young lives Times of India - Pune: The recent guidelines by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to deal with corporal punishment in schools in a sustained and systematic manner so that tragedies like the Rouvanjit Rawla case in Bengal do not happen have been appreciated by educationists, parents and child rights' activists in the city.

Newspaper article inspires student to become naval officer Times of India - Pune | newspaper article naval officer: When he was in std 10, Prasad Kulkarni , son of a Air Force sergeant, read a newspaper story about the son of a rickshaw driver who became a officer at the Armed Forces by sheer grit and determination. That story was to change Shukla's life.

PCMC asks PMPML to vacate Sant Tukaramnagar bus depot Times of India - Pune | bus depot: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has sent a notice to the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited to vacate the bus depot at Sant Tukaramnagar in Pimpri as the use of the plot has been changed from a bus terminus to a garden.

PCMC mayor, commissioner take vaccine shots to dispel fear Times of India - Pune: Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Yogesh Behl and municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma took the H1N1 nasal vaccine at a private hospital in Chinchwad to dispel the misconceptions about the vaccine in an awareness programme held on Friday.

Revamp property tax distribution system: BJP Times of India - Pune | property tax distribution distribution system: The Bhartiya Janata Party has demanded that the property tax distribution system should be revamped as citizens are not getting bills on time.

FTII's radio network set to widen listenership Times of India - Pune | ftii radio network: Radio FTII, the community radio station operated by the Film and Television Institute of India, is hoping to captivate more listeners with radio capsules on a variety of subjects that it has been presenting on a daily basis since June 1.

Godse to get pix of decorated rickshaws Times of India - Pune | pix: This promises to be a one-of-its-kind fashion show'. Come August 7, and over 150 nattily done up rickshaws will parade around the Ambedkar grounds, Nana Peth, at a leisurely pace to showcase their creative hoods, fancy sunshades, and assorted customer-friendly features to their finest advantage.

PMC yet to provide new school building Times of India - Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation school board chairman Sangeeta Tiwari has alleged that despite repeated demands, the civic administration has not taken any step to shift the civic school in Koregaon park, forcing students to study in a dangerous, dilapidated building.

Women groups oppose GR under domestic violence Act Times of India - Pune | domestic violence act: The Stree Mukti Andolan Sampark Samiti has pressed for the immediate cancellation of the general resolution to appoint a non-government security officer under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

Bhangra music -- and dancing -- is getting big in Portland Topix - Mumbai | music: For millions of Americans, their first exposure to bhangra and Bollywood music was that exhilarating dance number at the end of Slumdog Millionaire. And the fist-pumping hook of that chorus to A.R. Rahman's Oscar-winning song, Jai Ho. Turns out Portlanders took these beats to heart years ago.

21-yr-old techie stabbed to death in Pune Times of India - Pune | techie: The safety of women techies in Pune has come into sharp focus once again with the murder of a 21-year-old trainee software engineer here on Friday night.

My sweetheart's a New Zealander!' Topix - Pune | new zealander sweetheart: On her recent visit to the city, former Femina Ms India Sindhura Gadde spoke about love, life and adventure in a chatathon with us At the age of 20, this dusky babe walked off with the prestigious Femina Ms India title in 2005 with eminent grace and poise.