With many forms of sexual harassment of girls coming to light across the state, the Pune Zilla Parishad has started training around 2,500 girls from classes 8 to 10 in self-defence using its funds under the women and child welfare department. In an attempt to include every school across 13 talukas of the district, the 2,500 girls selected hail from …
The Pune Zilla Parishad education department has revoked the permission of the Blue Bells High School and Junior College, Kondhwa Budruk, and ordered its closure in seven straight days, claiming that the school had obtained its first accreditation and self-accreditation using fake and forged documents. The Pune ZP education officer Sandhya Gaikwad on Thursday issued an order in this regard …