Mumbai, Apr 30 : Vice Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin on Thursday took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command from Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi.

Bedi retired on Thursday after serving 40 years in the navy.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Vice Admiral Bhasin was commissioned into the executive branch of the Indian Navy in January 1972 and obtained expertise in navigation and aircraft direction.

He has served as the commanding officer of the INS Khukri, INS Mumbai and INS Ranjit.

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) failed to come up with a time bound and solid action plan in order to improve management of the Urali Devachi dumpsite, even after having a day’s extension by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB).

The issue looks doubtful to be settled in the near future, threatening another garbage pile-up in the city.

The spat between Bollywood producers and multiplex owners has entered into the fourth week as there’s no concrete solution to the ongoing crisis thus far.

The multiplexes have been meeting amongst themselves almost on a daily basis, trying to find out a final answer, which would be acceptable to both the film producers as well as distributors.

A meeting between the warring parties is likely to take place by the coming week. Let's hope for the best.

A special court in Mumbai, has ordered a medical examination to decide the actual age of the prime accused in Mumbai terror attacks case Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab.

Judge M L Tahiliyani permitted special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to probe three witnesses that includes doctors and jailor on April 28 to find out Kasab is not a juvenile.

The court also ordered doctors to carry out ossification and dental examinations to settle on whether arrested terrorist Kasab’s actual age, and submit a complete report before April 28.

Baramati (Maharashtra), Apr 23 : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that he will try to bring back the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), into the "umbrella of UPA".

Pawar, after casting his vote from his home constituency Baramati, told the reporters here that he would hold discussions with the leaders of the three parties (RJD, SP, LJP), which are contesting against the Congress in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

In her compliant sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur alias Purnachetanandagiri, one of the prime accused in the September 29, 2008 Malegaon blast, said that her fellow inmate at the Byculla jail has beaten her cruelly.

On Tuesday, Ganesh Sovani, Sadhvi’s advocate has moved an application before the Maharashtra Control for Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in quest of registering a private complaint.