Pune, Oct 22: An International workshop on Advances in processing of Solid Propellant Rocket motors (IWAPS 2008) will be held at the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory 
(HEMRL) here today.

The two-day workshop is being organised as part of the Golden Jubilee celebration of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Centenary Celebrations of HEMRL.

The objective of the workshop is to bring eminent scientists and technologists from across the globe together on a common platform to discuss the advances in the field of solid propellant processing in order to meet the challenges ahead for advanced futuristic propulsion systems needed for high pay loads.

Pune, Oct 12 : The state authorities in Pune received an email threatening to target President Pratibha Patil during her ongoing trip to the town.

The mail sent by some unidentified persons claims that the attackers might come in "any disguise", the official said.

Security has been tightened following the threat, the official added.

President Patil arrived here on Friday on a four-day visit to inaugurate the Common Wealth Youth Games here this evening.

With two days left for commencement of Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG), Pune Police is tightening up the security. The Police on Thursday announced certain conditions to enter the CYG zone. One will have to leave all gadgets behind even eatables while entering the arena. 

Commissioner of Police, Satyapal Singh at a Press Conference said, “People will not be allowed to bring cameras and mobile phones into the games venue. Even though the entire complex has a Wi-Fi connection for security reasons, only game officials, police personnel and the media personnel will be allowed to carry laptops to the venue.”  

Mumbai, Oct 6 : Mumbai police today picked up five alleged terror suspects from Pune in connection with the recent blasts in Ahmedabad, Delhi and other places.

Police sources said that antecedents of the five detainees are being verified.

However, senior crime branch officers refused to comment on the issue.

On October 4, a Delhi Metropolitan Court sent five suspected terrorists allegedly involved in the September 13, Delhi serial blasts to 12 days'' police custody.

Mohammed Saif, Zeeshan, Mohammed Shakeel, Zia-Ur-Rehman and Saquib Nissar were produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjeev Jain who sent them to police custody till October 16.

With the aim to create a specialized work force for the semiconductor industry, the University of Pune (UoP), joined forces with Intel India on Monday to achieve the goal. 

This joint initiative will see introduction of a unique course called the UoP-Intel Higher Education Program, which will be aimed at M.Sc students. The program has been designed with the idea to bring knowledge, related to industry, to the classrooms, so that the new generation of students could understand and get exposure to the developing newer technologies in semiconductor development and design.