Mumbai, April 27: Suhas Raghunath Pednekar, Principal of Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, was on Friday named the Vice Chancellor of the University of Mumbai.
Maharashtra Governor and Chancellor of Universities in the State C.V. Rao handed over the letter of appointment to Pednekar at Raj Bhavan.
Pednekar's term will be for a period of five years or till attaining the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
Pednekar succeeds Sanjay Deshmukh, who was sacked on October 24, 2017, after being accused of creating a mess in examination results.
Devanand Shinde, Vice Chancellor of Shivaji University, Kolhapur, was holding the additional charge of the post of Vice Chancellor since then.
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Maharashtra: Woman records video while husband hangs himself to death from ceiling fan, booked
Thane, Nov 24: Police have registered a case against a 29-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Thane city for allegedly abetting her husband's suicide and recording a video of the act instead of stopping him, an official said on Sunday.
The couple, residing in Wagle Estate area here, used to have frequent quarrels over various issues.
On the night of November 20, the man, also aged 29, ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house, the official from Wagle Estate police station said.
His wife allegedly failed to prevent him from taking the extreme step and instead recorded his act on her mobile phone, he said.
After being informed about the incident, the police sent the body for postmortem to a government hospital here.
Based on a complaint by the man's mother, the police on Friday registered a case against his wife under sections 105 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.
A probe was on into the case, the police added.
