Even though all government offices and banks in the city reopened today after the long Diwali weekend, the administration of University of Pune (UoP) extended the vacation till Wednesday without official declaration. However, students and parents who travelled from the suburbs and other distant regions to the varsity on exam-related business were unaware of the holiday. Left in the lurch, they had no option but to return empty-handed.

Students and their parents coming from faraway areas had to return empty-handed after greeting the exam centre’s closed doors on Wednesday. Pic/Niranjan Medhekar