Property tax sop for retired soldiers draws praise

Thursday 19 November '09

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has decided to provide 100 per cent concession in property tax to retired soldiers of the Indian armed forces — a move that has drawn praise from all quarters.

National kayaking players hone their skills in drain water

Wednesday 18 November '09

If you happen to be in Pimpri-Chinchwad, don’t be surprised to find national kayaking players practising their skills in a portion of river where drain water is let out.

A school dropout, he has donated blood 145 times

Tuesday 17 November '09

When 45-year-old Kishore Dattatrya Girme returned home with a trophy and a certificate after being felicitated by the Sassoon Hospital last year in October, his wife had tears of joy in her eyes.

Adventure sports sink in PCMC boat club

Monday 16 November '09

A month-and-a-half after monsoon ended, the Boat Club of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation at Thergaon still has few takers.

In a first, garbage disposal goes hi-tech in Pimpri-Chinchwad

Tuesday 10 November '09

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has taken a big leap in garbage management in town by putting bin clearance online to enable citizens to keep track of waste disposal in their neighbourhood.

PCMC suspends clerk who ‘transferred’ six employees

Sunday 8 November '09

Shendre says he is not afraid of anybody, has done nothing wrong “I am not afraid of anybody...

Water from Khadakwasla dam to city for Rs 10,000...

Saturday 7 November '09

Exhibition of old documents, dating back to 1561, enthralls residents “Residents of Pune have called a meeting to discuss whether the civic body should purchase water for Rs 10,000 or not from Khadakwasla dam” (1875)...

Delay in funds hits development projects

Thursday 5 November '09

Faced with a funds crunch and little help coming forth from the state government, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is finding it difficult to implement crucial development projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

Slowdown did not hurt PCMC octroi collection, reveals figures

Wednesday 4 November '09

If recently released figures are to be believed , the octroi earnings of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has not nosedived due to economic meltdown as widely believed.

Shiv Sena leaders, workers start blame game over seat loss

Tuesday 3 November '09

Five months after it landed on cloud nine with decisive victories in two Lok Sabha constituencies of Maval and Shirur, the Shiv Sena has crashlanded and is now busy counting its losses.

World Bank nod for three flyovers in Pimpri-Chinchwad

Monday 2 November '09

The much-awaited World Bank approval for three flyover projects in Pimpri-Chinchwad has finally arrived.

PCMC to fast-track building completion certificates

Sunday 1 November '09

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has now decided to issue completition certificates to builders and individual building owners "as fast as possible" unlike in the past, when it took months to issue the certificates.

NCP still battles it out in Maval, Shirur

Saturday 31 October '09

Post elections, the Nationalist Congress Party has a problem keeping its flock together in Maval and Shirur parliamentary constituencies.

Self-help groups sought money, say election losers

Thursday 29 October '09

The role of self-help groups that played an “active role” during the recent assembly elections has come under cloud.

‘Double role’ for five city leaders

Thursday 29 October '09

Five newly-elected MLAs — four from the Pune Municipal Corporation area and one from Pimpri-Chinchwad area — have got an opportunity to play a double role in real-life political flicks.

Green crusaders see red as 200-yr-old tree faces the axe

Wednesday 28 October '09

A 200-year-old banyan tree, which is the main attraction of the Kalewadi-Pimpri Road, may disappear soon as the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation...

For joining Congress, Lande sets a price: ministerial berth

Wednesday 28 October '09

While one NCP rebel candidate from Chinchwad has decided to extend his unconditional support to the Nationalist Congress Party...

Lande dilemma: to join Cong or return to NCP

Tuesday 27 October '09

Sounding confused, rebel NCP MLA Vilas Lande said he was in a dilemma whether to join Congress or return to the NCP fold.

Jagtap is MLA for just two suburbs, says Barne

Monday 26 October '09

Four days after the counting of votes sealed their fate, at least two candidates who lost are still finding it difficult to digest their defeats.

Burnt 80 per cent, woman delivers baby in autorickshaw

Monday 26 October '09

A four-day-old baby boy whose mother died of burns hours after giving birth to him in an autorickshaw while she was being rushed to a hospital is facing a bleak future with the family, reeling under poverty...

Leaders spoiled a sure-shot chance: Sena corporator

Saturday 24 October '09

After the defeat of two of its candidates from Bhosari and Chinchwad, the split in the local unit of the Shiv Sena has widened further.

Lande victory brings on the blushes for NCP

Friday 23 October '09

His party, the NCP, had lost confidence in his ability to win elections, but sitting MLA Vilas Lande harboured no such doubts.

It’s Jagtap or Barne, not me: Nandgude

Thursday 22 October '09

Vilas Nandgude, an independent candidate, counted himself out of the race today and said that the Chinchwad assembly constituency — electorate-wise the biggest in the state — may either elect Laxman Jagtap, another independent candidate, or Shrirang Barne of the Shiv Sena, as MLA.

In Bhosari, Lande won’t hazard a guess

Thursday 22 October '09

Unlike Chinchwad, where the fight is one-to-one, in Bhosari, a clear picture is still to emerge. While two women, Mangala Kadam of NCP and Sulbha Ubale of Shiv Sena...

Poor turnout: voters blame ‘wrong’ candidates

Wednesday 21 October '09

The jury is out on the poor turnout of 45.77 per cent in the assembly elections in Pune city area.