

Sunday 22 November '09
Hundreds of unauthorised constructions that dot the city outskirts may be pulled down in the coming few weeks, if the joint initiative by the state urban development department and the district collectorate does not get hampered by politicians.Friday 20 November '09
The government-run citizen facilitation centres, where people are supposed to get easy access to caste certificate, domicile certificate and other affidavits easily, have failed to deliver due to surging crowd at the 14 CFCs — one for each taluka in the district.Thursday
19 November '09With the state government clearing the development control rules for areas upto 10 kms from the civic limits, the revenue department...Wednesday
18 November '09Crops worth Rs 207 crore were damaged because of cyclone Phyan that struck Pune last week, according to preliminary figures released by the district administration.Wednesday
18 November '09Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Monday approved the construction of affordable rental houses for middle and lower income groups in Pune who migrate from rural areas to the city in search of a livelihood.Tuesday
17 November '09As many as 17,000 low-income group families in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad staying in Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority...Sunday
15 November '09A year after the 26/11 terror attacks, the municipal corporations of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad are yet to take up the proposed security control rules issued by the government in June for existing and new buildings.Friday
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13 November '09Even as an ordinance for the formation of Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority is on its way, the metropolitan planning committee...Sunday
8 November '09State Environment Secretary Valsa Nair has written to the Pune Municipal Corporation...Sunday
8 November '09This month two villages in Pune will hold another election—one where women will vote to boot out liquor shopsSaturday
7 November '09It's been a long wait of three years for nearly 1,000 families from the economically weaker section in the city staying on non-developmental zones such as hill slopes and river banks.Friday
6 November '09Even as Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is in the process of going ahead with many flyovers in various parts of Mumbai, there is no corresponding activity in Pune for a variety of reasons.Thursday
5 November '09Going against the tide of recession and retrenchments, 250 youngsters from rural areas have been promised a hundred per cent placement in malls on completion of their retail management course next month.Wednesday
4 November '09Pune and Hyderabad will be the first cities in the country to start computerised fairprice shops.Sunday
1 November '09Post the recent Assembly elections and the general elections a few months ago, the Urban Development Department in a bid to speed up the Pune Metro rail project, has proposed that Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation be appointed as consultant for the Pune project, too.Saturday
31 October '09The much-awaited eco-friendly Compressed Natural Gas buses will skip Pune, at least in the first phase of deployment.Saturday
31 October '09The probe involving large-scale irregularities in allotment of forest land in Pune will now pick up speed with the Lok Sabha polls in April and Assembly polls being over.Thursday
29 October '09The Pune city which has just nine fire stations at present needs nearly 43 fire stations, according to the national guidelines of fire safety.Wednesday
28 October '09Chief Minister designate in the new government Ashok Chavan is keen on taking up the new Chakan Airport project on a priority basis.Sunday
25 October '09Madhuri Misal of the BJP is the sole woman candidate to have won the polls in Pune. With this, she became the fourth woman from the city to be elected MLA since 1967.Saturday
24 October '09The Bahujan Samaj Party’s hopes of growing into a pan-India party have not found a resonance in Pune.Friday
23 October '09The assembly elections saw many sitting MLAs getting clear victory margins in the district.Friday
23 October '09The NCP made up for its dismal performance in the urban hubs in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad where it won one seat each by making it with a flourish in the rural areas of the district.Friday
23 October '09In what has come as a setback for the farmers’ movement, the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) headed by MP Raju Shetty only bagged one out of the 14 seats it contested from western Maharashtra....