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Crackdown on illegal structures in suburbs

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.
527 centres for speedy access to documents

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.
Development control rules in suburbs: meeting soon to streamline details

Thursday 19 November '09

With the state government clearing the development control rules for areas upto 10 kms from the civic limits, the revenue department...
Rs 207 crore: damage caused by Cyclone Phyan in district

Wednesday 18 November '09

Crops worth Rs 207 crore were damaged because of cyclone Phyan that struck Pune last week, according to preliminary figures released by the district administration.
CM nod to low-cost houses in city

Wednesday 18 November '09

Chief 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.
FSI for MHADA homes set to go up

Tuesday 17 November '09

As many as 17,000 low-income group families in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad staying in Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority...
Year after 26/11, civic bodies sit on security rules

Sunday 15 November '09

A 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.
Pune metropolitan devp authority soon, panel picks key areas

Friday 13 November '09

Even as an ordinance for the formation of Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority is on its way, the metropolitan planning committee...
State to civic body: Resolve garbage dumping issue soon

Sunday 8 November '09

State Environment Secretary Valsa Nair has written to the Pune Municipal Corporation...
Election spirit

Sunday 8 November '09

This month two villages in Pune will hold another election—one where women will vote to boot out liquor shops
Flats under JNNURM for 1000 poor urban families

Saturday 7 November '09

It'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.
No green signal for 10 flyovers in city

Friday 6 November '09

Even 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.
250 rural youths to be trained, posted in malls

Thursday 5 November '09

Going 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.
City to see digitisation of ration cards by March

Wednesday 4 November '09

Pune and Hyderabad will be the first cities in the country to start computerised fairprice shops.
Post polls, bid to put Metro plans on fast track

Sunday 1 November '09

Post 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.
CNG buses: city will have to wait longer

Saturday 31 October '09

The much-awaited eco-friendly Compressed Natural Gas buses will skip Pune, at least in the first phase of deployment.
Forest land scam: Probe to resume

Saturday 31 October '09

The 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.
City to get more fire stations

Thursday 29 October '09

The Pune city which has just nine fire stations at present needs nearly 43 fire stations, according to the national guidelines of fire safety.
In second stint, Chakan airport on Chavan’s priority list

Wednesday 28 October '09

Chief Minister designate in the new government Ashok Chavan is keen on taking up the new Chakan Airport project on a priority basis.
Misal sole woman winner from Pune

Sunday 25 October '09

Madhuri 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.
BSP fails to make a mark in Pune

Saturday 24 October '09

The Bahujan Samaj Party’s hopes of growing into a pan-India party have not found a resonance in Pune.
Clear victory: 9 MLAs bag second term

Friday 23 October '09

The assembly elections saw many sitting MLAs getting clear victory margins in the district.
Rural belt: Cong-NCP makes up with 5 of 8 seats

Friday 23 October '09

The 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.
Raju Shetty suffers setback

Friday 23 October '09

In 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....
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