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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....
After Mumbai, Pune looks at cluster development

Wednesday 21 October '09

Densely populated areas of Pune could go in for a revamp, with cluster development proposed on the lines of such projects planned in Mumbai.
Festive days bring no supplies to 14 lakh ration cardholders

Saturday 17 October '09

Diwali brings little cheer to nearly 14 lakh ration cardholders in the district who avail themselves of foodgrains through the Public Distribution System in the above poverty line category.
Negative votes play spoiler

Thursday 15 October '09

While many could not excercise their voting rights as their names were missing in the electoral rolls, there were several who lined up outside polling booths to excercise the negative vote option.
Poll postings: no respite for women officers

Saturday 10 October '09

Although Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla had announced that women officers would be exempted from postings outside their home constituencies...
Rahul to focus on unemployment

Wednesday 7 October '09

With youth as the focus, Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of the All India Congress Committee, will address the issues of unemployment among the youth in Pune during his tour scheduled to start from a meeting at the St Vincent’s ground in the city on October 8.
Mayawati to launch BSP campaign today

Sunday 4 October '09

The Bahujan Samaj Party will start its political campaign on Sunday with party president Mayawati arriving in the city on Sunday.
Ajit Pawar, Kalmadi lunch, shake & vow to fight together

Saturday 3 October '09

Two leaders who did not see eye to eye buried the hatchet on Gandhi Jayanti.
Ex-Congress loyalist takes on saffron garb to fight polls

Saturday 3 October '09

Till mid-August, Shrirang Barne was the face of the Congress in Pimpri-Chinchwad. But when Barne, who has been with the party for the last 15 years...
Faulty voter I-cards dog citizens, again

Thursday 1 October '09

With just two weeks to go for the assembly polls, the election officials face a daunting task. Of the 78 per cent voter’s identity cards that the Election Commission had promised to issue in the 21 constituencies of the district...
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