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.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....Wednesday
21 October '09Densely populated areas of Pune could go in for a revamp, with cluster development proposed on the lines of such projects planned in Mumbai.Saturday
17 October '09Diwali 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.Thursday
15 October '09While 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.Saturday
10 October '09Although Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla had announced that women officers would be exempted from postings outside their home constituencies...Wednesday
7 October '09With 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.Sunday
4 October '09The Bahujan Samaj Party will start its political campaign on Sunday with party president Mayawati arriving in the city on Sunday.Saturday
3 October '09Two leaders who did not see eye to eye buried the hatchet on Gandhi Jayanti.Saturday
3 October '09Till 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...Thursday
1 October '09With 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...Thursday
1 October '09A staunch RSS activist for the past 50 years and the Bharatiya Janata Party after its inception in Western Maharashtra...Thursday
1 October '09Kolhapur, the birthplace of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), is getting ready for a makeover, literally. Huge hoardings featuring NCP...Saturday
26 September '09The last day of filing nominations on Friday also opened a four-day window for major parties to try and dissuade their rebel candidates to step down, before the last day for withdrawal on September 29.Saturday
26 September '09A number of senior leaders cutting across party lines, who had considered themselves front-runners from their respective constituencies...Sunday
20 September '09Of the eight Assembly seats in the city, the Nationalist Congress Party is demanding an equal share of seats. But the Congress is not in favour of this. It is demanding five seats.Wednesday
16 September '09In a unique initiative, the chief executive officer of the Zilla Parishad has asked teachers, gram sevaks and health workers to camp overnight in villages to motivate villagers towards constructing toilet blocks.Friday
18 September '09Even as the BJP-Shiv Sena is waiting for the “pitru pandhravada” (remembering the dead) to end so that it could announce the candidates’ list on September 20...Wednesday
16 September '09Around 50 lakh voters in 21 constituencies of Pune district will get their Electoral Photo Identity Card for the October polls.Sunday
13 September '09The much-awaited eco-friendly Compressed Natural Gas buses will now hit the streets after the Assembly elections.Sunday
13 September '09The much-debated issue about the quality of mid-day meals in schools is back in focus.Saturday
12 September '09The Central Bureau of Investigation wants to re-investigate the case against Pune-based adoption agency Preet Mandir.Friday
11 September '09The much awaited digitisation of the fair price shop in Gokhale Nagar will have to wait post elections.Friday
11 September '09School teachers in the district can heave a sigh of relief as many of them will be excused from poll duty in the ensuing Assembly elections. District collector Chandrakant Dalvi said most of the teaching staff will be kept off poll duty as per their request.Wednesday
9 September '09It’s been six months since the state Cabinet approved Rs 200-crore seed capital to develop international airport at Chakan in Pune...
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