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CNG buses to hit the streets after polls, filling depot used for poll work

Sunday 13 September '09

The much-awaited eco-friendly Compressed Natural Gas buses will now hit the streets after the Assembly elections.
Mid-day meal: students say worms in food

Sunday 13 September '09

The much-debated issue about the quality of mid-day meals in schools is back in focus.
Adoption irregularities: Preet Mandir denies charges; hearing on Sept 24

Saturday 12 September '09

The Central Bureau of Investigation wants to re-investigate the case against Pune-based adoption agency Preet Mandir.
Digitisation of ration shop after assembly poll

Friday 11 September '09

The much awaited digitisation of the fair price shop in Gokhale Nagar will have to wait post elections.
Fewer teachers on poll duty this time: collector

Friday 11 September '09

School 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.
Chakan airport caught in bureaucratic hurdles, take off set to be delayed

Wednesday 9 September '09

It’s been six months since the state Cabinet approved Rs 200-crore seed capital to develop international airport at Chakan in Pune...
APL card holders to get sugar at Rs 20

Sunday 6 September '09

Nearly 16 lakh Above Poverty Line ration card holders in the district will receive sugar through the Public Distribution System for Rs 20 from next week, according to the GR issued last week.
Bharat Forge SEZ set for phase II land acquisition

Wednesday 2 September '09

The Bharat Forge multi-product SEZ at Chakan is all set to embark on its second phase of land acquisition that will see 1,900 hectares being acquired from seven villages.
Farmers’ SEZ not before Chakan airport

Tuesday 1 September '09

It might not be before 2011 that the farmers of Avsari Khurd village, some 40 kms from Pune city, will have their own Special Economic Zone.
One gone, Pune has 44 SEZs in its kitty

Saturday 29 August '09

The Videocon SEZ in Wagholi was scrapped following farmers’ agitation as the project was in preliminary stage of implementation and it had to move through the formal approval stage before reaching the notified stage.
Farmers win: Videocon SEZ scrapped

Friday 28 August '09

Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday announced that the proposed Videocon SEZ at Wagholi would be scrapped, ending a two-year standoff between the villagers and the state government.
PMRDA remains a distant dream as govt dithers

Wednesday 26 August '09

The State Government is apparently dragging its feet on setting up the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
Development control rules in fringe areas from September

Wednesday 26 August '09

The state government-approved development control rules for areas up to 10 kms from the civic limits will be finally implemented in September.
Mumbai plan for city Metro

Sunday 23 August '09

The ambitious Pune metro rail project will seek help from the Mumbai Metropolitan Development Region Development Authority to prepare the bid document for the Build-Operate-Transfer model as was done in Mumbai.
Pvt hospitals roped in after 2 weeks

Friday 21 August '09

The Maharashtra government invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, in the city on August 4, a day after the city recorded the country’s first H1N1 death.
Gokhalenagar fair price shop to go digital next month

Thursday 20 August '09

The district administration has identified the fair price shop at Gokhalenagar for the pilot project of issuing smart cards for supply of kerosene under the public distribution system (PDS) in the city.
‘Drastic step’, Dalvi calls for discussion

Friday 14 August '09

District Collector Chandrakant Dalvi said on Thursday that there needs to be a discussion with experts as to whether a Mexican model shutdown as demanded by the civic body...
Will ask pvt hospitals to subsidise H1N1 treatment costs: Ajit Pawar

Wednesday 12 August '09

Even as the State Government has issued fresh guidelines to involve the private sector in tackling the H1N1 scare, another issue has cropped up.
‘I was forced to buy tea with LPG cylinder’

Sunday 9 August '09

This resident of Aundh had to pay Rs 333 instead of the regular Rs 311 for her Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited LPG cylinder on Friday.
Swine flu: 15 against 48, officials differ on numbers

Sunday 9 August '09

Even as there was a rush of people to the 23 screening centres in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas and at Naidu Hospital and Aundh Hospital...
Humidity a cause for worry: Met dept

Saturday 8 August '09

The statement of the Met department that the humidity content will continue to prevail in the atmosphere owing to the monsoon season...
H1N1 vaccine: Serum Institute for animal trials by month-end

Friday 7 August '09

With H1N1 cases rising in the city, the Serum Institute of India — which is conducting the vaccine trials — is set to carry out the same on animals by the month-end.
Wanowrie land deal: case in PMC court, hearing on August 13

Wednesday 5 August '09

Harshvardhan Group of Companies have sought a stay order on the notices issued by the Pune Municipal Corporation...
‘Health dept has enough Tamiflu, Relenza medicines’

Wednesday 5 August '09

With the rising incidences of swine flu cases reported in Pune district and the death of a 14-year-old girl, the health department has taken all measures to increase the stock of anti-virals in the district.
TREASURE GROVE

Sunday 2 August '09

Vanitha knows a jhambal tree when she sees one. After school, the seven-year-old rushes to the village grove, swings from the jhambal’s branches and nibbles on its bitter-sour fruits till her teeth go sour.
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