Water, health, electricity tops her agenda

Sunday 17 May '09

Water, health, electricity and roads are the areas which winning candidate Supriya Sule wants to take up on priority basis, with people having entrusted her the responsibility of MP from Baramati.

Everybody’s confident in every seat

Saturday 16 May '09

On the eve of the counting day, all political parties sounded confident of their victory in the four Lok Sabha constituencies of the district-Pune, Baramati, Maval and Shirur.

New Chakan Airport still miles away

Thursday 14 May '09

The Rs 7,000-crore New Chakan international airport appears certain to miss the 2011 deadline to start operations as announced by Union Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel.

IMD to install automatic weather stations in schools, KV to get first

Sunday 10 May '09

In a bid to create better awareness about various parameters of weather and the equipment used for it, the India Meteorological Department in a unique initiative will be installing Automatic Weather Stations city schools.

Cleanliness campaign: A grade for 953 Pune villages

Saturday 9 May '09

Even as the district is gearing up to achieve the target under the Nirmal Gram project or open defecation free villages...

Resolve row fast, state tells PMC

Saturday 9 May '09

State Principal Secretary (environment) Valsa Nair will issue a set of directions to the PMC under the Environment Protection Act, seeking a quick solution to the garbage row.

It’s raining projects on Pune

Friday 8 May '09

Pune leads the rest of the state by a huge margin in terms of investment through notified Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for the 2009 fiscal.

August date for digitised ration cards

Thursday 7 May '09

After year-long deliberations, the state is set to roll out digitised ration cards by August. The effort got a fillip after 26/11 as the ration card is still the most sought-after identity proof and the one most prone to be misused.

Wrongs to be set right for Assembly polls

Wednesday 6 May '09

With just 40 per cent voting in the city and an average of 45 per cent polling in the district in the Lok Sabha elections on April 23, the Election Department is making all efforts so that the percentage goes up in the Assembly elections.

Serum samples sent for tests

Monday 4 May '09

With the fear of a swine flu outbreak looming large and deaths of 50 pigs being reported this April at Amalner taluka’s Dahivad village in Jalgaon....

Swine fever, not flu: 50 pigs dead, humans safe

Monday 4 May '09

Fifty pigs have died in a fortnight in Jalgaon but humans need not worry about swine flu, the animal husbandry department says.

Monsoon a week in advance, says IMD

Friday 1 May '09

Even as heatwave conditions prevail in most parts of the country, there is good news. The monsoon may arrive a week in advance.

Finally, two new garbage dump options

Thursday 30 April '09

Mundhwa and Digraswadi could become the new garbage dumping sites for Pune city. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has shortlisted them as alternative sites to replace Urali Devachi, which it hopes to cap in a one year’s time.

Suvarna relaunch on May 20, staffers complain of ‘raw deal’

Sunday 26 April '09

Even as Indian Overseas Bank is set to take over the Shree Suvarna Sahakari Bank on May 20 much to the joy of depositors...

Election department registers 43 cases of code violation

Wednesday 22 April '09

The election department by Monday registered a total of 43 police complaints against the violaters of the election code of conduct in the four constituencies in the district.

Poll word: 4 lakh identity cards may arrive in time

Sunday 19 April '09

Pune voters still stand some chance of getting their electoral identity cards before the D-day on April 23.

Police complaint on undeclared expenses

Saturday 18 April '09

A police complaint has been filed against Krantisena candidate in Maval Shivshankar Shinde for not declaring the details of his poll expenditure as per the orders of the Election Commission.

Poll vault to slums: that’s where the voters are

Friday 17 April '09

With around 40 per cent of the population living in slums, candidates are leaving no stone unturned to reach out to this major vote bank.

Assets not declared: poll panel asks 8 to explain

Thursday 16 April '09

Eight candidates in the district have been issued showcause notices for not declaring their expenses as per norms set by the Election Commission.

Shivajinagar godown getting ready for poll festival’s big show

Wednesday 15 April '09

As the Shivajinagar godown is set to be used for the counting of votes of the four constituencies-Pune, Maval, Shirur and Baramati...

Two weeks ahead of the elections, most voters without identity cards

Sunday 12 April '09

Even as the Lok Sabha elections are just two weeks away, it looks like the voters will have to do without identity cards.

Braille drive stuck in blind alley

Friday 10 April '09

A drive to make voting easier for the blind may have come too late to work.

Now, family court faces charges of defaulting on rent payment

Saturday 4 April '09

The Family Court, housed at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Bhavan near Alka chowk, which might face a charge of non-evacuation from Bharati Vidyapeeth University...

Chakan airport project faces fund hiccup before take-off

Wednesday 1 April '09

The Chakan airport project is likely to get further delayed with the government yet to disburse the seed capital of Rs 200 crore sanctioned a month back.

District collectors may take charge of board exams in Maha

Friday 27 March '09

Maharashtra Govt is contemplating handing over the charge of conducting the exams to the respective collectors in the district.