With 14 entries, state to play big at environmental film festival

Sunday 13 September '09

Out of the 106 films shortlisted for screening at the environment and wildlife film festival— CMS Vatavaran 2009 — in New Delhi next month...

Coming, equipment to stop unauthorised vehicles at airport

Saturday 12 September '09

Central Industrial Security Force officials at Lohegaon International Airport have recommended some new security measures to prevent any intrusion of unauthorised vehicles into the high-security zone.

FDA puts temporary ban on Helax’s medicines

Friday 11 September '09

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has put a temporary ban on the medicines manufactured by Helax Health Care...

City RTO to get smart card readers, finally

Tuesday 8 September '09

The Regional Transport Authority in Pune is all set to get smarter.

To save on time and money, state buses go the digital way

Monday 7 September '09

In a move to keep pace with the digitised world, the Pune division of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation...

Stalled Khadki bridges wait for MoD nod

Saturday 29 August '09

With an expected no objection certificate from the Ministry of Defence yet to land...

Flu takes sheen off Ganesh festival

Thursday 27 August '09

With swine flu scare gripping the city, Pune’s over 100-year-old Ganesh festival is witnessing a remarkable low turnout of people coming to see the decorations put up by mandals.

Civic body captures one lakh traffic violators on camera in just few months

Tuesday 25 August '09

The Pune Municipal Corporation has over the last few months captured images of as many as 1 lakh traffic violators through over a hundred cameras placed on a trial basis at various chowks on the busiest streets of the city as part of the Intelligent Transport System.

Garbage segregation yet to catch speed

Monday 24 August '09

The row over garbage disposal that had reached a crescendo three months ago has been buried, at least for the time being, with the focus shifting on swine flu that has claimed 20 lives in the city.

Rs 25-lakh dip a day for transport utility

Sunday 23 August '09

The swine flu pandemic has compelled the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited to count its losses every day.

Chaotic auto parking: traffic cops approach rly authorities

Thursday 20 August '09

In a bod to spruce up the look of the Pune Railway Station, the city traffic police have decided to infuse some discipline into the manner in which autorickshaws are parked in the station premises.

Swine flu effect: no Pune Darshan buses for the past two days

Wednesday 12 August '09

For the Pune Darshan buses, July and August are generally not great in terms of revenue.

35 km from city, Shikrapur village gets extra cautious

Tuesday 11 August '09

A day ahead of the state government’s decision to shut down schools and colleges in Pune for a week, the gram panchayat of Shikrapur, a village about 35 km from the city, took a similar decision on Sunday on its own.

Janata Khana at Rs 10 up for grabs at Pune railway station

Saturday 8 August '09

The burgers, pastries and black forest cakes now have to make space on the shelves for accommodating the ‘Janata Khana’ as well at the Comesum Food Junction, a food joint located on the premises of the Pune Railway Station.

Airport screening detects no suspects

Friday 7 August '09

It's been 100 days since the screening of passengers for swine flu began at the Lohegaon airport. And despite the city having seen over a 100 cases of the H1N1 virus in these days...

Flyover a distant dream, traffic woes at Ghorpadi level-cross continue

Thursday 30 July '09

At the Ghorpadi railway crossing, you will notice traffic wardens struggling to streamline the road traffic -- a sight which is common at the other railway stations.

JTBS unhappy over Central Railway’s new ticket issuing policy

Wednesday 29 July '09

While on the one hand the Central Railway is planning to appoint about forty Jansadharan Ticket Booking Sevaks in Pune division in the near future...

Bull’s eye: fancy numberplates a hit, RTO scores in crores

Wednesday 29 July '09

Citizen's fascination for special numbers for their vehicles seems to be quite steadily increasing by the year.

Crackdown on erring bus and auto drivers

Sunday 26 July '09

The drive carried out by the Regional Transport Office against erring city bus and autorickshaw drivers has brought Rs 3.11crore to its kitty.

More rly booking sevaks, Pune station to breathe easy

Wednesday 15 July '09

The daily nightmare of commuters of standing in long winding queues for procuring railway tickets...

More rly booking sevaks, Pune station to breathe easy

Wednesday 15 July '09

The daily nightmare of commuters of standing in long winding queues for procuring railway tickets...

More rly booking sevaks, Pune station to breathe easy

Wednesday 15 July '09

The daily nightmare of commuters of standing in long winding queues for procuring railway tickets...

Water cut: hotels, restaurants take hit

Sunday 12 July '09

Saturdays and Sundays have cash registers ringing in food business.

Dengue fear looms amid scanty rain

Saturday 11 July '09

The practice of storing water in the summer months owing to water cut and absence of rainfall in June has led to a rise in number of dengue cases in the district this year.

Tough talk follows acute water scarcity

Thursday 9 July '09

Even as the business of private water tankers flourishes in the city, the service providers have demanded that the civic administration should revise the rates for their service as they cannot afford the given rates.