

Friday 6 November '09
Banana grower Adhinath Barve of Junnar tehsil in Pune district is expecting to double his exports when he begins harvesting his three-acre plantation in February next year.Wednesday 4 November '09
With the average income remaining almost the same for over a year now due to the economic slowdown, middle class families are struggling to meet rising food costs.Thursday
29 October '09Consumers of rice can expect prices to drop considerably over the next month. Pune rice traders say the fresh crop from the North will flood the city market by mid November, which will bring prices down by at least 20 per cent.Monday
26 October '09This year, it is cheaper to make potato chips than to cook potato curry.Thursday
15 October '09Despite the rising potato prices, the cost of the ‘vada paav’ has remained static in the last two to three months with the exception of a few vendors who have raised prices by a rupee or two.Thursday
15 October '09The Agriculture Produce Market Committee traders supplying vegetables to the industry canteens across the city on an annual contract basis are a worried lot now.Wednesday
14 October '09This village in Satara district has 1,033 voters, and on Tuesday, every one of them stayed away from the polling booths angry over the way a sub-inspector from Dhom....Tuesday
13 October '09It took the administration 72 hours to transport the body of Sub-Inspector Chandrashekar Deshmukh, one of the victims of the Naxal attack in Laheri, to his village, Dhom in Satara....Wednesday
7 October '09In June, Swapna Phade had bought a new car. She waited till Tuesday to register it under the special category of ‘invalid carriage’ as she has polio...Monday
5 October '09Is quality of water of Khadakwasla Dam under threat because of construction activities in the surrounding area? The National Defence Academy thinks so.Tuesday
29 September '09In 2007, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mandal Limited decided to reserve the left section of its buses for women.Monday
28 September '09Even as the real estate sector shows mild signs of recovery, one area not showing any indication of bouncing back is the commercial space segment.Friday
25 September '09Bosch, which is into manufacturing brakes for four-wheelers and supplies products to Maruti, Mahindra and Tata Motors, has shifted several production lines from its Chakan plant to company facilities at Manesar and Jalgaon.Friday
25 September '09After some excruciating months of really high vegetable prices, it is once again affordable to have them on the dining table.Thursday
24 September '09It was a Catch-22 for Pune-based central government employee and All-India Defence Employees Association Federation leader Ravindra Reddy.Wednesday
23 September '09In about a month’s time, after the elections are over in Maharashtra, a memorial to Sepoy Bhausaheb Talekar of the 17 Maratha...Tuesday
22 September '09Several years ago, the Konkan Railway approached city based DRDO-R&D Engineers-with this query...Wednesday
16 September '09It was in March that Mumbai-based brothers Jayesh and Navin Ram Singhani set up their “discounted nutrient supplement” store in the NIBM area, calling it ‘Nee-o-fit’.Thursday
10 September '09Ten years ago, the College of Military Engineering (CME) began creating four man-made lakes on their 2,600-acre campus. Today these lakes have become a natural ecosystem for a variety of birds.Monday
7 September '09The Indian Army may not have used a tank in a war in over two decades, but several experiments are on to protect tanks from enemy fire.Wednesday
2 September '09The festive season is here again but the owners of sweetmeat shops do not appear to be a happy lot.Tuesday
1 September '09Soft drink major Coca Cola has 3,549 tonnes of sugar stored in its Khed warehouse for its plant in Pirangut, 50 km from Pune.Tuesday
1 September '09The deadlock between soft-drink major Coca Cola and the Maharashtra government over sugar stored in the former's Khed...Monday
31 August '09Ration shops will begin supplying sugar at Rs 20 per kg September 7 onwards following a state government directive issued on Saturday night...Friday
28 August '09The delayed and weak monsoon hasn’t ushered in much hope. Ranjani Raghavan visits Sangmaner in Nashik and Sinnar in Ahmednagar only...