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In top gear, GMRT revs up to scan the sky under fifth pulsar survey

Monday 13 July '09

Around a year after the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at Khodad in Junnar taluka of Pune district was made operational, four scientists at the centre had made their first major discovery, a rare pulsar.
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.
Khodad beckons astronomers as GMRT facilities look sky-high

Monday 6 July '09

Eighty kilometres from Pune city in Khodad village in Junnar taluka, the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope...
Many residents left to fend for themselves

Thursday 2 July '09

The city is reeling under water shortage like never before and many housing societies are asking their members to make their own arrangements for drinking water.
Late rains may make farmers think insurance

Saturday 27 June '09

The one fallout of the deficiency in rains and the resultant poor start to the kharif season may be a...
PMPML bus row: clouds remain; Band keeps mum, so does managing director

Tuesday 23 June '09

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Asheesh Sharma, who is on the board of PMPML, dismissed reports that the state government had asked private players to be kept out for the procurement of buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme.
This ‘warkari’ believes in both Ram & Rahim

Saturday 20 June '09

For Shiekh Ahmed Amir, this is his seventh pilgrimage to Pandharpur.
Total solar eclipse: Nalanda, Shanghai on astronomers’ itinerary

Friday 19 June '09

Even as many scientists are tying up their travel plans to China in July this year to observe the total solar eclipse...
Delayed rains worry pilgrims

Thursday 18 June '09

Since he left his home in Hingoli district five days ago to join the Sant Dnyaneshwar Palkhi at Dehu on June 15, Hanuman Pawar has been calling his home daily to find out if it has rained.
Expert support for transport utility’s PPP route, with a rider

Wednesday 17 June '09

The decision of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited to go for a public-private partnership has received flak from almost all quarters.
Seeds sown, farmers wait for elusive rain

Wednesday 17 June '09

When it showered in the first week of June in Rahatwade, 25 km from Pune, Rajendra Chorge started sowing rice in his 3.5-acre land.
In 3 years, zip from Pune to Solapur in just 2 hours

Wednesday 27 May '09

In three years, Puneiites will be able to reach Solapur in two hours flat or even less, thanks to the agreement signed between the National Highways Authority of India...
Five Infosys careers killed at birth

Friday 22 May '09

A Volvo bus run by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), taking 43 young employees of Infosys Technologies Ltd to their first assignment at the company’s Pune facility...
Sitting on a Rs 208-cr burden

Wednesday 20 May '09

More than 30 years ago, Sudamrao Pawar lost 10 acres in Khed taluka to the Chaskaman dam in Pune district.
Deadline over, road-diggers still send traffic into a spin

Monday 18 May '09

Even two days after the Pune Municipal Corporation deadline to put a halt to digging of roads, there is no stopping the “digging mission” in several parts of the city.
Who dug it

Friday 15 May '09

The people of Pune are used to seeing scores of city roads dug up, the one activity that keeps happening across the year.
Games end, digging endless

Thursday 14 May '09

Tulsi Hotel on Baner Road has been standing witness to an unending spree of road repair for almost a year.
Child drowns in 4 ft water

Monday 11 May '09

Gatha Dhus, not yet five years old, drowned in a swimming pool where the water was less than four feet deep.
Auto strike brings out best in bus service

Wednesday 6 May '09

Five days into the ongoing auto-rickshaw strike, Puneites are witnessing a hitherto unseen side of the civic transport body Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mandal Limited.
RTA delinks CNG conversion, fare

Tuesday 5 May '09

Three months after the state government asked Mumbai, Thane and Pune RTAs to reduce autorickshaw fares in tandem with the petrol price cut, Pune is still grappling with the problem.
Strike on city’s health

Monday 4 May '09

Low blood sugar left Megha Kankaria weak and giddy on Sunday afternoon.
Three more companies file for lay-offs

Thursday 30 April '09

If the city labour commissionerate grants permission, then over 125 workers of Riter India, a textile machinery-manufacturing firm...
Low exports and high cost plague Alphonso mangoes

Tuesday 28 April '09

Untimely rains in January and February in the Alphonso-growing regions of Ratnagiri and Devgad in Konkan have played havoc with mango exports.
Price rise brings down festival gold rush

Monday 27 April '09

The increase in the price of gold has resulted in fewer customers joining the usual gold rush ahead of Akshaya Tritiya, an auspicious occasion as per the Hindu calendar.
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