Rly constables unhappy over delays in reimbursement

Thursday 23 April '09

Prakash (name changed), a constable with the Government Railway Police (GRP), has disposed of three dead bodies in the last eight days.

In Baramati, politicians listening, fishermen step up protests

Wednesday 22 April '09

Jaising Nagre makes a living by fishing in the Ujjani dam backwaters in Indapur. Nagre, who is from the Bhoi community....

Pawar clout shuts out power problem

Saturday 18 April '09

Shailesh Kale can see the Ujjani dam waters from his 20-acre farm in Indapur taluka, but his sugarcane crop is parched in places owing to lack of water.

Pawar shadow blacks out power problem

Friday 17 April '09

Shailesh Kale can see the Ujjani dam waters from his 20-acre farm in Indapur taluka, but his sugarcane crop is parched at places owing to lack of water.

Switch to CNG/LPG: City autos unlikely to meet April 30 deadline

Friday 17 April '09

It was seen as a move to reduce pollution in the city when the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) set an April-end deadline for all city autorickshaws to convert from petrol to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

Private players levy parking fee at will

Wednesday 15 April '09

Several malls and theatres in the city are charging Rs 10 for parking two-wheelers and Rs 20-30 for four-wheelers.

J M Road set to go one-way in a month

Monday 13 April '09

After hitting several hurdles, resistance from people in particular, the idea to make J M Road one-way will finally turn real in a month’s time.

IT majors opt for PMPML buses, to ferry staff

Sunday 12 April '09

From private cabs and AC coaches to city buses, the wheel has turned a full circle. Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), the city bus utility...

And now, many companies force staff to take paid leave

Thursday 9 April '09

At least a dozen companies around Pune have asked their workers to take paid leave instead of announcing a ‘lay off’.

Cable work stuck: steep civic body fee hits BSNL’s national projects

Wednesday 1 April '09

A potential slowdown could be staring at three national-level projects undertaken by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in the city.

In Pune, laying underground cables costs BSNL a bomb

Tuesday 31 March '09

Laying underground cables is costing the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited at least 25 times more in Pune than in other cities.

In Pune, laying underground cables costs BSNL a bomb

Tuesday 31 March '09

Laying underground cables is costing the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited at least 25 times more in Pune than in other cities.

70-year-old had to run for 6 years to get property registered

Monday 30 March '09

It took senior citizen Lt Col (retd) R P Lamba almost six years to get a property registration card issued for his three apartments in Wanavdi.

Gudi Padwa lifts sales, but way behind last year

Friday 27 March '09

Businessman Nitin Shah is getting his two-wheeler, a Suzuki 150 cc, delivered on Friday to coincide with Gudi Padwa...

Civic body to move out a ‘security’ threat

Thursday 26 March '09

Juna Bazaar, as it is known, may shift to another location in a year’s time with the Pune Municipal Corporation showing its readiness to implement a suggestion from the police commissionerate.

Big launch of small car keeps city buzzing

Monday 23 March '09

If the number of enquiries in the city in the run-up to the Nano launch is an indication, then the small car might hold its own in these slowdown times.

So different, yet so alike: twin blows on slowdown street

Saturday 21 March '09

The economic slowdown has manifested itself in two unique faces of trading activity in Pune.

1 closure & 2,300 layoffs

Friday 13 March '09

Here’s how severely the economic slowdown has bitten industrial areas: one company has already sought closure and 12 companies between them have sought to lay off 2,300 workers in Pune region.

Honey: the new mantra for mango preservation

Friday 13 March '09

Pune-Based entrepreneur Rajiv Devkar seems to have hit the jackpot in his quest to preserve mangoes without the use of cold storage facilities.

980 sue Bharat Forge for layoff benefits

Tuesday 10 March '09

Over 980 contract workers, some of them working with Bharat Forge for over 15 years, have filed a case saying that they have been laid off without compensation benefits.

25% divides buyer & seller

Monday 9 March '09

Buyers are treading cautiously and not taking hasty decisions given the economic slowdown, job insecurity and the likelihood of interest rates falling further.

Parking space: buyers finally put foot down

Saturday 7 March '09

Property buyers in the city have finally started asking for what should have rightly come free like parking slots, something they were unaware of till recently.

Now, rental dip threatens sales

Friday 6 March '09

With almost no deals happening in the residential property segment and new commercial properties coming into the market...

Buyer-seller splitsville: realtors left with empty homes

Wednesday 4 March '09

The year has not started well for the real estate sector in Pune. It’s just a continuation of where it left off in 2008.

Domestic workers wait for legal status

Monday 2 March '09

Domestic workers are still waiting for the state government to implement a new bill that would give them legal recognition and entitle them to the benefits given to workers in the organised sector.