Down: one-way threat to bus utility earning

Thursday 26 February '09

The traffic police wants one-way traffic on the Fergusson College Road and the Jungli Maharaj Road from March 5; city bus utility Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) is crying foul.

No parking, no business

Wednesday 18 February '09

This year has not begun well for many shop owners at Shivarkar road, the business hub of Fatima Nagar near Pune Camp.

Railway gangmen’s hopes go off track

Monday 16 February '09

More than 150 gangmen in the Pune division of Central Railway had been waiting eagerly for the interim budget, hoping for a reversal of a decision last year to convert them into gangmen from porters and Friday’s budget has left them disappointed.

Jobs lost: for union, crisis or absence?

Monday 9 February '09

Amol Sabale, who finished his training as a welder with Stocota Pvt Ltd, a unit on Chakan-Talegaon Road, soon found himself out of work.

Registration: an office to house all records

Sunday 8 February '09

The office of the Inspector-General of Registration (IGR) is working on a project to make available all housing records at a centralised place — the office of the Joint District Registrar.

Carried a cashless card, still had to pay

Thursday 5 February '09

When Rastapeth resident Baljeet Singh met with a bike accident on January 30, he was not unduly worried about his hospital bill as he had a ‘cashless mediclaim’ policy from ICICI Lombard.

PMPML sitting on land bank, but no space for depots

Sunday 1 February '09

Pune Mahanagar Parivanan Mandal Limited has the land, but that is of little use as there is no approach road to drive in its fleet of buses that is desperately short of parking bays.

Easy way to eat a pomegranate: pick up a pack of seeds

Friday 23 January '09

Here's something for pomegranate lovers, especially those who can’t be bothered to peel the skin off before getting to the red, fleshy seeds.

Security up, sales down

Wednesday 21 January '09

Paying a heavy price for the city police cordoning off all roads in the periphery of the commissioner’s building complex are the shopping malls...

Charity office says not enough staff, law ministry says not so

Monday 19 January '09

By its own admission, the Charity Commissioner’s office in Pune has no staff to monitor the 32,000-odd trusts in the city.

Cops put brakes on private luxury buses

Thursday 15 January '09

The traffic police have cracked the whip on private inter-city luxury buses, ending their free run of the city.

Rs 100 cr lost in truck strike, industry still takes it in stride

Tuesday 13 January '09

By the time the truckers’ strike was called off at the national level on Monday, Pune’s industrial sector had lost an estimated Rs 70 crore to Rs 100 crore in a week.

Rs 40 cr

Monday 12 January '09

One faction may have called off the transport strike in Maharashtra but the stir has already cost the foodgrains market around Rs 40 crore.

After buses, CNG on offer for cars now, but auto drivers not convinced

Friday 9 January '09

It began with Pune Mahanagar Parivhan Mahamandal Ltd buses, in time for the Commonwealth Youth Games in October.

Satyam pep talk falls flat on 2,000 jittery employees

Friday 9 January '09

Switch off your TV and don’t read the newspapers, stop believing rumours,” says one of the mails from top officials of Satyam Computer Services that the employees found in their inbox on Thursday.

1 ancient vehicle for every 4 new

Tuesday 6 January '09

As the city roads struggle to accommodate new vehicles, little is being done to phase out ageing vehicles over 15 years old.

Laughter challenge

Monday 5 January '09

For 12 years, Makarand Tilloo has been making people laugh on stage, as a stand-up comedian and researching on laughter in his spare time.

Why autorickshaw rides cost a fortune

Friday 2 January '09

It is no secret that the average auto-rickshaw driver in the city is viewed as someone forever trying to shortchange the passenger.

Few new buses, many old problems for civic utility

Saturday 27 December '08

Many plans, some carried out, most stuck. This sums up 2008 for the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited.

Bus utility drives on without key licence

Friday 26 December '08

More than a year after the company was formed following the merger of the erstwhile PMT and PCMT, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) continues to operate without a factory licence.

Loan not yet sanctioned, expense sheet ready

Tuesday 23 December '08

With three visits of a high-level World Bank team in the last six months, the last a few days ago, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited...

Transport body sleeps, bus-for-ad plan slips

Wednesday 17 December '08

Buses in lieu of advertising rights, was the proposal made by Pune Mahanagar Parivahanan Mahamandal Limited to increase its bus fleet without spending money.

Buses rather than cars: old plan gathers dust, new one steam

Tuesday 16 December '08

Even as the central government is mulling ways to discourage the public from buying more vehicles by introducing measures such as congestion tax in cities...

Court does justice but women remain aggrieved

Monday 15 December '08

Shashikala Mohite was granted maintenance of around Rs 1,000 in August under the Protection of Women under Domestic Violence Act.

Dow feels recession pinch, but no plan to scrap

Wednesday 10 December '08

Global recession may have caused Dow Chemical International to shut 20 of its plants across the world...