One of the two E-Shivai buses of MSRTC operating between Swargate and NMIA Pune: Almost a week after launching two electric buses between Swargate and Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), the Pune division of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) is struggling to attract passengers, with the service averaging just four to five commuters a…
According to PMC officials, the first tanker filling station is planned at Dukkar Khind, on Kothrud-Warje border, on amenity space land acquired by the civic body Pune: PMC’s three proposed water tanker filling stations for the city’s merged villages have seen little progress, with key approvals and infrastructure work still pending, despite three-and-a-half months having…
The CET Cell has started preparing a new standard operating procedure (SOP), which is expected to be submitted to the higher and technical education department for approval within a week Pune: Students may lose the option of choosing their preferred examination district for Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET), with the state CET Cell proposing to…
An illegal building is being demolished Pune: Developers involved in illegal construction will have to pay extra property tax as a penalty, said Pravin Shende, a senior official of the building permission department of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).PMC will recover the expenses of demolishing these constructions by imposing an additional tax on the developers’ other…
Evening aarti at Bolhai Mata temple Pune: Long ago, when hungry and weary Pandavas wandered looking for a place to spend the night, an elderly woman, her eyes soft as lamplight, welcomed and fed them.Delighted by her kindness, they smiled and said, “Ask for whatever you wish, Mother” (Bol, Aai). She came to be known…
Pune: Contractors across the state will stage protests outside district collector offices on Oct 19 over pending govt dues, contractor suicides and alleged harassment by political leaders and the administration, the Maharashtra State Contractors Federation and two other contractors’ organisations announced on Monday.The organisations alleged that contractors had been waiting for payments from the state…
Pic for representation purpose Pune: A six-year-old girl died, and her parents suffered serious injuries after their motorcycle rammed a tractor-trolley from the rear on an overbridge at KSB Chowk in Pimpri on Sunday afternoon.The Sant Tukaramnagar police identified the deceased as Hanin Farhan Momin, a resident of Kudalwadi in Chikhali. Her father, Farhan Momin…
Pune: A once-weekly water cut will begin in the PMC areas from Thursday as authorities move to protect dam reserves and brace for a potentially severe summer water shortage. The four dams in the Khadakwasla circle held 26 TMC (89%) of water on Monday as compared with 29 TMC (99%) at the same time last…
Under ECI’s revised procedure, BLOs are expected to collect supporting documents from voters at their homes and upload them online Pune: Booth-level officers (BLOs) are allegedly prodding citizens to visit election offices to submit documents against notices served under the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls instead of collecting them from home, as promised…
The scheme has 2.34 crore subscribers as of now, as per PFRDA data Pune: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is looking to induce non-govt employees to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS) to meet its target of a 40 crore subscriber base in five years, its whole-time member, Sanjay Pandey, said on…
