While tenders for the 550 new e-busesis likely to be floated in 10 days, opposition parties in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have demanded a trial run of these e-buses for 90 days . Chetan Tupe, opposition leader in PMC, said, “Before the authorities buy the electric buses, they should be operated on a trialContinue reading
Under criticism over its failure to protect rivers, the Maharashtra Irrigation Department on Thursday amended its guidelines on development in the restrictive zone of rivers. The guidelines allow construction on land between the blue line and red line of rivers for public purposes, like roads, while putting the onus for the loss of life orContinue reading
Pune: Parvati and Satara Road areas are all set to get cleaner water with a new 500 MLD water purification tank. The tank, which will become operational on Saturday, was built at a cost of Rs179 crore and will improve water supply to Parvati, Satara Road, Bibvewadi, Dhankawdi and nearby areas. The project was greenlit in 2013 and fundsContinue reading
Pune: The state transport department issued passes to 705 widows of military personnel who died in the line of duty, for free travel on the state transport buses on Maharashtra Day on Tuesday. The respective division offices of the department distributed the passes to widows across the state. The state governor, C Vidyasagar Rao, alsoContinue reading
Pune: Her dedication to arts has always stood her in good stead – right from being the Google doodle winner in 2014 to bagging a 100% scholarship at Cornell University, where the acceptance rate is below 7% of the total applications. Her feat is all the more spectacular in a country where conventional thinking favoursContinue reading
Pune: State settlement commissioner S Chockalingam has set a deadline of three months for the five districts, including Pune, to release 7/12 extracts with digital signatures online. The other districts are: Satara, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri. “All these districts have less than 70% updation and the target has been set so that all these districtsContinue reading
Pune: Symbiosis International (Deemed) University’s Symhealth-2018 is being kick-started at its Lavale campus today. The three-day conference aims to churn out new ideas and concepts around an interdisciplinary to healthcare. “The theme this year — Interdisciplinary Approach to Healthcare — underscores the importance of applying integrative strategies to the theory and practice of health sciences,”Continue reading
Pune: The Deccan Education Society (DES) in collaboration with the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has set up an on campus lab to run certificate programmes in three technologies – big data analytics, business intelligence and data science. Students pursuing under graduation, post-graduation as well as working professionals can now apply for this course. TheContinue reading
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The Pimpri Chinchwad Smart City Limited (PCSCL) on Monday approved the implementation of pilot projects in the city. At a meeting of the board of directors, public bicycle sharing, rooftop solar power generation and e-learning in municipal primary and secondary schools got the nod. “Public bicycle sharing will be implemented in Pimple Saudagar and PimpleContinue reading
A recent edition ofVariety, the American entertainment magazine, included Pune’s Film and Television Institute of India(FTII) in its list of top global film and TV learning schools. The mood among FTII faculty and alumni was understandably of pride. They said they always knew about the institute’s excellence and had confidence in its global status. The list,Continue reading
