PUNE: Don’t be surprised if you see tiny tots pottering about with a shovel, trowel or a watering can in tow. No, they are not up to some mischief but only trying their hand at gardening. This summer, kids as young as five are ‘going green’ with a gusto. They are not only picking upContinue reading
PUNE: Citizens may soon be allowed to get their property e-records certified at any sub-registrar office in the state, instead of visiting the one near to their housing unit/land. A proposal in this regard was recently put forth by the state registration department. “We have proposed that any of our 500 sub-registrar offices should beContinue reading
Pune: The ninth edition of the Times Women’s Drive (TWD) will be begin on Saturday. The event is expected to be bigger and better this year with 530 cars and 1,600 participants set to join in. As many as 450 participants attended a briefing session held at Pune Hyatt on Ahmednagar Road. This year, 115Continue reading
PUNE: The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has received 45 suggestions and objections for the Mhalunge town planning scheme development plan in the one month period that ends next week. PMRDA chief Kiran Gitte told TOI on Thursday that the authority has received both suggestions and objections from the villagers related to the finalising of theContinue reading
PUNE: The state government is expected to come out with an order converting Class-II lands or conditional-ownership lands to freehold lands. Chandrakant Patil, the state revenue minister, told TOI the government is expected to come out with an order that advocates for a one-time payment for such Class II lands and give the owners complete ownership.Continue reading
PUNE: Nearly 7,300 backyard gardens from Pune and various other districts across the state will be developed for growing veggies for the anganwadis. In an initiative proposed by the officials of the Women and Child Development Department, the backyard gardens will be first developed in eight districts — Pune, Thane, Palghar, Yavatmal, Jalgaon, Parbhani, Osmanabad and Wardha. ToContinue reading
Pune: The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) has gained possession of nearly 90% of the land it needs for the Pune Metro project. MahaMetro is constructing two of the three Metro corridors in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, and has taken possession of 35 out of 40 hectares needed, officials said on Thursday. “All the government agencies haveContinue reading
With an aim to control illegal constructions and execute proper planning of the 11 villages recently merged into thePune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, the state government on Tuesday issued an order to apply PMC’s development control rules (DCR) to the villages. “With the implementation of the DCR, henceforth, all the constructions in these 11 villagesContinue reading
PUNE: The new carry bags flooding the market here with the “I am not plastic” tag in the wake of the government ban on plastic may not be environment friendly at all. Apprehending polythene bags being sold as the non-plastic variety, the civic body has roped in the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) to conduct tests on suchContinue reading
Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is now looking to fill the post of the registrar and as many as 28 individuals have been nominated for the post, informed the varsity officials. There are several professors and administrative officers in the candidate list. “Arvind Shaligram has been the acting registrar for the past one year andContinue reading
