Apr 17, 2018, 23:59 IST Pune: Work on the stalled Bhama Askhed water pipeline project is all set to restart on Wednesday. Pune municipal commissioner Saurabh Rao told reporters on Tuesday that the work would be carried out in association with the district administration. Work on the project, which first started in 2014, had to be stoppedContinue reading
Apr 18, 2018, 00:09 IST Pune: A regional bioinnovation centre has been set up at Venture Centre in the city to support and promote life sciences and medical technology startups across the country. This is the third such centre in the country after Hyderabad and Bangalore. It is a joint initiative between Venture Centre andContinue reading
Updated: Apr 18, 2018, 06:41 IST PUNE: The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has scrapped its plan to buy 800 buses that would run on petrol and diesel. Instead, the transport utility — following a nudge from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis — will acquire 500 electric buses over the next six months. The buses will beContinue reading
Prasad Joshi| TNN | Apr 16, 2018, 07:32 IST In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the state directorate of technical education (DTE) has formed a core advisory committee to bring in quality improvement in technical education offered across Maharashtra. The 19-member panel, which comprises industry captains, heads of reputed technical institutions and senior government officials among others, will serve as a consultant bodyContinue reading
TNN | Updated: Apr 16, 2018, 23:23 IST Pune: Vasant Vyakhyanmala, the 144-year-old spring lecture series, has introduced a special award named after social reformer Mahadev Govind Ranade, popularly known as Nyaymurti Ranade, from this year to honour citizens working as catalysts in the society. Five organizations set up in the pre-Independence era for social reforms haveContinue reading
Rujuta Parekh| TNN | Updated: Apr 16, 2018, 23:44 IST Pune: The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Pune, will train Common Services Centre (CSC) operators in filling up passport applications online from April 25 to increase transparency and end corruption by touts. The training sessions will be held on alternate Wednesdays. The CSC scheme was launched by the UnionContinue reading
tnn | Apr 16, 2018, 23:51 IST Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s tree census, that has been undertaken using modern technology, is now in the final stages. Since 2016, the civic body has counted over 26 lakh trees and the counting is expected to be completed in August. According to the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection & PreservationContinue reading
Updated: Apr 14, 2018 17:07 IST On International Women’s Day 2018, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) introduced 30 midi ‘Tejaswini’ buses exclusively for women, which runs on eight selected routes. These include Hadapsar to Varje malvadi, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) head office to Lohegaon, Kothrud Depot to Katraj, Katraj to Shivajinagar Station, Nigdi toContinue reading
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Friday, chaired a meeting in Mumbai to review the progress of various airports, including the Purandar international airport and the Lohegaon international airport. The official twitter handle of the chief minister’s office (@CMOMaharashtra) said, “CM Devendra Fadnavis chaired a meeting to review various initiatives of Directorate of Civil Aviation, GovernmentContinue reading
Prasad Kulkarni| TNN | Apr 14, 2018, 15:42 IST PUNE: Survey for the Kothrud to Pashan tunnel is expected to start in around a fortnight. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials have said that the surveyor has been finalised. “We have given approval to the proposal of appointing a consultant. The decision on constructing the tunnel will be taken once the reportContinue reading
