Umesh Isalkar| TNN | Apr 14, 2018, 21:03 IST PUNE: Sancheti Group has announced creative art therapy awards to identify and honour therapeutic use of arts in patient care. “The use of dance, drama, art and music as a medium to heal is as old as our scriptures, yet has very little value today. This prompted us to launch our dance theory programme andContinue reading
TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 11:29 IST PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation has extended the deadline for completion of the unfinished work of the last financial year by another two months. The work can now to be completed by May 31, funds for which would have ideally lapsed on March 31. The extension would help in avoiding wastage of publicContinue reading
Rujuta Parekh| TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 11:34 IST PUNE: Obscured under the shadow of large jewellery stores at Sonya Maruti junction, flourishes the precious metal market specializing in melting, refining and polishing metals. Nestled in a bylane between Sonya Maruti junction and Moti junction, the market boasts of over 150 to 200 outlets that provide ancillary support toContinue reading
TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 10:29 IST PUNE: The state government will soon provide five-acre agriculture land to women whose husbands have died in the line of duty while serving for the armed forces and the paramilitary forces. Additional chief secretary Praveen Pardeshi on Saturday told TOI: “A notification to this effect was issued to all collectorates inContinue reading
TNN | Apr 15, 2018, 23:36 IST Pimpri Chinchwad: The process of creating a revised development plan for the old city areas of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA), covering a total 86 sq km, will begin within the next 15 days. A 15-member team led by theContinue reading
Nisha Nambiar| TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 23:37 IST Pune: The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) will construct 6,415 houses under the affordable housing scheme on a public-private-partnership (PPP) basis in the first phase of the project. Seven private players have been selected to execute the first phase, which is also the state’s first PPP modelContinue reading
Published: April 16, 2018 3:32:06 am The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) for urban areas that is being implemented by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) in the city and surrounding areas will create 6,415 dwellings in the first lot. Seven housing firms have submitted bids to build the houses under the scheme inContinue reading
TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 23:40 IST Pune: The Indian Army’s Artificial Limb Centre (ALC) has started providing bionic limbs to soldiers who have lost their legs in the line of duty. The new limb offers better stability and mobility to soldiers. “We have given these limbs to two soldiers last month which has garnered positiveContinue reading
Joy Sengupta| TNN | Apr 15, 2018, 23:45 IST Pune: The city’s transport utility, criticized for the lack of fire extinguishers on its buses, has said that close to 75% of the vehicles have been provided with the equipment. Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) public relations officer Subhash Gaikwad said fire extinguishers have been installed on 922 buses belongingContinue reading
TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 23:48 IST Pune: An entrepreneurial lab for social innovation has been set up on Sunday at the International Centre of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). It has received funding of Rs10 lakh from the European Union (EU) to start operations and is only the country’s fourth such lab to receive financialContinue reading
