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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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