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PMC commissioner orders ward officers to update citizens about development works

India, Feb. 17 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) commissioner Dr Rajendra Bhosale has directed all the ward offices to upload details of development works undertaken and the expenditure incurred... Read More


PMC to organise weekly organic markets at four amenity spaces

India, Feb. 17 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will organise weekly organic vegetable markets at four amenity spaces- Lohegaon, Baner, Pashan and Bavdhan in the next two months, said officials... Read More


Man held for cheating woman of rRs.r35.25 lakh on pretext of marriage

India, Feb. 16 -- The Baner police have arrested Saish Vinod Jadhav, 25, a resident of Chembur in Mumbai, for defrauding a 29-year-old woman of Rs.35.25 lakh after promising to marry her. The incident... Read More


PCB facing rRs.r800 crore crunch since 2017, causing collapse of civic governance

India, Feb. 12 -- With the Pune Cantonment Board's (PCB's) financial crunch running into nearly Rs.800 crore ever since the imposition of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and abolition of Local Body T... Read More


Citizens decry PMC 's decision to spend rRs.r129.62 crore for sweeping only nine roads

India, Feb. 11 -- The PMC standing committee has sanctioned Rs.129.62 crore for a sweeping contract where private contractual workers will be cleaning nine roads in three zones of Pune City for the ne... Read More


MHADA scouts for landbank in Western Maharashtra for affordable housing projects

India, Feb. 11 -- The Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) is scouting to increase its land bank and will soon acquire 20 acres of land in Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur and Pune ... Read More


Vandals knock down 'no entry' barricade, probe ordered by traffic police

India, Feb. 11 -- The traffic police reported at least two incidents of vandalism under the Kondhwa and Wanwadi divisions in the past 48 hours wherein miscreants destroyed the 'no entry' barricades th... Read More


MSRTC introduces UPI payment option to tackle small change issue

India, Feb. 11 -- The Maharashtra State Road Transport (MSRTC) has introduced 1,800 Android-based UPI Electronic Ticket Issuing Machines (ETIM) to tackle small change issues. According to the MSRTC, ... Read More


Survey of borewells to commence today in Pune

India, Feb. 10 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) from Monday will survey to check the defunct private borewells and upon a detailed investigation will order their permanent closure to avoid any ... Read More


Citizens' forums raise concern over accidents involving construction material-carrying trucks

India, Feb. 10 -- With a series of accidents involving trucks carrying construction material in the recent past, these vehicles have become a menace on the roads of Pune and its suburbs. According to ... Read More