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125 food testing labs on cards
PUNE: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed to set up 125 food testing laboratories in the country. The authority has also proposed to form guidelines to keep a check on flavoured drinking water, said V … Continue reading →
One killed, four injured in expressway accident
PUNE: A 66-year-old woman, Salma Abbas Vakharia of Dhankawdi, died and four others were injured after the car in which they were travelling hit a truck turning right at a gap in the divider near Gahunje on the Pune-Mumbai expressway … Continue reading →
Meet to discuss psychological problems peculiar to India
PUNE: ‘Liaison psychology – making mental health care affordable and accessible through interdisciplinary collaborations,’ is the theme for the 38th National Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists – NACIACP 2012. The three-day conference will begin at Yashada … Continue reading →
In last decade, population of Pune urban agglomeration grew 34%
PUNE: From just over six lakh in 1951 to 50 lakh now, the population of Pune’s urban agglomeration puts it alongside Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. The three metros of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata have a population of over one … Continue reading →
Pune Warriors retain Ganguly for coming IPL season
NEW DELHI: Inducted as an injury replacement last year, former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been retained by Pune Warriors for the coming Indian Premier League season. Ganguly had signed up with the outfit after the start of the tournament … Continue reading →
Kalmadi’s bail stirs politics in Pune
PUNE: The city’s political cauldron has been stirred with the release of Pune’s member of Parliament Suresh Kalmadi from Tihar jail after the Delhi high court granted him bail in the Commonwealth Games scam. He is expected to reach the … Continue reading →
Pune tops in bagging indl projects
Maharashtra in terms of getting the maximum number of new industrial units, fetching Rs 37,700 crore worth of investment in the last five years. These industrial projects come under the mega-project policy of the state government announced in 2007 for … Continue reading →
Aspirants’ cavalcades hold up traffic
PUNE: The traffic jams in the last two days across the city have little to do with signals on the blink. If there is a sudden increase in two- and four-wheelers on the city’s roads, it is because of the … Continue reading →
Team to review orphanages, shelter homes
PUNE: A team of representatives from NGOs, Childline (the 24-hour helpline for children in distress), police and other government departments will be formed to review orphanages and shelter homes in the city to ensure they are abiding to child rights … Continue reading →
Mercury dips to 7.8 deg C in city on Friday
PUNE: The night temperature in the city dipped to 7.8 degrees Celsius on Friday, down by 2.1 degrees Celsius from the 9.9 degrees Celsius that was recorded on Thursday. This was also 3 degrees Celsius below normal. Cold and chilly … Continue reading →
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180 from Singur now train in Pune to
realise their Nano dream |
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Pune News: An obligation
made in Singur is being fulfilled in Pune.
Months after shifting the Nano plant out of
Singur, Tata Motors has resumed the training
of 180 youths it had selected from the
families whose land the West Bengal
Government had acquired for the project. |
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Pune institute told to refund fee |
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Pune News: UT Consumer
Forum has directed Indian Institute of
E-Business Management, Pune, to refund
course fee of Rs 65,918 within 30 days
along with Rs 2,000 as litigation expenses
to Janak Arora of Mandi Gobindgarh. Arora?s
daughter Sabina got admission in master of
e-business administration in March 2007.
Accordingly, she joined the course in July
2007 but owing to her illness, she had to
leave the institution in September 2007. She
was advised complete bed rest and avoidance
of studies, the complaint stated. |
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UB Group to set up a winotherapy and spa
resort in Pune |
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Pune News: According to a
report in the Financial Chronicle, UB Group
is in the process of introducing a
winotherapy and spa venture. The group has
initiated talks with several leading hotel
chains to operate the wine resort to be set
up in Baramati, Pune. The group has already
launched premium wines under its Four
Seasons unit and the homegrown Zinzi brand. |
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Pune: Mangalorean Aaron Bags Bronze in
200m Butterfly Event |
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Pune News: Mangalorean
Aaron D'Souza bagged bronze medal in the
men's 200m butterly event at the third
edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games
being held at the Shiv Chhatrapati sports
City, Balewadi in the city, on Friday
October 17. In fact, Aaron was in the second
position till the first 100 metres of the
event, before he was pushed out of the
silver medal contention by Dan Vickers of
England and hence, had to be content with
the bronze. |
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Raj's arrest sparks protests in Pune,
Nashik |
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Pune News: Sporadic
incidents of stone pelting at municipal and
private buses were reported here on Tuesday
morning following the arrest of MNS chief
Raj Thackeray in Ratnagiri. In Kothrud area,
some alleged MNS activists damaged a
company's bus that was taking its employees
to workplace. |
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Pune: Mangalorean Aaron Bags Bronze in
200m Butterfly Event |
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Pune News: Mangalorean
Aaron D'Souza bagged bronze medal in the
men's 200m butterly event at the third
edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games
being held at the Shiv Chhatrapati sports
City, Balewadi in the city, on Friday
October 17. In fact, Aaron was in the second
position till the first 100 metres of the
event, before he was pushed out of the
silver medal contention by Dan Vickers of
England and hence, had to be content with
the bronze. |
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University of Pune ties up with Intel |
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Pune News: The University
of Pune (UoP) and semiconductor giant Intel
India on Monday announced a joint initiative
in order to create a specialised workforce
in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
layout design, required by the semiconductor
industry. The programme aims at tapping
talented postgraduate and undergraduate
science students and generating awareness
about the opportunities that exist for basic
science passouts, in specialised fields like
VLSI design. |
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Satyam Computers announces opening of
new facility in Pune |
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Pune News:
Satyam Computers Services Ltd a country's
fourth largest IT solution provider announce
opening of its new facility in Pune which
will accommodate 4,750 associates. |
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HHI Group to launch properties in Goa
and Pune |
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Pune Property News: In a
bid to support the growing demand for hotel
rooms around India, Kolkata-based Hotel
Hindustan International (HHI) Group of
Hotels is starting its properties in Goa and
Pune. The group has also earmarked a few
tier II cities, which need rooms for the
business segment, to build three and
four-star business hotels. The property in
Goa will be a five-star deluxe one, while
the
Pune property will be a boutique hotel. |
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Pune pattern persists for now, Ajit
points to turmoil within BJP |
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Pune News: The
alliance between the NCP and the BJP, both
part of the Pune Pattern, in the
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) holds
for now as senior leaders of both the
parties have refrained from formally
announcing the parting of ways. ?I was out
of station and am yet to discuss the
political developments that took place in
the city over the past few days with the
local unit of party.The issue is local and
should be resolved here itself,? said
Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar, who was
instrumental in forming the alliance of NCP
and saffron parties for the local civic
body. |
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80 per cent electorate cast votes in
Pune district |
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Pune News: Mumbai (PTI): As many as 70
per cent voters exercised their franchise
for the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal
Corporation elections held here on Sunday. A
state election office press release issued
here today said that in the Bhor Municipal
Council election in Pune district, the
voters turn out was 80 per cent. The
counting of votes for Bhor Municipal Council
will take place tomorrow. The election for
seven wards in Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad will take
place on June 30. |
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Pune IT companies evince interest in
China |
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Pune News: Pune-based software
services companies are evincing keen
interest in setting up centres in the
North-eastern city of Dalian, which is fast
emerging as a top Chinese hub for IT firms.
Some IT companies from Pune have shown
interest in setting up units in Dalian,
where there is no shortage of skilled
manpower for the sector, Software Exporters'
Association of Pune (SEAP) President Nitin
Deshpande said. |
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Fiat to invest over Rs. 2,300 crore in
Pune unit |
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Pune News: Fiat India Automobiles will
invest Rs. 2,341 crore more at its existing
Ranjangaon facility in Pune to ramp up its
capacity. With this investment, the company
is taking the overall investment in Pune to
Rs. 4,020 crore. Fiat India is a 50:50 joint
venture between Tata Motors and Fiat Group
Automobiles. |
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Salisbury Park land sale: It?ll take a
while, says SDA |
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Pune Property News: The Salisbury Park
land controversy continues to generate heat
for the second week with rumour mills abuzz
that the sale of the Rs 250-crore,
24.31-acre land belonging to India Financial
Association (IFA) of the Seventh Day
Adventists (SDA) will be registered on
Monday. But, the chairman of IFA, Ronn Watt
told The Indian Express over phone from
Bangalore that they were not yet ready. |
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PMC acquires 421 properties in 1 year |
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Pune Property News: The Pune Municipal
Corporation?s land acquisition department
has created a record of sorts by acquiring
as much as 6.15 lakh square meter land in
one year (2007-08). This is much more that
the 4.76 lakh square metre of land acquired
by the civic body during the four-year
period (2003-2007) before that. In terms of
the number of properties acquired, 159 were
acquired in the four-year period and 421 in
2007-08. |
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Stage set for Pune film fest |
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Pune News: The sixth Pune
international film festival (Piff) will kick
off at Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch on
January 10 in the presence of celebrities
from the world of cinema. A statement
released on Tuesday by the Piff organising
committee said that registration for the
mega event will start from January 3. The
venues are E-Square, Inox, Ganesh Kala
Kreeda Rangmanch and National Film Archives
of India (NFAI). |
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Couple found dead in Pune |
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Pune News: Twenty-year-old Devi
Shingade, who was pregnant, and her husband
Nilesh (27) were found dead under mysterious
circumstances in their house at Kharalwadi
in Pimpri on early Monday morning. Prima
facie the Pimpri police suspect it to be a
case of suicide. Nilesh's father, Narayan
and his brother Shrinivas rushed them to a
nearby private nursing home, which referred
the case to Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial
Hospital (YCMH). The authorities at YCMH
pronounced the couple as 'brought dead'. |
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Pune police to question Wipro BPO staff |
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Pune News: Police is all set to
question Wipro BPO officials to detail the
sequence of events leading to rape and
murder of Jyotikumari Choudhary, an employee
of the firm. The investigating officers
would be drafting questions in consultation
with legal advisers to fix the
responsibility for the alleged negligence
shown by the company officials,
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Vishwas
Nangre Patil said. |
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Online sex racket busted in Pune,
website unrepentant |
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Pune News: After drugs and rock ?n?
roll, sex has caught the eye of the police
in Pune. The Crime Branch last week
unearthed a major Internet-based sex racket
of countrywide proportions involving
models-turned-television actresses ? three
were arrested. The action followed last
month?s arrest of two Mumbai-based models
and a tout from the film industry, and the
detention earlier in... |
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Pune expo to zoom in on world of
animation |
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Pune News: Students of art and IT who
have an eye for animation can have a peek
into what the field has in store for them.
The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries
and Agriculture (MCCIA), the apex body of
industries in the Pune region, will organise
an animation workshop in Pune, where
students can get a chance to interact with
the companies in gaming and animation
industry. |
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Hamara Bajaj, no more for 2,700 Pune
plant workers |
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Pune News: The prefix, Hamara, is
threatening go out of the lives of a
majority of about 2,730 Bajaj employees at
the automobile major?s Pune production
facility at Akurdi, set up in 1960. While
the move to stop two-wheeler production at
the Pune plant has not come as a surprise,
what has stunned them is the manner in which
Rajiv Bajaj, managing director, Bajaj Auto
Ltd (BAL) has gone about it ? by telling
them that they can continue to draw salary
for five-and-a-half days a week without
bothering to come to work, starting
September 1. |
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Sanjay Dutt shifted to jail near Pune |
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Pune News: Actor Sanjay Dutt was today
shifted from the Arthur Road Jail here to
Yerwada Jail near Pune after he withdrew his
application to be kept in a prison in this
city. Dutt, given a six-year jail term in
the 1993 blasts case on Tuesday, withdrew
his plea in the special TADA court of Judge
P D Kode after authorities submitted a
report that cited several reasons why he
could not be kept at Arthur Road Jail,... |
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