With Chhatrapati of Kolhapur

"Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj belongs to all India. His ideology is inspiration to all people. As also Maharashtra belongs to all people. He never advocated targetting innocent people." These words came from no less authority than a decendent of the founder of Maratha empire and the present ruler of Kolhapur. Shrimant Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj was in the city on Thursday for a book launch on Maharashtra’s forts and hills. After the launch of the...

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E-Wasting to Danger

As the issue of e-waste management has become a top most priority for administration, Pune city is sitting on the pile of 3600 tonnes of e-waste. The disposal system for the electronic waste is waiting to be set up because municipal corporation has yet to decide on the site for the same. And all this when municipal commissioner himself have promised to implement the system.According to officials reports, total Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments...

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Narayan Murthy : Romancing Pune

"This city is closest to my heart at no. 1. Here is where Infosys started and here is where we used to romance. I will be more than pleased if Pune becomes number one city in Information Technology sector," a nostalgic N. R. Narayan Murthy, chairman and Chief Mentor Officer of Infosys told on Wednesday. Murthy was given Life Time Achievement award by Pune Vyaspeeth in the 5th IT & BT, Animation and Gaming Conference & Exhibition named Hi-Tech...

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Even spending more money does not ensure smooth ride for you. Adulteration of petrol and diesel at subtle level affects a lot of vehicles. This problem is faced by many vehicle owners as well as manufacturer companies. According to Debasis Ray, head of Corporate Communications, Tata Motors, ‘Across India, on an average every litre of diesel is mixed to the tune of 25% with kerosene and water too is added. This happens at the retail level, particularly on highways. Car owners therefore should ensure they use genuine filters, and replace the filters...

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Pune Petrol Costliest in India

While there is much hoopla over whether there will be an increase in prices of petrol and diesel in the country, Puneites will bear the brunt most. The reason : Already petrol and diesel are costliest in the country. While rest of the country sells fuels without less taxes, in Pune it is already reeling under the burdens of taxes. While unleaded petrol costs Rs. 45 in New Delhi, it is priced Rs. 51.64. Same story is repeated for diesel which is...

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A Dose of Protest from Doctors

It has been more than four months after central government cancelled the licenses of three government units producing vaccines. It has been creating its effect and the prices of vaccines are expected to be hiked. Now, an organisation from Pune has decided to oppose the decision and approach public representatives to raise their voices.Union government cancelled the production of three units producing vaccines in BCG Vaccine Laboratory at Guindy,...

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Addicted to Orkut? or MySpace instead? There is danger ahead. As the Pune is poised to become a Cyber City, it is also home to most crimes targeted against women in the cyber world. The commonest of all the abuses are posting duplicate or bogus profiles on the social networking sites causing harassment to women.The fact has been revealed by experts in the field and also police records. According to Vishal Kumar, legal consultant with city based...

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While Maharashtra government has started an ambitious project to implement e-governance scheme in all its office, it is experiencing a manpower crunch. As the government is finding it difficult to offer competitive remuneration to IT professionals, it has devised a novel way to find the candidates: hire them from other offices.State department of Information and Technology has sent a letter to various departments to send applications for an appointment...

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A Bhandar of Controversies

Till now, people used to talk about Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute as a place of scholars. But for the last one month, they are witness to an ugly brawl of accusations and re-accusations between various parties. The premier institute in indology is now in the midst of a fight which is attributed to the power struggle in the institute. The thing settles to one thing : the contrlo of the grant of Rs. 7.5 Crores which BORI, is getting from central...

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A Drive to the Discipline

"The employees of the call centres indulge in sexual acts in their premise and we have no objection to it. But they should behave properly in our cabs. That is why we have made this code of conduct to be followed in all BPO employees," says Nana Kshirsagar, heading Maharashtra Call Centre Chalak Malak Sanghtana (association of owners and drivers of call centres.) The organisation, which was formed some two months ago, has called for a strike on...

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The members of the Siddhivinayak Manas Co-operative Society are up in arms against their builder, Siddhivinayak Anutej Group. The members are opposing construction of a new road through the garden of their society and allege that builder has used muscle power to crush their opposition.The 180 member society witnessed some stressful moments on Thursday as the friction between builder and members took a violent turn. According to a complaint filed...

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No to Terrorism from Muslims in Pune

A Muslim organisation in Pune has come forward to repeat what was hailed as the historic declaration in Deoband in February. An anti-terrorism conference is being organised in the city which is just an extension of the Deoband development. The conference will see many scholars and activists from Muslim community debating the issue deeply.All Maharashtra Rabta Madaarise Dinia, Pune is organising a one day conference in the city. The theme of this...

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A reason to Cheer for diabetic wine lovers. A city reasearcher has invented the process to make wines from Jambul, an indigenous fruit with strong anti-diabetic characteristics. Not only this, but Padmakar Deshpande has also made wines from milk and banana also. After reading this, if you want to taste this stuff, you are standing with Dharmendra, Esha Deol and Amisha Patel.A regular trainer with Mitcon, Deshpande was working on ideas to make wines...

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Weeding Out Bodies From Mula River

The workers dredging out the weed from Mula river at Bopodi vomitted in the afternoon before having their lunch. The reason? They just had scraps of human flesh flashed across their body. The workers are developing nausea on account of this strange encounters.The work of moving (not removing) the hyacinth from the riverbed started on Thursday after the intervention of guardian minister of Pune, Ajit Pawar. Hours after the start, the workers belonging...

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Pune's Dog Problem

City of Pune is always discussing this issue and every time this issue comes up, both sides of argument, in and against killings of the dogs, debates it fiercely. A Supreme Court judgement prohibiting killing stray dogs has compounded the matter.Last year, while one death occured in the Pun Municipal limits on account of dog bites, 28 people in the district succumbed to dog bites. Year 2007 also saw 3,199 dog bite cases while there were 2,935 such...

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What a time!

To what extent can the frustration of PMPML bus travellers go? Sunday witnessed one of the answers to above question when a sizable number of travellers in Warje came together to protest against the irregularities of PMPML service. The big spoof was made of PMPML time table and rules and those who did this are damn serious about it!The event was organised by Pune Bus Pravasi Sangh at Galinde Road bus stop. A mock PMPML time table making fun of manner...

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The Green Killer

The sight of so much greenery might satisfy an environment loving citizen. But this greenery is taking its toll on the environment itself. For the last few years, residents in Bopodi and neighbouring are complaining of health problems, which are caused by the existence of hyacinth in Mula river. But the issue has now become a plaything between two municipal corporations and College of Military Engineering also.Officials from Pune Municipal Corporations...

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Eight RTI Applications Led Him to Frauds, Forgery

A senior citizen was shockes when he found out that Pune Municipal Corporation can even resort to fraud and forgery to prove its point. The citizen could come to this inference using Right to Information tool. But even after unearthing this misdeeds, administration is sitting on his complaints and the enquiry has been lying in PMC filed for more than 10 months after the case was reopened by municipal commissioner in September 2007. It is lying now...

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