Deployment of 200 staffers for SIR duties hampers PMC’s property tax operations | Pune News

The department issued a public statement on Monday night seeking cooperation from tax payers Pune: Operations at the property tax department of PMC have been disrupted after approximately 200 employees were deployed for the special voter list revision (SIR) drive.The mass deployment has left the department functioning with a skeleton staff. Currently, only three senior…

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Agriculture officers seek security, crop insurance reforms after Akola ‘lock up’ incident | Pune News

Pune: The Maharashtra State Gazetted Agriculture Officers’ Association has sought enhanced security for agriculture officials and reforms in seed regulation and crop insurance to prevent possible attacks on field officers.The demand follows the alleged confinement of the Akola district superintendent agriculture officer by a group of farmers and a local politician during protests over substandard…

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Dysfunctional PMPML bus causes serious traffic jam for over 2 hours on Airport road in Pune | Pune News

Pune: Passengers heading to the airport as well as the ones returning, were stranded in the traffic for almost two hours after a PMPML e-bus broke down causing traffic jam on the Lohegaon airport road on Tuesday morning.Deputy commissioner of police (Traffic) Sandip Bhajibhakare told TOI, “An electric PMPML bus developed a technical snag near…

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India likely to get greener despite climate change: IITM study | Pune News

The strongest gains, the IITM study found, are likely across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, Northeast India and the Western Ghats Pune: A new IITM-led study suggested that India could become progressively greener over the coming decades — forests, croplands and other vegetation are expected to grow more and absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.The study,…

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HC dismisses plea against Mulshi grazing land for Centre’s affordable housing scheme | Pune News

Pune: The Bombay high court held that the state was within its right to divert gairan lands (govt-owned common land reserved for free grazing of village cattle) towards public purpose/projects of the central or state govts, especially when it invoked Section 40 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (MLRC), having an overriding effect on its…

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ATS questions 50 youths ‘linked’ to Pak gangster Shahzad Bhatti | Pune News

During the ATS operation, 50 people were detained for questioning. Officials seized cellphones and other digital devices of the young men for further examination Pune: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday conducted searches at 65 locations across Pune city and district as well as Pimpri Chinchwad, questioning and detaining 50 young men suspected of…

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