The civic body has around 180 municipal school buildings within its jurisdiction, including those in merged areas Pune: The civic body will soon commence infrastructure works at 75 municipal schools identified under the Model Schools (Aadarsh Shala) project, for which zone-wise tenders were published recently.Initially, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had decided to invite a…
Pune: The beleaguered All India Tennis Association (AITA) and the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association received a rude jolt on Tuesday with a legal notice to Delhi’s Land & Development Officer (L&DO) and various ministries of Union government calling for their eviction from the DLTA Sports Complex in New Delhi.Alleging several breaches of the land lease…
Speculations also continue to be rife that Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) may join hands with the NDA Pune: Veteran politician Sharad Pawar on Tuesday dismissed the possibility of a merger between the two NCP factions, following the recent spate of meetings between their senior members in New Delhi. Speculations also continued to be rife that…
Common diseases and infestations acquired by plants in the monsoon include powdery mildew, leaf spot, mealybugs; some vulnerable plants frequently grown in home gardens include hibiscus, roses, tomatoes, chillies, capsicum, tulsi (holy basil) and jasmine Pune: Home gardeners have been making a beeline to nurseries and horticultural stores to buy fungicides in recent times, with…
Common diseases and infestations acquired by plants in the monsoon include powdery mildew, leaf spot, mealybugs; some vulnerable plants frequently grown in home gardens include hibiscus, roses, tomatoes, chillies, capsicum, tulsi (holy basil) and jasmine Pune: Home gardeners have been making a beeline to nurseries and horticultural stores to buy fungicides in recent times, with…
Overhead water tanks in the NIBM Road Annexe area Road digging works to fix pipelines in the NIBM Road Annexe area Road digging works to fix pipelines in the NIBM Road Annexe area Overhead water tanks in the NIBM Road Annexe area Road digging works to fix pipelines in the NIBM Road Annexe area Road…
A golf cart with passengers going to the AeroMall entrance from the dedicated pathway inside the airport premises A golf cart with passengers going to the AeroMall entrance from the dedicated pathway inside the airport premises A golf cart with passengers going to the AeroMall entrance from the dedicated pathway inside the airport premises A…
Pune: The collective storage in the state’s more than 3,000 major, medium and minor dams has more than doubled from a worrying 24% on July 1 to 59% on Monday, marking a significant improvement over the past four weeks in an El Niño year. Yet, the state remains short of last year’s mark, when reservoirs…
Pune: The Panshet dam edged closer to full capacity on Monday evening, reaching 95% storage, prompting releases through its power house. Officials indicated that water from Panshet was likely to be routed into the Khadakwasla dam by Tuesday, further strengthening the city’s water security.The Ujani dam, the lifeline of the Bhima basin, has also surged…
CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday chaired a high-powered committee meeting in Mumbai to discuss issues pertaining to Pune’s traffic Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed officials of Pune district to expedite three major projects — construction of high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR), internal ring road and the proposed tunnel network for which…
