PCB has 6,000 wannabe voters
PUNE, Dec 4: Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) has received around 6,000 applications for inclusion of names in voters list by the last day for receiving applications.

Nailing culprits tough: Officials
PUNE, Dec 4: The alleged incidents of illegal pre-natal sex determination tests followed by abortions being carried out at a hospital near Daund, have sent a shock wave in the civic machinery. The tests were being allegedly carried out at Divekar Hospital.

Cantt elections: Ward reservation concludes
PUNE, Dec 3: Bringing to a close reservation of wards in three cantonments for upcoming elections, ward No. 3, 7 and 8 of the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) have been declared as reserved for women on Monday.

Kalmadi irked over delay in civic works
PUNE, Dec 3: Giving a warning that the central government may have to intervene due to the delay in implementation of development works as part of the Jawaharal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), city MP Suresh Kalmadi on Monday said the government has forwarded a letter to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to expedite the works.

Pune’s 35 small wonders return
Kartiki Shastry
PUNE, Dec 4: In all, 35 students from Pune have returned after a triumphant win at the Sociable Intellectual Progressive (SIP) International Abacus competition held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday.

Rs 1,300 cr plan for Pune station
PUNE, Dec 3: A Rs 1,300 crore plan has been suggested for the modernisation of the Pune railway station. The plan takes a novel approach, seeking to raise funds for the project by commercialisation of the lands, which are currently encroached upon by the slum dwellers.

Land acquisition mars DP projects
PUNE, Dec 3: The last Development Plan (DP) for Pune was prepared in 1987, but over the last 20 years, just 32 per cent of the lands that had been reserved could be developed. Delays in acquisition of land have been the main reason why the lands could not be developed as had been envisaged in the DP.

JNNURM: PMC seeks Rs 50 crore more
PUNE, Dec 4: To expedite land acquisition for development projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Pune Municipal Corporation has sought an additional amount of Rs 50 crore.

Grahak Hitvardhini cell to fight corruption
PUNE, Dec 3: To help citizens who face red tape and corruption in government and civic offices, Grahak Hitvardhini is setting up a service cell that will offer help at a fixed rate.

No UK visa from Friday
PUNE, Dec 4: The British High Commission has announced that it will temporarily close its India offices (operations) from Friday onwards till December 11 to initiate the biometric data arrangement. The move is a part of a longstanding British government strategy to curb identity frauds and illegal migration to the United Kingdom.

Calendar to feature Bhimsen Joshi
PUNE, Dec 3: A collection of 12 photographs of Pt Bhimsen Joshi captured at Sawai Gandharv Music Festival during the last 25 years will be featured in a calendar. A city-based photographer Sateesh Paknikar will publish Swaradhiraj, a new year’s calendar.

Hopes go up in ‘smoke’
PUNE, Dec 4: Activists and health experts campaigning for the implementation of the Pictorial Warnings Law, which was to come into effect from December 1, are disheartened after a court deferred the implementation of the law for the fourth time.