Thursday, 4 September 2014

After hasty approval of projects, PCMC panel tries to save face

The committee had received flak from activists for hastily approving 56 short-notice resolutions in a single meeting.Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan had ordered a probe into the approvals.

PCMC committee approves 90 proposals in one meeting, CM’s office orders probe

The Rajiv Jadhav-led Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation finds itself in trouble as the Chief Minister’s office seems to have taken a stern view of the approval to proposals worth Rs 500 crore in one meeting of the civic standing committee. The CM’s office has directed the Urban Development Department to inquire and initiate “appropriate action” in the matter.

NCP curtails tenure of PCMC mayor

The NCP has decided to curtail the tenure of Pimpri Chinchwad's mayor and deputy mayor from two-and-a-half years to one year and three months to prevent any friction within the party ahead of the assembly elections.

Pune architects get Unesco award for Sakhargad temple conservation work

The Shri Sakhargad Niwasini Devi Temple complex in Kinhai village near Satara recently received the Unesco Asia-Pacific awards for cultural heritage conservation programme, after it was restored by the city-based Kimaya architects, headed by conservationist Kiran Kalamdani.

This is Pune division's first Unesco award. Total 14 projects from 10 countries, including Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Zealand and Thailand were the contenders for the award.

भाऊसाहेब भोईर यांचा काँग्रेस शहराध्यक्षपदाचा राजीनामा

विधानसभा निवडणुकीच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर शिवसेनेच्या संपर्कात असल्याच्या चर्चेमुळे वादग्रस्त ठरलेले पिंपरी-चिंचवड शहर जिल्हा राष्ट्रवादी काँग्रेसचे अध्यक्ष भाऊसाहेब भोईर यांनी अखेर शहराध्यक्षपदाचा…

शहरात काँग्रेसला एक मतदारसंघ दिला तरच राष्ट्रवादीचे काम - पानसरे

पिंपरी-चिंचवड शहरातील तीन पैकी एक मतदारसंघ काँग्रेसला दिला तरच काँग्रेसचे कार्यकर्तेे आघाडी धर्माचे पालन करीत राष्ट्रवादी काँग्रेसच्या उमेदवारांचा प्रचार करतील,…

Major from Pimpri dies in road accident in J&K

Pune: A Pimpri-based Army officer, Major Inderjeet Singh, died in a road accident in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning.

Two pose as delivery men, rob elderly woman in Wakad

Two unidentified persons posing as delivery men of a courier company allegedly robbed a 70-year-old woman of gold ornaments and cash, together worth Rs 87,000, in a housing society at Wakad.

7 sandalwood trees chopped, stolen in Nigdi


... many as seven sandalwood trees were chopped and stolen by unidentified persons from the Durga tekdi garden in Nigdi on Thursday night. The garden, located near a Durga temple, is maintained by thePimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).

बहुतांश तक्रारी निकाली निघत असतानाही ‘तक्रार निवारण दिना’कडे ग्राहकांचे दुर्लक्ष?



वीज यंत्रणेबाबत सातत्याने तोंडी तक्रारी करणारे ग्राहक मोठय़ा प्रमाणात तक्रारी निकाली निघत असलेल्या विभागीय ग्राहक तक्रार निवारण दिनाच्या उपक्रमाचा लाभ का घेत नाहीत, हा प्रश्न कायम आहे.