Love loud crackers? We’d suggest toning down the enthusiasm.

Pranjal Gupta, a class 5 student, prefers eating in her school canteen instead of carrying a tiffin box. Her friends in school too eat pav bhaji, vada pav or chowmein from the canteen.

Once again, the proposed biodiversity park (BDP) in the development plan (DP) of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has run into controversy.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has started revising the city development plan (CDP) as per the guidelines of the Union government.

It is back to school for the staff of educational institutions in the city.

The state government has decided not to give approval to any new mega-irrigation projects.

Mumbai Maharashtra would be investing up to USD 60 billion for infrastructure upgradation in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region over the next two decades.

The first phase (costing Rs 1,10,000 crore) will be completed by 2016, the second by 2021, and the last phase by 2031, state Chief Secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad said here today.

Tata Motors on Thursday launched its revamped version of multi utility vehicle (MUV) Sumo as Tata Sumo Gold in Pune.

It is available in four variants GX, EX, LX & CX priced at Rs 5.23 lakh onwards (ex-showroom, Pune). It has BSIII and BS IV 3.0 litre diesel CR4 engine, delivering 85 PS power which is also available in turbo engine.

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has rallied 8% to Rs 30.20 after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) cleared the company’s hill city project at Lavasa near Pune, subject to the company meeting 47 conditions.

The ministry of environment and forests' clearance was granted on the condition that the project was approved by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and various regulations were followed throughout the construction.

New Delhi Almost a year after it slapped stop-work orders on Hindustan Construction Company's (HCC) flagship hill city project at Lavasa near Pune, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on

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