Pune July 06 The decision to impose fines and initiate legal proceedings is taken to dissuade builders who dump debris into the rivers, says municipal commissioner

Pune July 06 Nation's pilot project: Union urban development secy points to funding limitations under JNNURM, expresses satisfaction over Pune pace Even as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) today sought Rs 480 crore from the central government for improvement of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes, uncertainty looms over raising of funds to cover the additional costs of the System. Around Rs 600 crore are required as the project estimation has increased from Rs 807 crore to Rs 1,400 crore

Pune July 06 Jarden Consumer Solutions has launched its newly designed Bionaire tower airpurifier with permanent HEPA-Type filter. The Bionaire tower air purifier is certified globally by Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers and British Allergy Foundation. A press release stated that "The air purifier is an effective solution to the all-pervasive problem of indoor pollution. Bionaire Tower Air Purifier can filter out airborne particles including smoke, fine dust, bad oduor, harmful organic gases, bacteria and viruses as small as 0.3 Micron .'

For seven-year-old Gopal Tanaji Vanwe, home is not one place. With his parents, migrant farm labourers, Gopal moves from district to district.

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State forest officials have seized the halfburnt skin, bones and other remains of a chinkara from the farmhouse of state minister for transport and tribal development Dharmarao Baba Atram. The raid on Atram's farmhouse at Khingar in Mahabaleshwar taluka comes nearly three weeks after the poaching of the chinkara, an endangered species of deer, in the forest area of Purandar taluka came to light.

Pune July 04 Making a complete volte-face, the department of the legal advisor of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) changed its stance on the 24x7 water supply project on Friday.

Mumbai, July 04 Making a pitch for Central funding of its ambitious Mumbai makeover projects, the state government has demanded that the Rs 2,356-crore first arm of the Mumbai Metro project be granted viability gap funding (VGF) by the Centre. According to senior government officials, in a recent meeting at the cabinet secretariat in New Delhi they had also demanded that the Union Ministry of Urban Development fund 35 per cent of the Rs 1,300-crore Mithi river clean-up project under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Mumbai, July 04 WET WEEKEND AHEAD Met office forecasts thundershowers or spells of rain with gusty winds; 4.84-metre high tide likely today With the second highest high tide of this monsoon season forecast on Saturday afternoon at 4.84 metres and the Indian Meteorological Department also predicting spells of rain or thundershowers with gusty winds, Mumbaiites are gearing up for a possibly wet weekend. Over the past years, the city has seen severe waterlogging when high tide is over 4.5 metres during heavy rain.

Enough body of evidence exists linking tobacco use with life-threatening diseases and disabilities- Bobby Ramakant Despite of the India's legally-binding Cigarette and Other tobacco products Act (2003) and repeated appeals of India's Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss to bollywood film-stars to refrain from on-screen smoking, there seems to be less compliance in the guise of 'creative liberty'.

Pune, July 3 Bio-chemical called Odofresh helps get rid of odour and flies, was used during recent palkhi procession