Shetkari Sanghatana had organised a massive demonstration outside the Central Building on Monday to press for lifting of the ban on export of all agricultural produce, such as sugar, cotton, soyabean and milk.

The agitators were also demanding the implementation of the minimum support price for sugar announced by the co-operatives minister, Harshawardhan Patil, in December 2010.

Although the

In good news for Lavasa Corporation, which is promoting the controversial hill station project in Pune, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union environment ministry has cleared construction and development activities that have already taken place on 700 hectares out of the total project area of 5,000 hectares.

While the environment ministry is likely to accept the EAC

A site inspection of the Lavasa hill city conducted by the Pune district administration has revealed that 7,78,86, 600 cubic feet of mining has been conducted in two villages by Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL). The comprehensive data regarding the remaining 17 villages is still being consolidated by the authorities, according to Pune Additional Collector R.K.

In a move to send a strong message, the health department of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued show-cause notices to its five ward medical officers (WMOs) for inaction during the anti-tobacco week in January this year.

The WMOs are from the ward offices of Ghole Road, Kothrud, Ahmednagar Road, Kasba Vishrambaugwada and Dhankavdi.
The anti-tobacco week was held in collaboration with t

Minutes of the meeting dated 4/03/2011 on environmental clearance for the development of hill station township (1st Phase -2000 ha) at Village Mulsi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd [F.No. 21-9/2011-IA.III.

In another setback to Lavasa Corporation Limited, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has deferred environmental clearance to the first phase of India

The state primary education department has assured that the mid-day meals for students in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-run schools would start within the next few days.

DNA had earlier highlighted the suspension of the meals for a majority of over two lakh students in municipal schools in the city for the last three months.

This was due to the failure of the agency in supplying rice to t

With the Centre making an allocation of Rs21,000 crore for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the Union Budget, the education department of the Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) exuded confidence that its proposal for Rs184 crore for the next fiscal would be approved by the Union government.

The Pune district has received the second highest allocation of funds under SSA in the state after Thane, considering

The mid-day meal scheme for poor children has come to a halt in nearly 70% of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) schools for the past three months.

A majority of nearly two lakh poor students in the city

In an effort to make Katraj the first garbage-free ward in the city, NGO Janwani, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Cummins Group and SWaCH Cooperative will jointly launch a project on Wednesday.

The launch marks the birth anniversary of Sant Gadgebaba, a social reformer, who propagated the value of cleanliness.

The garbage will be collected and recycled in Katraj itself.

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