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Festive spirit drives Puneites to buy 9.5K vehicles from September 21-30

India, Oct. 2 -- Continuing the tradition of buying vehicles during the auspicious Dussehra festival, Punekars flocked to showrooms and the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in large numbers this year. ... Read More


Marigold prices surge on Dussehra as heavy rains disrupt supply

India, Oct. 2 -- Marigold flowers, an essential part of festive decorations and rituals, are in huge demand across the city on Dussehra, which is celebrated today. However, this year's celebrations ar... Read More


Single-screen theatres in Maha face existential crisis

India, Sept. 30 -- Maharashtra's once-thriving single-screen cinema culture is now facing an existential crisis. The number of operational single-screen theatres has fallen from over 1,200 just a few ... Read More


Double-decker bus trial draws no passengers over rRs.r100 fare

India, Sept. 29 -- The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) launched trial runs of its new double-decker buses last week, but the initiative faced an unexpected setback: not a single pa... Read More


PMPML urges civic body to allot spaces for bus depots

India, Sept. 29 -- With the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) facing the problem of parking and depot space for its expanding fleet, the transport body has written to both the Pune a... Read More


Land measurement for Purandar Airport project begins smoothly

India, Sept. 27 -- In a significant step forward for the long-pending Purandar International Airport project, the Pune district administration on Friday commenced the land measurement process. The dev... Read More


Incessant rain in Marathwada disrupts MSRTC bus service

India, Sept. 26 -- Continuous heavy rainfall in Marathwada has severely disrupted operations of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus service. Districts including Chhatrapati Sa... Read More


NCP, Shiv Sena banner war over Jambhulwadi Lake over bridge work

India, Sept. 25 -- The long-pending road widening and culvert project at Jambhulwadi Lake in Ambegaon Khurd has turned into a fresh political battlefield, with both the NCP (Sharad Pawar group) and th... Read More


Overloaded trucks on three highways turn deadly for Pune commuters

India, Sept. 24 -- The growing menace of overloaded trucks on Ahilyanagar Road, Solapur Road, and Satara Road has made commuting increasingly dangerous, with these three stretches emerging as the city... Read More


CNG stations to be set up at 3 PMPML depots

India, Sept. 22 -- The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), in an internal meeting held last week, decided to set up Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations at three of its bus depots by... Read More