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Wells beside roads, deaths waiting to happen

India, June 15 -- The death of eight devotees in Solapur district on Sunday after their pickup vehicle plunged into a roadside well has once again exposed an uncomfortable truth about infrastructure d... Read More


A 33-km opportunity Pune cannot afford to waste

India, June 8 -- Cities often spend decades searching for land to create public spaces, transport corridors and green networks. Pune may soon find itself in the unusual position of inheriting one. Th... Read More


Monday Musings: When warnings are ignored

India, June 1 -- The spurious liquor tragedy that claimed 16 lives in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad is not just an isolated incident about illegal bootlegging but points to a deeper crisis. It highlights ... Read More


Pune's civic culture: Build, inaugurate, personalise

India, May 18 -- In Pune's changing political culture, public infrastructure increasingly serves two purposes: civic utility and political visibility. Roads, gardens, hospitals, water projects and we... Read More


Monday Musings: When constituencies begin to feel inherited

India, April 27 -- The Baramati bypoll last week (on April 23) was held under extraordinary circumstances. The contest itself emerged from personal tragedy following the death of deputy chief minister... Read More


Monday Musings: Tanker economy - Pune's parallel water market is no longer seasonal

India, April 20 -- There was a time when water tankers in Pune announced the arrival of summer. You would spot them in March-April, grumble about them in May-June, and by July, with the first spell of... Read More


Monday Musings: There's urgent need to save Pune's lakes

India, April 13 -- The images from Pashan Lake this week - of dead fish floating along the edges - felt disturbingly familiar. Not because this is the first time the lake has seen trouble, but becaus... Read More


'Baramati is my identity': Sunetra makes emotional election pitch

BARAMATI, April 7 -- NCP leader Sunetra Pawar filed her nomination on Monday for the April 23 Baramati by-election, setting the stage for a contest the ruling Mahayuti alliance had briefly hoped would... Read More


PARTH: Won't ask anyone to take back nomination

BARAMATI, April 7 -- NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said his party will not reach out to the Congress to seek an unopposed win in the assembly by-election in Baramati, where his mother and Maharasht... Read More


Sunetra files papers, Sena (UBT) extends its wishes

BARAMATI, April 7 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sunetra Pawar filed her nomination for the April 23 Baramati bypolls on Monday, with Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut extending his best wish... Read More