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    I'm fighting for SP's honour: Mulayam's bahu Dimple  Nov 6, 2009
    Dimple, 32, was born in Pune in an Army officers family and graduated in commerce from Lucknow University. She spells out her thoughts in an interview with Rustam Roy. (India Times, India)

    Investment in a second home  Nov 5, 2009
    "There is a lot of demand for properties between Pune and Panvel. Even the four main metros and its peripheral areas are in demand, for second homes," reveals Tushar Khatri, GM (sales and marketing), Arihant Universal. Apart from these, the other hotspots for second homes are hubs in Noida, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kerala, and Gurgaon. (India Times)

    Ticket to ride: High-end bicycles ride into India  Nov 4, 2009
    The emergence of IT hubs across Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad has created the campus culture thus making this segment one of the reservoirs for global bike brands to tap into. That along with the fact that many of those working in this space have spent time abroad and picked up cycling as a hobby which they are determined to continue pursuing back in India. (India Times)

    Strawberries to be late by a month  Nov 3, 2009
    PUNE: The strawberries will be late by a month to hit the markets this year. The heavy late monsoon rainfall has delayed planting of strawberry saplings by almost a month which means that the fruit will come to the markets by mid-December instead of November. (India Times)

    Boys doubles crown a fitting finale to tourney  Nov 3, 2009
    Lim Khim Wah-Ng Hui Lin won the mixed doubles in 2007 (Auckland) and Mak Hee Chun-Teo Kok Siang took the boys doubles title last year (Pune). Team manager Hou Kim Tho said: I would describe our overall performance as satisfactory. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)

    Syntel posts marginal rise in Q3 revenue  Nov 2, 2009
    Syntel Inc has development center 00004000 s in Mumbai, Chennai, and Pune, having arond 12,000 seat capacity in India. Sequential revenue improvement was driven by applications outsourcing service offering, and growth was broad-based across all verticals, the company said. (India Times)

    Braveheart Rukhsana appointed special police officer in J&K  Nov 2, 2009
    The award ceremony was originally to be held in Pune but is now being held in Delhi, he said. Topics. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune - I...  Nov 1, 2009
    Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune - India. Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune - India ... The Museum is housed in a three-storey building on 1377 and 1388 at Shukrawar Peth, Natu Baug, Pune. (Suite101.com)

    View: A flight to nowhere  Oct 31, 2009
    Defence ministry officials have revealed that plans are afoot to put the president on the Indian Air Force's potent supersonic fighter jet, the Sukhoi-30MKI. Patil is expected to take to the skies in this fourth generation fighter aircraft from the IAF's Lohegaon airbase near Pune in the last week of November. Patil will not be the first president to take a trip on military jet planes. (India Times, India)

    File: Meerut 9th in top 10 tax-paying cities  Oct 31, 2009
    These four continue to lead the 2007-08 list, followed by Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh ... The cities which have done remarkably well in terms of positioning themselves are Hyderabad and Pune ... While Hyderabad has risen from number seven to the fifth position this year, Pune is placed at number six, better than its number nine slot last year. (India Times, India)

    DRDO to develop low-cost H1N1 test kit  Oct 30, 2009
    PUNE: India will soon have an indigenous low-cost H1N1 detection kit. Scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) here are developing this diagnostic tool that promises to be cost-effective and quicker in giving results. (India Times, India)

    Nalco Reports Third Quarter Results  Oct 28, 2009
    "We maintained our commitment to China and India, for example, where we will soon have 1,000 employees. In the next couple of months, we will open R&D centers in Shanghai, China and Pune, India to increase our ability to serve Asia and strengthen our global technology development base. Looking ahead, we expect continued sequential sales gains as some of our most economically sensitive customers appear to be regaining modest production momentum. Asia should return to year-on-year growth for us in... (Primezone Releases)

    Steel demand growing in India: Tata Steel MD  Oct 28, 2009
    But that is a familiar territory for this metallurgical engineer from Pune, who has been with Tata Steel for the past 27 years. Mr Nerurkar, who took c 00004000 harge of the Kalinganagar steel project in Orissa in 2004, when local opposition was at its peak, has faced varied challenges in his almost three-decade stint with the Tatas. (India Times)

    Credit policy impact: Funds just got costlier for builders  Oct 28, 2009
    This will not be possible when places like Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune are still facing a glut in demand. Sunil Malhotra, CFO of Delhi-based Omaxe, says: As demand is still price-sensitive, it will not be easy for developers to pass on that extra cost to consumers. (India Times)

    The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed  Oct 26, 2009
    They send their millions to cities such as Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nasik and Navi Mumbai in search of bread. These millions of migrants set up slums illegally on grabbed land on a gigantic scale (which is tantamount to thieving the land) and provide the cheapest labor. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Pune: One more succumbs to H1N1 in city; toll 91  Oct 26, 2009
    One more succumbs to H1N1 in city; toll 91 - Pune - City - The Times of India ... PUNE: Thirty-year-old Manju Ashok Kalya, a resident of Dalvinagar in Chinchwad, succumbed to the H1N1 influenza on Sunday, taking the death toll in the city to 91 ... "Currently, 345 suspected patients across various screening centres in Pune district are being administered Tamiflu tablets while around 20,418 people have been given the tablets so far," said Mehta. (India Times, India)

    HCC's Lavasa Corp to raise Rs 2k cr  Oct 25, 2009
    The company, which is developing a township in Lavasa near Pune, has now commenced laying infrastructure for the second phase of the project. Lavasa aims at developing five 'towns' in the hill-station project and expects to sell commercial and residential space in the second town at a 15-20 per cent premium. (India Times)

    IM INDIAN I DONT HAVE TO EXCUSE IT OR DECLARE IT  Oct 24, 2009
    Born to a Baghdadi Jewish mother, who was the daughter of a rabbi based in Pune, and a Punjabi father who worked for the Navy as a hydrographer, Kapoor spent his early years in Bombay (Mumbai) at the Cathedral School. Later, he went to the Doon School in the north. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Orissa now Odisha, Oriya becomes Odia  Oct 24, 2009
    Major cities that have been renamed after Independence include Kanpur (formerly Cawnpore), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras), Kolkata (Calcutta), Pune (Poona) and Kochi (Cochin). Topics. (India Times, India)

    Hurt by Sena poll rout, Thackeray attacks Marathi manoos  Oct 24, 2009
    PUNE: Upset over Shiv Sena's electoral debacle in Maharashtra, party chief Bal Thackeray today said it was not "outsiders" but Maharashtrians themselves who had stabbed him in the back. Quoting an English newspaper headline MNS gives Cong Raj a hand", (Raj Thackeray-led MNS helps Congress retain power), the Sena chief said, "This sums it all". Striking a cynical note in his first editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna' after the assembly election results on October 22, the 84-year-old... (India Times, India)

    With just 21% of vote, Congress has others to thank  Oct 23, 2009
    More importantly, while the MNS vote in that election was concentrated in the Mumbai-Thane region and in Nashik, the fledgling outfit has now also carved out a space for itself in Pune region. For another party hoping to establish a firm toehold in Maharashtra, BSP, these elections have delivered a severe blow. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Porntip aims to emulate Sainas success  Oct 23, 2009
    SAINA Nehwal stunned the badminton world by handing India a historic first title in the world junior championships in Pune last year. Thailand have never produced a champion in the series and Porntip Buranaprasertsuk is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Saina in her third and final attempt to become champion in this edition in Alor Setar. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)

    Cong-NCP alliance set to retain power in Maharashtra  Oct 22, 2009
    Walse-Patil is leading from Ambegaon with 3,228 votes and Lande is ahead in Bhosari in Pune district. Pradeep Jaiswal, Shiv Sena rebel from Aurangabad, is leading with 3,212 votes. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Goa blast heat on Hindu outfit, 5 activists detained  Oct 18, 2009
    The involvement of the two persons who were critically injured in the blasts in carrying out the explosions has been established," said R S Yadav. "We are questioning almost all the Sanatan Sanstha members as the duo belonged to the group," said SP Atmaram Deshpande, SP and PRO of Goa police. Police sources said five persons associated with Sanatan Sanstha, including Yogesh Naiks brother Suresh and a certain Sandeep Shinde from Pune, were being interrogated. A team of the Maharashtra... (India Times, India)

    Pune techie killers face rape charge  Oct 18, 2009
    PUNE: The three suspects arrested on Friday for the kidnap and murder of software engineer Nayana Phatak-Pujari have now been charged with gangrape by the Yerawada police, even as a magistrates court on Saturday sent them to police custody till October 24 ... Ghanwat produced the suspectsYogesh Raut (24), Mahesh Thakur (24) and Raju Chaudhary (23), all residents of Khed in Pune districtbefore judicial magistrate first class A P Deshpande. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Agarwal and Kapoor all set for Great battle  Oct 14, 2009
    Mr Kapoor loves to take off to hill sides whenever possible, while Mr Agarwal would rather retreat to his Pune home and tinker with his collection of vintage cars. But today, the two shipping tycoons find themselves at the heart of a corporate takeover bid, that harks back to the mercurial Eighties of the Dalal Street. (India Times)

    Hunger to learn  Oct 13, 2009
    Florence Nesamani, Pune, India. Quite Amazing. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    SunCity sees strong recovery  Oct 12, 2009
    Its preferred cities include Hyderabad, Bangalore and Pune. Hyderabad tops the list as its growth is fuelled by the information technology and biotech industries. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    Pune: 600 to be arrested a day before polling  Oct 11, 2009
    600 to be arrested a day before polling - Pune - City - The Times of India ... PUNE: To avoid any untoward incident on the day of polling (October 13), the city police will take into custody as many as 600 people, whom they suspect may disrupt the polling process ... The Pune police have received help from six CPMF teams, whose services are utilised for maintaining law and order during the election period, Sengaonkar said. (India Times, India)

    Two more H1N1 deaths in Pune, toll 78  Oct 10, 2009
    Two more H1N1 deaths, toll now 78 - Pune - City - The Times of India ... PUNE: The H1N1 flu toll in the city rose to 78 on Friday with two more victims, including a woman from Ahmednagar district, succumbing to the virus ... Another victim, Vaishali Chorage (29) of Winjar village in Velhe taluka, Pune district, passed away at 9. (India Times, India)

    Hip-hop star with Punjab roots tops US charts  Oct 10, 2009
    Last year, he went to Mumbai, Noida, Hyderabad and Pune on his first tour of the country. Later this month, he will join Justin Timberlake at a concert benefiting hospitals for children. (India Times, India)

    India beckons for KFC  Oct 10, 2009
    It would begin by opening the first two outlets each in the cities of Mumbai and Pune, which have a combined population of 26 ... It has been reported that there are only three KFC outlets in Mumbai and two in Pune, and these are owned and operated by Yum. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    Piaggio to launch Vespa scooters by March 2010  Oct 10, 2009
    Piaggio Vehicles India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Italian two-wheeler maker, will launch its well-known Vespa scooters, followed by brands such as Gilera, Aprilia and Derbi, a small motorcycle. For this, the company is setting up a Rs 360-crore two-wheeler engine plant at Baramati to power its scooters, said a person close to the development. (India Times)

    Top Article: An Urban Legend  Oct 9, 2009
    Sixty-four of these are located in the Mumbai-Thane-Pune-Nashik belt ... The writer teaches political science at the University of Pune. (India Times, India)

    Deccan floods may drown household budgets, India Inc  Oct 7, 2009
    (With inputs from Sai Deepika Amirapu in Hyderabad, Arun Iyer in Bangalore, Gouri Agtey Athale in Pune and Pramugdha Mamgain in Delhi). Read business stories in. (India Times)

    KFCH moving into India  Oct 6, 2009
    The first two outlets will open in Mumbai and Pune this year. JOHOR BARU: KFC Holdings (M) Bhd (KFCH) will open its first two KFC outlets in India one each in Mumbai and Pune by years end ... To be located in different shopping complexes in Mumbai and Pune, each outlet would have an average built-up area of 2,500 sq ft.. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    4 more swine flu cases in Pune, toll 75  Oct 6, 2009
    Four more swine flu cases in Pune, toll 75 - Pune - City - The Times of India ... Four more swine flu cases in Pune, toll 75 ... PUNE: The swine flu toll in the city has risen to 75 with four more persons succumbing to the virus, health officials said today. (India Times, India)

    Mumbai-Pune expressway tops in traffic offences  Oct 5, 2009
    Mum-Pune expressway tops in traffic offences - Mumbai - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... Mum-Pune expressway tops in traffic offences ... MUMBAI: The state highway polices Pune division has topped in the number of traffic violations registered against motorists across the state and national highways in Maharashtra. (India Times, India)

    Box office stake behind Karan Johar's sorry?  Oct 4, 2009
    Only a couple of shows were "disrupted" in Pune and Mumbai, distributors said, adding that they were happy at the way the situation was handled. Cinemax Cinemas senior vice-president Devang Sampat said: "A film like Wake Up Sid would get between 35% and 40% of its total business from the Bombay territory alone as it is a multiplex film." UTV CEO Sidharth Roy Kapur said: "We did not lose anything because of the quick action taken by Johar.". (India Times, India)

    Girl branded with hot iron at creche  Oct 4, 2009
    PUNE: A four-year-old girl suffered burns on various parts of her body after she was allegedly branded with a hot electric iron by the husband of a creche owner here for refusing to have food on time on Thursday. Chetna Dudhal (owner of the creche) and her husband Balkrishna, both residents of Barathe chawl at Karvenagar, were arrested late on Friday night and charged with various sections of the Indian Penal Code. (India Times, India)

    Pune: Two more die of swine flu, toll 66  Oct 3, 2009
    Two more die of swine flu in Pune, toll 66 - Pune - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... Two more die of swine flu in Pune, toll 66 ... PUNE: The swine flu toll in the city rose to 66 with two more persons succumbing to the virus, health officials said on Saturday. (India Times, India)

    KFCH buys two companies in India  Oct 1, 2009
    In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, KFCH said the two companies were Mumbai Chicken Pvt Ltd and Pune Chicken Restaurants Pvt Ltd.. It said the acquisitions would not have any material impact on KFCHs group earnings for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2009. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    CEOs by day, models for a cause  Sep 30, 2009
    The chairperson of Thermax, who is coming down from Pune especially for the event, says she was initially set on wearing Indian clothes, but finally gave in to the organisers and switched to an western outfit by Wendell Rodricks. "I'm participating for Akanksha, which is an NGO that provides supplementary schooling to underprivileged kids in municipal schools," she says. (India Times)

    Real estate sector to witness a prolonged & robust demand  Sep 30, 2009
    8 million sq ft however, Pune is expected to record the highest compounded annual growth of 51% for the next five years. The demand for the hospitality sector is expected to see a surge and is expected to be approximately 6,90,000 room-nights between 2009-2013. (India Times)

    Offline brands creat fanatical following for generations  Sep 30, 2009
    The patriarch of an immigrant family sets up a cold drink factory in the heart of the sleepy western Indian town of Poona, now Pune. His name is Framroze Ardeshir Irani. (India Times)

    Mumbai to see highest demand for residential space  Sep 26, 2009
    19 million sq ft. On the other hand, Pune is expected to see the highest compounded annual growth in retail demand at 51% due to the current favourable demographics. The total expected demand for retail in Pune is approximately 1 ... 76 million sq ft. Office demand in Pune is expected to be 21. (India Times)

    Pune: Spitting fine hiked to Rs 1,000  Sep 26, 2009
    PUNE: The common practice of spitting in public has finally earned strong censure from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) ... The common practice of spitting in public has finally earned strong censure from the Pune Municipal Corporation. (India Times, India)

    Pune: Jail inmate 61st victim of swine flu  Sep 25, 2009
    Yeravada jail prisoner 61st victim of swine flu in Pune - Pune - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... Yeravada jail prisoner 61st victim of swine flu in Pune ... PUNE: An inmate of Yeravada central jail today died of swine flu, taking the toll to 61 in the city, worst hit by the deadly virus. (India Times, India)

    Poor irrigation facility cripples raisins  Sep 23, 2009
    PUNE: There's a global shortage of raisins (dried grapes) since the leading producer, Turkey, had unseasonal snow last year which meant there was no 00004000 flowering, hence fall in grape production. The other major raisin producing country, Australia, has switched to wine grape production, thus creating a demand. (India Times)

    Forecast »  Sep 23, 2009
    Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 09/23/09 05:31:19 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 90% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Calling hubby names not cruel, says HC  Sep 23, 2009
    A division bench of Justice P B Majumdar and Justice R V More dismissed an application filed by a 33-year-old Pune resident seeking to end his 2003 marriage with his wife, with whom he has lived for barely 20 months. The husband should not have been so sensitive even if a few words were uttered by the wife, the judges said. (India Times, India)

    Death toll from A/H1N1 flu attains 240 in India  Sep 22, 2009
    Of the deaths, one fatality each was reported from Pune and Mumbai and the two fatalities in Andhra Pradesh were from Hyderabad, said the officials. The total number of people infected by the virus has reached nearly 8,000 in India. (Xinhuanet, China)

    'Don't expect extraordinary result in hockey WC'  Sep 22, 2009
    "We are doing everything that is in our hand. We are utilising every single minute of training. The swine flu has hampered our camp in Pune for two weeks but now we are training well in all the aspects," he said ... The Indian team, which is presently undergoing a camp in Pune, will be flying to Canada next month for seven Tests starting October 9. (India Times, India)

    Harishchandrachi Factory is India's Oscar entry  Sep 21, 2009
    PUNE: Harishchandrachi Factory, a Marathi film based on the making of the countrys first film, was on Sunday chosen Indias official entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the Oscar Awards next year ... It has already won several awards, including best director, best film and best art direction at the 46th Maharashtra State Film Awards, and also for best director at Pune International Film Festival early this year. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Surgical dimples latest fad among women in Pune  Sep 20, 2009
    Surgical dimples latest fad among women in city - Pune - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... PUNE: That genetically inherited dimple on the cheek is no more restricted to a select few. (India Times, India)

    Indian Outsourcer Patni Rebounds With 'Inside' Outsider CEO  Sep 20, 2009
    To further lower costs, Patni has consolidated offices and delayed building a new $85 million campus in Pune, India. To drive new growth, Kumar has launched a regional sales strategy. (Investors Business Daily)

    Mumbai: Woman molested on train, husband killed  Sep 19, 2009
    For the past two months, he was in Pune for business with his wife Mala, brother Shyam and sister-in-law Tejal. On Thursday night, the group was travelling back to Vadodara on the Pune Veraval Express for the Navratri festival ... 30 pm, Salat, Mala, Shyam, Tejal and a child boarded the general compartment at Pune station. (India Times, India)

    Standoff continues at Cummins plant  Sep 19, 2009
    PUNE: The face-off between workers and management at Cummins India continued with the engine plant here shut for the fourth consecutive day on Friday. This follows the ruckus on its campus on September 15 following which the management asked the trade union to submit an undertaking that it will not disturb the peace. (India Times)

    3D Squash Game to iPhone  Sep 19, 2009
    September 18, 2009 - Pune, INDIA - has developed and published the first and only squash 3D sports game, titled, , exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch ... Rolocule Studios is a game development studio located in Pune, India. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Healthy report card for wellness sector  Sep 19, 2009
    PUNE: The wellness market appears to be in good health ... We will own just two of these spas, the ones in Mumbai and Pune, the others will be run by franchisees, the first of which will be in Delhi ... For the Karla (near Pune)-based Atmasantulan Village, an ayurvedic healing centre, the market is not just in India but also abroad. (India Times)

    Indian cos vulnerable to net threat  Sep 19, 2009
    PUNE: Heres a cause of concern for India Inc. Independent findings of internet and data security company Symantec and research agency Frost and Sullivan suggest that Indian companies are susceptible to internet threats and companies are underspending on security. The country ranked number one on the prevalence of internet virus attacks in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, according to data with Symantec. (India Times)

    'Six Sigma could change the world'  Sep 18, 2009
    I made a few presentations to that effect in Pune in 1993, and people said, You must be joking. India has all kinds of problems. (India Times)

    Wake-up call for us: Kalmadi  Sep 18, 2009
    Besides, the last year's Youth Commonwealth Games in Pune, the latest event to be conducted by IOA, were an operational disaster. Meanwhile, OC's vice chairman , Randhir Singh, said the criticism was well-accepted. (India Times, India)

    H1N1 scare: Eight deaths in Pune takes toll to 52  Sep 18, 2009
    Eight deaths in city takes toll to 52 - Pune - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... PUNE: The H1N1 flu toll in the city climbed to 52 on Thursday with eight more people succumbing to the contagion. (India Times, India)

    IJM unit wins Indian highway job  Sep 18, 2009
    PETALING JAYA : IJM (India) Infrastructure Ltd, a unit of IJM Corp Bhd, has won a contract worth RM327mil from Pune Solapur Expressways Pte Ltd for the construction of a highway ... IJM ventured into India in 1998 with the Mumbai Pune Expressway and has successfully completed 11 road projects. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    Will a megalopolis be the future?  Sep 14, 2009
    "Cities that are economic powerhouses tend to expand and engulf neighbouring locations. Mumbai and Pune are among the fastest growing cities in western India and are separated by less than 200 kms. In theory, the growth, if directed towards each other, may result in creation of one huge urban sprawl, which will span the space between the two," says Kapoor ... "Mumbai's urban sprawl extends till Panvel. Pune, on its part, extends to Pimpri-Chinchwad and Talegaon, through the Express Highway and... (India Times)

    Stop that slipping disk  Sep 14, 2009
    (Inputs from Dr Rajesh Nilkanth Parasnis, leading spine surgeon attached to Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune). Related Articles. (India Times, India)

    10 Questions for Jane Goodall  Sep 12, 2009
    Kantesh Guttal, PUNE, INDIA. We are all part of the animal kingdom. (Time.com)

    Godrej Properties IPO in 3 months  Sep 11, 2009
    GPL already has a presence in Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore. On consumer products, Godrej said rising sugar prices have made producers consider hiking prices of food products. (India Times)

    Polymer Journal  Sep 11, 2009
    Pune, Maharashtra Pune-411021 India. enter buyers guide search text here. (Nature News Service)

    LG to invest $1 bn in India on R&D  Sep 11, 2009
    It has two manufacturing units here, one each in Pune and Noida. The company is primarily banking on the sale of LCDs and mobile handsets to drive growth in India and is also looking at setting up a production unit for LCDs in the country. (India Times)

    Real estate moves towards industrial hubs in tier 2 & 3 cities  Sep 10, 2009
    Towards the West, Pune, Nasik and Nagpur are noteworthy in this context. In all cases, developers positioned their development close to industrial hubs, targeting a totally different price segment. (India Times)

    An offline Twitter affair, for a cause in Bangalore  Sep 10, 2009
    The other Indian cities taking part are Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Pune. The Bangalore event will support an NGO, Jayanagar-based Dream A Dream. (India Times, India)

    Yes, weve split: Dino Morea  Sep 10, 2009
    Dino Morea, driving to Pune on the slick expressway, is a man on high speed. Hes always been a friends and family kind a guy, was the first to tote a six-pack before Bollywood made a shoo-sha of them and has maintained a fitness regime of everything from football to basketball to jogging even today. (India Times, India)

    Curfew relaxed in Miraj, Sangli and Ichalkaranji  Sep 9, 2009
    PUNE: Curfew was relaxed in the morning today at the riot-hit western Maharashtra towns of Miraj, Sangli and Ichalkaranji, following gradual improvement in the situation, authorities said. In Miraj, where the trouble sparked off on September 3 during the Lord Ganesha idol immersion procession, curfew was relaxed for four hours from 0800 hours to 1200 hours. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Infy, Wipro eye Morgan Stanley's Indian back-office operations  Sep 7, 2009
    Most of the operations are based out of Mumbai and a small part out of Pune. The value of the deal would also depend on the amount of business the bank is willing to commit to the potential buyer. (India Times)

    Communal clashes: Curfew continues in Sangli  Sep 7, 2009
    PUNE: The situation at Miraj in neighbouring Sangli district continued to be tense but under control even as the Ganesh immersion disrupted due to communal violence, again began last night under police protection. Miraj township and Sangli city continued to be under curfew imposed on Saturday night, official sources said today. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    One more dies of swine flu in Pune, city toll 34  Sep 5, 2009
    One more dies of swine flu in Pune, city toll rises to 34 - Pune - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... One more dies of swine flu in Pune, city toll rises to 34 ... PUNE: One more person died of swine flu in Pune taking the viral infection death toll in the city to 34, health officials said on Saturday. (India Times, India)

    Businesses bracing for H1N1 outbreak  Sep 4, 2009
    As vice president of human resources at Ansys, she had seen how the swine flu outbreak affected her engineering software firm's satellite office in Pune, India. "Employees are given masks when they show up to work," she said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Audi rolls out its latest sports utility vehicle Q7 in India  Sep 4, 2009
    Audi currently has dealerships in Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Kochi. "We plan to expand to Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur and Coimbatore soon," Tiers said. (India Times)

    Pak going beyond degree of deterrence: Army chief  Sep 3, 2009
    PUNE: Army chief General Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday said Pakistan's efforts of increasing its nuclear strength was a matter of concern and that Islamabad was going well beyond the degree of deterrence. "There is a difference between having a degree deterrence, which is required for protection, and going beyond that. If the news reports of (Pakistan) having 70 to 90 atomic bombs are correct, then I think they are going well beyond the requirement of deterrence," said Gen Kapoor, who was speaking... (India Times, India)

    Indian swine flu deaths top 100  Sep 1, 2009
    Deaths have now been reported in at least eight Indian cities, with the death toll highest in the city of Pune ... Reports say some 15 patients are undergoing treatment for the flu in various hospitals in Pune, where 31 people have died of the infection. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Deficient rainfall in 21 districts of Maharashtra  Sep 1, 2009
    PUNE: As many as 21 of the 33 districts in Maharashtra, including Pune, have received less than normal rainfall since the beginning of the monsoon this year. While Pune district should have received 786 mm of rainfall till now (the average annual rainfall calculated over the last 30 years), it got only 513 ... As many as 21 of the 33 districts in Maharashtra, including Pune, have received less than normal rainfall since the beginning of the monsoon this year. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Seven-year-old dies of swine flu in Pune  Sep 1, 2009
    PUNE: A seven-year-old girl died of swine flu in Pune on Tuesday, taking the viral infection toll in the city to 32 ... A seven-year-old girl died of swine flu in Pune on Tuesday, taking the viral infection toll in the city to 32. (India Times, India)

    H1N1 virus hasnt mutated so far, shows NIV study  Sep 1, 2009
    PUNE: Laboratory studies carried out on 40 isolates of the H1N1 virus at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) here have categorically ruled out any mutation of the virus in India. We have not found any mutation of the H1N1 virus so far. (India Times, India -- Community News)

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