Pune Municipal Corporation

Low-lying areas in Pune on alert after water released into Mutha river; fire brigade official says efforts on to rescue residents

Low-lying areas in Pune district of Maharashtra were on alert after water was released into the Mutha river. With more water being released from the Khadakwasla dam, water gushed into several low-lying areas.

Venkaiah Naidu asks local bodies to enhance people's participation in civic governance in Pune

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said local bodies should always place citizens at the centre of civic governance.

Supreme Court sets up five-judge constitution bench to hear about land acquisition

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court would hear on 6 March a contentious issue that had cropped up after a three-judge bench had raised concern over "judicial discipline" and propriety arising due to conflicting views of different benches of the apex court in matters relating to land acquisition.

BJP wins all four seats in municipal corporation bypolls in Maharashtra

The BJP on Thursday won all the four municipal seats in Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur and Nagpur civic bodies were held on Wednesday.

Pune Municipal Corporation raises Rs 200 cr in first bond issue by a civic body in 14 years

Proceeds from the issue, raised at a coupon of 7.59 percent and oversubscribed six times, will be used for a Rs 2,300-crore water project.

Pune's garbage crisis: No end in sight as villagers protest, waste festers, impasse continues

Land in Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages was given to the Pune Municipal Corporation, which started dumping garbage at the site in 1991

PMC Election 2017: NCP, Sena, BJP await counting as more voter turnout flummox all

Will the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) retain its bastion? Or will the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) get to govern the Pune civic body for the first time? A small rise in voter turnout in Pune has left everyone guessing

BMC Election 2017, as it happened: Polling ends, voter turnout at 55 percent in Mumbai

Elections to the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and nine other civic bodies in Maharashtra, which have virtually turned into a battle of prestige for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, heading the state's first BJP-led government, and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, will be held on Tuesday.

BMC Election 2017: India Today exit poll shows Shiv Sena edging out BJP

An exit poll shows the Shiv Sena hold an edge over BJP in the BMC election held on Tuesday.

Maharashtra Civic Election 2017: Brisk, peaceful polling under way; 10 percent voter turnout recorded

Polling was under way on a brisk and peaceful note on Tuesday in Maharashtra to pick 10 major civic bodies, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.