Maharashtra - World Snap

Cummins Generator Technologies India Limited managing director Pradeep Bhargava said people should strive to solve problems instead of seeking solution from the government.Speaking as the chief guest at the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) Industrial Merit Awards 2010 distribution ceremony organised at SM Joshi Hall on Sunday, he said, "The government cannot solve all the problems alone as it is involved in so many things but citizens can pick up any civi…

Pune

May 16, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

Yashada’s website adjudged best in govt category

The Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration’s (Yashada) website has been adjudged as the best Marathi government website at a competition held by the state government. The contest was organised by Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha, an apex institute established by the state for promotion of Marathi. The website www.tukaram.com launched from Pune received the third prize among the non-government Marathi websites.The competition was organised in cooperation with the sta…

Mumbai

May 15, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

Thinking ahead pays off

There are two ways of approaching a new home purchase and the funding for it – you can either plan for it well in advance, or spend time regretting it afterwards. This is one scenario where the adage works in reverse, i.e. you will repent at leisure if you haven't acted in haste! If you delay your purchase decision for any reason, rest assured the consequences will be quite severe.For starters, with home loan rates expected to rise soon, you will definitely end up with a …

Mumbai

May 15, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

True to type: Movingon from print to pixels

f you ask type designer SatyaRajpurohit what he thinks of the new restaurant that’s opened up in the city, don’t expect to hear about the food. Instead, he’ll probably tell you how the menu could have looked better with proper leading between the lines or how the logo might have stood out better in a different point size. For Satya, the world is a carelessly scribbled-over slate, a cluttered mess in which one is occasionally confronted with true brilliance ? a perfectly designed t…

Pune

May 14, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

12 shanties gutted in Hanumannagar

A major fire gutted 12 shanties at Hanumannagar slum in the Wadarwadi area on Thursday. No casualties were reported.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, but fire brigade officials said it could be due to short circuit. There were three blasts as LPG cylinders exploded.Four fire tenders and two water tankers were pressed into service and managed to douse the blaze.Local residents said a major fire had broken out in the slum about five years ago. "Today’s fire was …