States - World Snap

Film maker-contractor-corporator, Munirathna is all smiles as he steps out of his home in Malleshwaram to do a ward yatra with DNA on Thursday. He is excited because he is setting a record as the first city corporator to conduct a private survey and spend from his ‘own pocket’ to lay a parallel water pipeline to the BWSSB so that residents have a water source to fall back on. As he goes around, Muni seems to draw both awe and fear. He is the patriarch who will preside over his small fie…

Mumbai

May 1, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

The karmabhoomi of historic struggles

Dressed in his trademark bandgala, churidar and khadi cap, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru deliberately chose to park his car outside the Shivaji Park maidan. He climbed the parapet and walked to the stage to address a mammoth gathering on May 1, 1960. He was there to announce the creation of Maharashtra, with Bombay (now Mumbai) as its capital. Nehru had earlier shared the news with the masses at Girgaum Chowpatty. "Nehru parked his car on the road and walked the distance. Present day political …

Jaipur

April 30, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

Hit Darrah for wild stuff

Already been to Rajasthan’s popular wildlife sanctuaries at Bharatpur, Ranthambore and Sariska? Well, another mind-boggling destination in the state is the Darrah National Park near Kota. Located on a hilly terrain, the sanctuary is actually a combination of three wildlife reserves-Darrah wildlife sanctuary, Chambal wildlife sanctuary and Jaswant Sagar wildlife sanctuary. The park comprises large forest tracts, once the hunting grounds of the Kota royals. The sanctuary is home to …

Ahmedabad

April 30, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

AMC to implement single health licence system

Now, selling multiple items under one roof is not going to be a taxing affair for businessmen. They will, at least, not have to undergo torturous procedures to procure separate licences for different items they sell under one roof. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)’s standing committee, in their meeting on Thursday, sanctioned the implementation of a single health licence system. The AMC’s health department in 2003 had increased the health licence fee assigned to the edi…

Pune

April 30, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

Industries to get PDCC loans

The Pune District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd (PDCC) will provide financial assistance to industries following increase in its deposits by Rs1,167 crore in a single year. Addressing newspersons on Tuesday, chairman of the bank Digambar Durgade said that by March 2009 the bank had deposits of Rs4,285 crore which increased by Rs1,167 crore to Rs5,452 crore by the end of March 2010. As the deposits have increased substantially, the bank has decided to lend the money to industries. Durg…