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TOI : PUNE: They are young. They have graduated recently. And, they have no jobs. The best part is, they are not looking for one either. Here are the young minds of the city who have chosen to give the regular nine-to-five jobs a miss to set up enterprises of their own and be their own bosses.

Sahil Khan is one such youngster. At 19, when he was in his final year of college, he started a lifestyle website called www.thetossedsalad.com. He does not find a regular jobs appealing. “I do not like the idea of working under someone and taking orders,” says Sahil, adding, “From a very young age I wanted to do something on my own and I am glad that I got the opportunity to start off so soon.”

Sahil is not the only one. Rohan Dhinge, an engineer from the Pimpri-Chinchwad Engineering College, who passed out in 2007, is another such entrepreneur. “After college I joined an agency in Mumbai. The job paid me well. But I began to lose interest. It became monotonous and finally, I left,” says the 24-year-old entrepreneur of a company which provides social web applications strategy for reaching out to more than 200 million users for business development.

The increase in the number of entrepreneurs below the age of 25 has been noticed not just in the information technology (IT) sector but also others fields like the service sector. Sahadev Yadav, 26, runs a service company which delivers packed fruits and vegetables at the doorsteps at no extra costs.

Swati Thorat, who worked as a sales manager in a prominent hotel in Mumbai started an outlet of cotton clothes in the city. The reason being the same: Something was missing in life, in spite of the big pay-package.

Starting early may sound exciting, but it was not all that easy as it sounds. “It was the red-tapeism…More

TOI : PUNE: They are young. They have graduated recently. And, they have no jobs. The best part is, they are not looking for one either. Here are the young minds of the city who have chosen to give the regular nine-to-five jobs a miss to set up enterprises of their own and be their own bosses.

Sahil Khan is one such youngster. At 19, when he was in his final year of college, he started a lifestyle website called www.thetossedsalad.com. He does not find a regular jobs appealing. “I do not like the idea of working under someone and taking orders,” says Sahil, adding, “From a very young age I wanted to do something on my own and I am glad that I got the opportunity to start off so soon.”

Sahil is not the only one. Rohan Dhinge, an engineer from the Pimpri-Chinchwad Engineering College, who passed out in 2007, is another such entrepreneur. “After college I joined an agency in Mumbai. The job paid me well. But I began to lose interest. It became monotonous and finally, I left,” says the 24-year-old entrepreneur of a company which provides social web applications strategy for reaching out to more than 200 million users for business development.

The increase in the number of entrepreneurs below the age of 25 has been noticed not just in the information technology (IT) sector but also others fields like the service sector. Sahadev Yadav, 26, runs a service company which delivers packed fruits and vegetables at the doorsteps at no extra costs.

Swati Thorat, who worked as a sales manager in a prominent hotel in Mumbai started an outlet of cotton clothes in the city. The reason being the same: Something was missing in life, in spite of the big pay-package.

Starting early may sound exciting, but it was not all that easy as it sounds. “It was the red-tapeism…More

TOI : PUNE: They are young. They have graduated recently. And, they have no jobs. The best part is, they are not looking for one either. Here are the young minds of the city who have chosen to give the regular nine-to-five jobs a miss to set up enterprises of their own and be their own bosses.

Sahil Khan is one such youngster. At 19, when he was in his final year of college, he started a lifestyle website called www.thetossedsalad.com. He does not find a regular jobs appealing. “I do not like the idea of working under someone and taking orders,” says Sahil, adding, “From a very young age I wanted to do something on my own and I am glad that I got the opportunity to start off so soon.”

Sahil is not the only one. Rohan Dhinge, an engineer from the Pimpri-Chinchwad Engineering College, who passed out in 2007, is another such entrepreneur. “After college I joined an agency in Mumbai. The job paid me well. But I began to lose interest. It became monotonous and finally, I left,” says the 24-year-old entrepreneur of a company which provides social web applications strategy for reaching out to more than 200 million users for business development.

The increase in the number of entrepreneurs below the age of 25 has been noticed not just in the information technology (IT) sector but also others fields like the service sector. Sahadev Yadav, 26, runs a service company which delivers packed fruits and vegetables at the doorsteps at no extra costs.

Swati Thorat, who worked as a sales manager in a prominent hotel in Mumbai started an outlet of cotton clothes in the city. The reason being the same: Something was missing in life, in spite of the big pay-package.

Starting early may sound exciting, but it was not all that easy as it sounds. “It was the red-tapeism…More

TOI : PUNE: They are young. They have graduated recently. And, they have no jobs. The best part is, they are not looking for one either. Here are the young minds of the city who have chosen to give the regular nine-to-five jobs a miss to set up enterprises of their own and be their own bosses.

Sahil Khan is one such youngster. At 19, when he was in his final year of college, he started a lifestyle website called www.thetossedsalad.com. He does not find a regular jobs appealing. “I do not like the idea of working under someone and taking orders,” says Sahil, adding, “From a very young age I wanted to do something on my own and I am glad that I got the opportunity to start off so soon.”

Sahil is not the only one. Rohan Dhinge, an engineer from the Pimpri-Chinchwad Engineering College, who passed out in 2007, is another such entrepreneur. “After college I joined an agency in Mumbai. The job paid me well. But I began to lose interest. It became monotonous and finally, I left,” says the 24-year-old entrepreneur of a company which provides social web applications strategy for reaching out to more than 200 million users for business development.

The increase in the number of entrepreneurs below the age of 25 has been noticed not just in the information technology (IT) sector but also others fields like the service sector. Sahadev Yadav, 26, runs a service company which delivers packed fruits and vegetables at the doorsteps at no extra costs.

Swati Thorat, who worked as a sales manager in a prominent hotel in Mumbai started an outlet of cotton clothes in the city. The reason being the same: Something was missing in life, in spite of the big pay-package.

Starting early may sound exciting, but it was not all that easy as it sounds. “It was the red-tapeism…More

TOI : PUNE: The crime branch, Pune, on Monday claimed to have cracked the murder case of electronics engineer Urvashi Laxman Dhavale, saying that her husband Arvind Waman Ghadole of Nagpur had given ‘supari’ (money for contract killing) for the job. Eight suspects, including Ghadole (43), have been arrested.

Ghadole, who has confessed to his involvement in the murder, wanted to get rid of his wife as he was fed up fighting five court cases filed by her for seeking divorce, the police said. Dhavale also wanted a share in the flat on Sus road in Pune, which was jointly owned by her and Ghadole, the police said.

The other suspects have been identified as Uday Pralhad Deshpande (28) and Raju Bhagvati Chaudhari (52) of Badalapur in Thane district and Wilson Moses Murty (20), Sharad Trambak Sose (27), Shirshak alias Golu Ramesh Narnavare (20), Ganesh Devidas Gaikwad (25) and Sachin Sharad Meshram (26), all from Nagpur.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by assistant commissioner of police (crime) Sangramsingh Nishandar nabbed Deshpande and Chaudhari at Badalapur and…More

TOI : PUNE: To improve its maintenance facilities, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has decided to develop three of its plots located at prime locations on built operate lease transfer (BolT) basis over the next one year.

The three plots are located at Pune railway station (J N Petit estate), Hadapsar and Kothrud. The development of these plots on a public-private partnership (PPP) model was proposed by the PMPML when it was formed one and half years back.

PMPML chairman and managing director Nitin Khade said last week that development of the plots is on the cards. The PMPML, he said, needs to look at various options to raise money for improving its services. Development of these plots on a commercial basis was one of the options.

Khade pointed out that while the PMPML will get 887 new buses by the end of this year, it is important that the transport undertaking has excellent facilities for maintenance. Merely procuring buses is not important, he said, adding that even the central government which is funding buses under JNNURM has put a condition that the buses should be properly maintained.

At all the three locations which are to be commercially developed, the PMPML proposes to have buildings with a maximum of 20 floors. While the ground floor will be used for bus depot, some of the floors are to be used for car and two-wheeler parking. The PMPML has proposed to lease out some of the floors to promoters and developers, initially for a period of 33 years. The lease can be renewed later, the PMPML has stated.

The PMPML will make available vacant land to developers in phases with clear title for development. As the lands are located at prime locations, the PMPML has the advantage to get commercial benefit which can be used for improving its services and keeping the p…More

TOI : PUNE: To improve its maintenance facilities, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has decided to develop three of its plots located at prime locations on built operate lease transfer (BolT) basis over the next one year.

The three plots are located at Pune railway station (J N Petit estate), Hadapsar and Kothrud. The development of these plots on a public-private partnership (PPP) model was proposed by the PMPML when it was formed one and half years back.

PMPML chairman and managing director Nitin Khade said last week that development of the plots is on the cards. The PMPML, he said, needs to look at various options to raise money for improving its services. Development of these plots on a commercial basis was one of the options.

Khade pointed out that while the PMPML will get 887 new buses by the end of this year, it is important that the transport undertaking has excellent facilities for maintenance. Merely procuring buses is not important, he said, adding that even the central government which is funding buses under JNNURM has put a condition that the buses should be properly maintained.

At all the three locations which are to be commercially developed, the PMPML proposes to have buildings with a maximum of 20 floors. While the ground floor will be used for bus depot, some of the floors are to be used for car and two-wheeler parking. The PMPML has proposed to lease out some of the floors to promoters and developers, initially for a period of 33 years. The lease can be renewed later, the PMPML has stated.

The PMPML will make available vacant land to developers in phases with clear title for development. As the lands are located at prime locations, the PMPML has the advantage to get commercial benefit which can be used for improving its services and keeping the p…More

TOI : PUNE: A monsoon picnic to Lonavla turned tragic for five youths, two of them girls, when their sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit a divider and went on to ram into a milk tanker near Kamshet on the old Pune-Mumbai highway on Sunday evening.

The Kamshet police said all five youths aged between 19 and 25 died on the spot. Two other women and the driver sustained serious injuries.

The incident took place at Pathargaon near Kamshet. The deceased were identified as Pallavi Bhosale (22) of Akurdi, Nitin Mitkari (23), Satish Munde (21), both of Chikhali, Chaitali Gaikwad (19) of Vallabhnagar in Pimpri and Anil Shinde (25), also of Pimpri. Supriya Shevale, Jyoti Gaikwad and the driver, identified only as Subhash, received severe injuries and have been admitted to the Yashwantrao Chavan hospital in Pimpri.

Sub-inspector Shashikant Chavan of the Kamshet police station said the youths, who worked in different firms, had hired the SUV to go to Lonavla. On the return, the speeding vehicle hit a divider at Pathargaon. The impact was such that the vehicle dragged on for about 100 feet before colliding head-on with the tanker which was headed to Mumbai. The state highway police and local residents took the victims to hospital.

Traffic on the highway was thrown…More

TOI : PUNE: A monsoon picnic to Lonavla turned tragic for five youths, two of them girls, when their sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit a divider and went on to ram into a milk tanker near Kamshet on the old Pune-Mumbai highway on Sunday evening.

The Kamshet police said all five youths aged between 19 and 25 died on the spot. Two other women and the driver sustained serious injuries.

The incident took place at Pathargaon near Kamshet. The deceased were identified as Pallavi Bhosale (22) of Akurdi, Nitin Mitkari (23), Satish Munde (21), both of Chikhali, Chaitali Gaikwad (19) of Vallabhnagar in Pimpri and Anil Shinde (25), also of Pimpri. Supriya Shevale, Jyoti Gaikwad and the driver, identified only as Subhash, received severe injuries and have been admitted to the Yashwantrao Chavan hospital in Pimpri.

Sub-inspector Shashikant Chavan of the Kamshet police station said the youths, who worked in different firms, had hired the SUV to go to Lonavla. On the return, the speeding vehicle hit a divider at Pathargaon. The impact was such that the vehicle dragged on for about 100 feet before colliding head-on with the tanker which was headed to Mumbai. The state highway police and local residents took the victims to hospital.

Traffic on the highway was thrown…More

TOI : PUNE: A monsoon picnic to Lonavla turned tragic for five youths, two of them girls, when their sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit a divider and went on to ram into a milk tanker near Kamshet on the old Pune-Mumbai highway on Sunday evening.

The Kamshet police said all five youths aged between 19 and 25 died on the spot. Two other women and the driver sustained serious injuries.

The incident took place at Pathargaon near Kamshet. The deceased were identified as Pallavi Bhosale (22) of Akurdi, Nitin Mitkari (23), Satish Munde (21), both of Chikhali, Chaitali Gaikwad (19) of Vallabhnagar in Pimpri and Anil Shinde (25), also of Pimpri. Supriya Shevale, Jyoti Gaikwad and the driver, identified only as Subhash, received severe injuries and have been admitted to the Yashwantrao Chavan hospital in Pimpri.

Sub-inspector Shashikant Chavan of the Kamshet police station said the youths, who worked in different firms, had hired the SUV to go to Lonavla. On the return, the speeding vehicle hit a divider at Pathargaon. The impact was such that the vehicle dragged on for about 100 feet before colliding head-on with the tanker which was headed to Mumbai. The state highway police and local residents took the victims to hospital.

Traffic on the highway was thrown…More