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TOI : PUNE: Two people including a six-year-old girl from Ambegaon and a one-month-old infant from Hinjewadi died in the city on Monday and Tuesday from suspected H1N1 influenza. “Their throat swab reports are still awaited,” said Ashok Mehta, joint director of the state health services.

Meanwhile, two students from Kilbil nursery in Pimple-Gurav and a municipal school in Pimpri-Chinchwad were among three people who tested positive for the flu on Tuesday. With this, the total number of infected people in Pune district has reached 1,544.

“The medical screening of other students of both schools will be carried out as a precautionary measure,” said Mehta.

As many as 6,546 people were screened in the district of which 377 people were given Tamiflu. Around 33,825 people have been administered Tamiflu in Pune district so far. Forty-eight people were discharged from hospital on Tuesday, Mehta said.

As many as 25 patients are being treated at the ICUs of various private and government-run hospitals, and six of them are on ventilators, added Mehta. A total of 6.24 lakh patients have been screened in the district so far. Topics: Pune H1N1 influenza More Stories from this section ATM with Rs 10.5 lakh stolen from Kasarwadi Water cut in parts of the city Vasundhara film fest to have its own club No alternative to old water tank: KCB Mumbai t…More

TOI : PUNE: Two people including a six-year-old girl from Ambegaon and a one-month-old infant from Hinjewadi died in the city on Monday and Tuesday from suspected H1N1 influenza. “Their throat swab reports are still awaited,” said Ashok Mehta, joint director of the state health services.

Meanwhile, two students from Kilbil nursery in Pimple-Gurav and a municipal school in Pimpri-Chinchwad were among three people who tested positive for the flu on Tuesday. With this, the total number of infected people in Pune district has reached 1,544.

“The medical screening of other students of both schools will be carried out as a precautionary measure,” said Mehta.

As many as 6,546 people were screened in the district of which 377 people were given Tamiflu. Around 33,825 people have been administered Tamiflu in Pune district so far. Forty-eight people were discharged from hospital on Tuesday, Mehta said.

As many as 25 patients are being treated at the ICUs of various private and government-run hospitals, and six of them are on ventilators, added Mehta. A total of 6.24 lakh patients have been screened in the district so far. Topics: Pune H1N1 influenza More Stories from this section ATM with Rs 10.5 lakh stolen from Kasarwadi Water cut in parts of the city Vasundhara film fest to have its own club No alternative to old water tank: KCB Mumbai t…More

TOI : PUNE: Two people including a six-year-old girl from Ambegaon and a one-month-old infant from Hinjewadi died in the city on Monday and Tuesday from suspected H1N1 influenza. “Their throat swab reports are still awaited,” said Ashok Mehta, joint director of the state health services.

Meanwhile, two students from Kilbil nursery in Pimple-Gurav and a municipal school in Pimpri-Chinchwad were among three people who tested positive for the flu on Tuesday. With this, the total number of infected people in Pune district has reached 1,544.

“The medical screening of other students of both schools will be carried out as a precautionary measure,” said Mehta.

As many as 6,546 people were screened in the district of which 377 people were given Tamiflu. Around 33,825 people have been administered Tamiflu in Pune district so far. Forty-eight people were discharged from hospital on Tuesday, Mehta said.

As many as 25 patients are being treated at the ICUs of various private and government-run hospitals, and six of them are on ventilators, added Mehta. A total of 6.24 lakh patients have been screened in the district so far. Topics: Pune H1N1 influenza More Stories from this section ATM with Rs 10.5 lakh stolen from Kasarwadi Water cut in parts of the city Vasundhara film fest to have its own club No alternative to old water tank: KCB Mumbai t…More

TOI : PUNE: Two people including a six-year-old girl from Ambegaon and a one-month-old infant from Hinjewadi died in the city on Monday and Tuesday from suspected H1N1 influenza. “Their throat swab reports are still awaited,” said Ashok Mehta, joint director of the state health services.

Meanwhile, two students from Kilbil nursery in Pimple-Gurav and a municipal school in Pimpri-Chinchwad were among three people who tested positive for the flu on Tuesday. With this, the total number of infected people in Pune district has reached 1,544.

“The medical screening of other students of both schools will be carried out as a precautionary measure,” said Mehta.

As many as 6,546 people were screened in the district of which 377 people were given Tamiflu. Around 33,825 people have been administered Tamiflu in Pune district so far. Forty-eight people were discharged from hospital on Tuesday, Mehta said.

As many as 25 patients are being treated at the ICUs of various private and government-run hospitals, and six of them are on ventilators, added Mehta. A total of 6.24 lakh patients have been screened in the district so far. Topics: Pune H1N1 influenza More Stories from this section ATM with Rs 10.5 lakh stolen from Kasarwadi Water cut in parts of the city Vasundhara film fest to have its own club No alternative to old water tank: KCB Mumbai t…More

TOI : PUNE: Two people including a six-year-old girl from Ambegaon and a one-month-old infant from Hinjewadi died in the city on Monday and Tuesday from suspected H1N1 influenza. “Their throat swab reports are still awaited,” said Ashok Mehta, joint director of the state health services.

Meanwhile, two students from Kilbil nursery in Pimple-Gurav and a municipal school in Pimpri-Chinchwad were among three people who tested positive for the flu on Tuesday. With this, the total number of infected people in Pune district has reached 1,544.

“The medical screening of other students of both schools will be carried out as a precautionary measure,” said Mehta.

As many as 6,546 people were screened in the district of which 377 people were given Tamiflu. Around 33,825 people have been administered Tamiflu in Pune district so far. Forty-eight people were discharged from hospital on Tuesday, Mehta said.

As many as 25 patients are being treated at the ICUs of various private and government-run hospitals, and six of them are on ventilators, added Mehta. A total of 6.24 lakh patients have been screened in the district so far. Topics: Pune H1N1 influenza More Stories from this section Water cut in MIDC areas in Bhosari 75-yr-old woman run over by tanker UTV to market Harishchandrachi Factory UoP approves acquisition of 600 online journals for Jaykar library Flying in…More

TOI : PUNE: Three important Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) projects have come to a halt, largely because of the civic body’s own apathy.

Work on a bridge parallel to Holkar bridge, a road connecting Sangamwadi bridge to Sadalbaba chowk and the widening of the road opposite BEG, were all undertaken on land passing through army establishments. Six months ago, on March 26, work was called to a halt by army officials since the PMC had failed to honour its commitments.

The army had given permission for the bridge and other projects on the condition that the PMC build a flyover joining its two campuses across the road and a hostel for war widows, to which the PMC had agreed.

Accordingly, the PMC had begun work on the flyover and the hostel until it fell short of funds and tabled a proposal before the GB to divert funds for the works.

Since then, the proposal has been pending before the GB and the administration had to discontinue the works. Army authorities, therefore, asked the PMC to discontinue the bridge construction and road projects until the hostel and flyover work restarted. The proposal was once again postponed for discussion to next month during the GB meeting on Wednesday.

Speaking to TOI, officer-in-charge of special project of the PMC, VR Patil confirmed that the works have come to a halt pending the GB’s decision.

“We were to construct a war widows’ hostel costing Rs 3.5 crore and the flyover worth Rs 12.6 crore. The flyover will, in fact be an advantage for the PMC as the road opposite BEG, below the flyover, will be free of cross traffic trying to go to either of the army campuses on both sides of the road. The standing committee had given approval for the funds, but the proposal got stuck at the GB,” Patil said.

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TOI : PUNE: It’s a way of bringing together architects, writers, artists and other creative minds. Pecha Kucha Night (PKN), the brainchild of Klein Dytham Architecture, a Tokyo-based firm, originated in 2003 and is today held in over 240 cities in the world.

In Pune, the first PKN was held on October 23 and had 90 people in attendance.

Twelve individuals from the fields of dance, journalism, architecture, fine arts, poetry and literature met at well-known architect Christopher Charles Benninger’s office. The presentations included a slide show on the evolution of a chair by senior architect Shrikant Nivasarkar, Falguni Gokhale’s journey as an artist; Varsha Gavandi’s interesting facts on Chinese gardens and demonstrations on the finer nuances of classical dance by Kathak dancers Kaveri Agashe and Sheetal Kolwalkar.

Pecha Kucha derives its name from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation ( chitchat’). It will be a regular activity in Pune to help creative people share knowledge. “Very often, creative people don’t get a chance to showcase their talents,” says architecture writer, Darpana Athale, director of Sarvasva Designs, which has initiated the event in Pune. “PKN began as a way to help them get together and communicate. The programme is open to individuals from all walks of life to present anything of interest that they would like to share with others.”

The original creators of PKN began the activity as an informal activity within the office. “Soon after, it received tremendous response. The firm decided to go large-scale and began PKN in other cities. Currently, PKN exists in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi, besides Pune,” says Athale.

“All the presenters have to do is follow a fixed format of presentation. Each presenter gets six minutes and 40 seconds to showcase whatever they want through slide shows, audio-visual presentations, demonstrations and talks. The presentations can be 20 frames of 20 seconds each. This is the Japanese form…More

TOI : PUNE: Rabbi sowing activities in the state have still to get underway in full. So far, 37% of sowing has been carried out across the state. As compared to figures in the same period last year there is a sharp dip in sowing activities. On October 27, 2008, the sowing activity was 58%, say officials in the agriculture department.

According to the officials, the sowing of rabbi crops this season is expected to go up. Kharif crops received a setback in some areas in the state owing to less and unpredictable rain and this would have an impact on the sowing of rabbi crops, they said. The next 15 days are crucial for rabbi sowing and a fall in temperature would be conducive to the sowing of the crops.

Of a total area of 53.66 lakh hectares, sowing has been carried out on 19.66 lakh hectares of land, said the officials. Sowing for jowar is in the last stage at some areas. Nearly 55% of jowar sowing has been completed, while 35% of maze sowing has been undertaken in the state so far.

The largest area of land, 33.74 lakh hectares, has been marked for jowar, followed by chickpea (12.50 lakh hectares) and wheat (10.70 lakh hectares). Around 39% of sowing have been undertaken for foodgrains, while 23% sowing has been completed for oilseeds.

Pune division tops all divisions in the state in rabbi sowing. Around 59% of sowing has been completed in the division so far. More than 20.56 lakh hectares of land has been marked for rabbi sowing.

The other divisions are still to reach the half-way mark in sowing activities. Sowing activities in other divisions are Nashik (20%), Kolhapur (23%), Aurangabad (45%), Latur (17%), Amravati (14%), Nagpur (1%). The Konkan division has yet to start rabbi sowing. Topics: Pune Rabbi crops More Stories from this section Water cut in MIDC areas…More

TOI : PUNE: A small-time Tamil and Telgu actor C. Manoharan alias Snakemanu and his accomplice N.T. Srinivasulu were arrested on Tuesday with a consignment of crocodiles and snakes at the Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi.

Acting on a tip off, the National Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the New Delhi Crime Branch arrested the suspects. They were to deliver two alligators, one cobra and three vine snakes to international buyers.

The crocodiles were being sold at $ 2,000 each and the snakes for $ 500 each.

It was as a joint operation by the People for Animals (PFA) Delhi and the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI).

Manoj Oswal, Pune-based animal welfare officer of the AWBI told TOI that a week ago he got the information that a buyer had come to Asia to buy wild animals. One of the rivals of the buyer gave the details of the consignment.

Later, it was confirmed that a consignment of four snakes and two alligators will be delivered to a buyer in Delhi. The actor and his accomplice would deliver this consignment from Chennai to Delhi, Oswal said.

“Immediately after getting the information, I contacted Maneka Gandhi MP. Accordingly, a trap was laid at the Nizamuddin railway station by the crime branch and the wildlife crime control bureau,” Oswal said. Topics: Wild animals Tamil and Telgu actor C. Manoharan More Stories from this section Water cut in MIDC areas in Bhosari 75-yr-old woman run over by tanker UTV to market Harishchandrachi Factory UoP approves acquisition of 600 online journals for Jaykar library Flying in…More

TOI : AURANGABAD: With the death of a pregnant woman on Sunday the H1N1 flu toll in Marathwada region rose 14 seven each from Aurangabad and Latur divisions of the state health department.

According to B.K. Somani, superintendent of the government medical college and hospital (GMCH), Aurangabad, the latest victim, Meera Hivarale (27), was seven-month pregnant. Meera, a resident of Deolai, Beed-bypass, had been treated at a private hospital for five days before being shifted to the government hospital on Saturday evening with complaints of breathlessness.

She was put on ventilator, but she died the following day around 8 am due to acute respiratory disorder, Somani said.

“Her throat swab samples were tested positive for the H1N1 flu by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune. With this the total number of people who died at the hospital due to the swine flu has increased to 7,” Somani added.

The GMCH dean Chandrakant Thorat said, “We have increased the capacity of the quarantine ward to accommodate 30 patients. Earlier, we had arrangement to admit only 20 patients.” Thorat added that presently four patients are being treated for suspected swine flu symptoms in the quarantine ward at the GMCH.

The Latur division too has recorded seven H1N1 flu deaths, said S.S. Patil, the deputy director of health services, Latur. The latest victim was a pregnant woman identified as Farzana Pinjari (28) of Latur. Pinjari died at the government hospital on October 18, after being treated at a private hospital.

Meanwhile, B.M. Shetkar, assistant director of heath, Latur, said that so far 72,273 people have been screened in the division, of them 300 cases turned to be H1N1 positive. “As a precautionary measure we have given Tamiflu tablets to 2,500 suspected cases. The number of positive cases have decreased this week, he added.

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