Pune: The nights of the first month of 2026 are likely to be colder than normal across most regions of Maharashtra and the day temperatures have the highest probability of staying below normal, stated the IMD’s probabilistic outlook for Jan.The minimum temperature outlook, released on Thursday, shows a high probability of below-normal night temperatures over…
Pune: Ask Rajesh Ghawate (55) the secret behind not being involved in any accidents, even minor ones, in the last 25 years of his career as an MSRTC bus driver, and after a brief pause, he says there couldn’t be any secret.“If you firmly believe and trust right from the bottom of your heart that…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday credited late MLA Laxman Jagtap with playing a key role in Pimpri Chinchwad’s development over the past decade.“I can count more than 50 major projects, many of them either completed or currently under way, were initiated under his leadership. They will significantly change the city’s landscape once finished,”…
Pune: MP and BJP’s in-charge for civic polls in Pune district, Murlidhar Mohol, on Thursday criticised deputy CM Ajit Pawar-led NCP for backing women from the families of gangsters Bandu Andekar and Gajanan Marne in the upcoming Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election. “The Pune guardian minister (Ajit Pawar) talks about cracking down on criminals and…
Pune: A major fire broke out at a firecrackers shop at Tapkir Chowk in Kalewadi on Thursday evening. No one sustained injuries in the fire. As many as 10 fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone II) Vishal Gaikwad said that the fire broke out in the shop…
In 2024, voters in the city went to polling booths for two key elections in a row, alongside the rest of the country and state — the general elections and the assembly polls. During both sessions, climate change scientists worldwide were increasingly ringing alarm bells over various ecological developments. But ‘environment’ still remained conspicuously low…
Pune: The Dighi police are searching for a man who drove away with his employer’s car under the pretext of fitting a CNG kit. The incident happened in Oct this year at Dudulgaon. Despite repeated follow-ups, when the driver did not return the car, the owner on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Dighi police….
Pune: Bharat Waghmare’s son, Krushna, vanished from their Warje home in Pune one recent morning. Overwhelmed by worry, Waghmare visited a bustling vada-pav shop at Manikbaug on Sinhagad Road looking for Shivabhau Pasalkar.Waghmare had registered a missing person’s complaint with the Sinhagad Road police station before he approached Pasalkar who hangs around the stall.“My son…
Kolhapur: Adolescent girls in schools in rural areas can now find a safe facility in the pink room during their menstrual days that protects their privacy and keeps them informed about health and hygiene.A classroom in each school is painted pink with a bed, sanitary pad vending machine, disposal machine, water, a screen that educates…
When 30-year-old Haseeb Ali from Bihar’s Gaya district went missing two years ago, his family searched for him across railway stations and public places and even filed a missing complaint with the police. Their desperate wait ended almost four years later when they spotted his photograph in a national daily, published by a Pune-based NGO.“It…
