Pune: Residents are likely to experience a gradual rise in minimum temperatures as the city heads into the New Year, after a run of single-digit chilly mornings through Dec. The minimum temperatures are expected to climb by nearly two degrees over the next few days, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD). Its forecast for Pune…
Pune: Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe said on Thursday that irrespective of the final talks about seat sharing with BJP, her party candidates would begin filing nominations for the upcoming Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections from Dec 29.She told reporters: “We have given a list of 35 candidates to BJP for seat sharing. Talks are…
Pune: The PWD has set Dec 31 deadline to complete road works across Maval, Mulshi, Bhor, Velhe, Saswad, Purandar and Haveli talukas for the Pune Grand Challenge Tour — India’s first professional multi-stage cycling event — scheduled from January 19 to 23 next year.Pune collector Jitendra Dudi told TOI that the administration had been following…
Pune: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has sent notices to real estate developers Reyaansh Logistics, Gera Projects, Godrej Properties and Pegassus Properties to reduce air and sound pollution in the Megapolis area of Hinjewadi IT park.Area residents had raised several complaints with the industrial authority regarding improperly covered and overloaded trucks carrying earth and…
Pune: A 43-year-old debt-ridden resident of Akurdi ended his life on Tuesday by jumping into the Indrayani river in Maval. Members of Shivdurga Mitra, Lonavla, and Wanyajeev Rakshak, Maval, carried out a search operation in the river and traced the body. A case of accidental death was registered with the Wadgaon Maval police. Pune Headlines…
Pune: Two criminals on police records were arrested on Wednesday and two country-made pistols were recovered from them in Warje Malwadi.Acting on a tip-off, a Bavdhan police team led by assistant police inspector Ashok Dongre took the duo, Omkar Jagtap (19) and Ram Waghmare (23), both from Warje Malwadi. Police constable Arun Narale of the…
Pune: The Bombay high court on Jan 8 will hear a public interest litigation seeking implementation of the Maharashtra Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks Act, 2017, even as lift safety in the state continues to be governed by rules framed in 1958.Activist Mohammed Afzal filed the PIL which said that although the 2017 law was…
Pune: Koregaon Park-based couple Sanjana and Rohit Dholke, both HR professionals, have cancelled their plan to ring in the New Year at their favourite beach in Goa this year. Instead, the couple will simply head to a friend’s home in Lonavla. “We have made it a point to be at Benaulim Beach in South Goa…
Pune: Govt’s initiative to promote e-buses is expected to face a setback as the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) hopes to expand its fleet with an additional 8,000 diesel buses next year.Senior officials said the state transport body has received only 600 of 5,150 e-buses so far, and they do not know when these…
Pune: Your mango milkshake, summer salad, mustard tadka and biryani masala all have one thing in common—their fate rests on the wings of bees. Across farms, bee populations are vanishing and silently taking with them the future of pollination for onions, mangoes, apples, mustard and melons.The decline in bee population, driven by pesticides, monoculture, habitat…
