Pune: In a first-of-its kind sighting, a lone dhole or endangered Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus) was recently spotted near Panshet. The sighting was reported by Dr Sonali Shinde, head of the department of biodiversity and environmental science at Maharashtra Education Society’s Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, when she was on a field trip in the…
Pune: Frustrated by persistent traffic congestion and stalled road projects, industrialists and residents of Chakan have decided to march from Chakan to the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) office in Akurdi on Oct 9. Organised by the Traffic Free Chakan Kruti Samiti, the protest will run from 9am to noon, culminating in a meeting…
Pune: If this year’s prolonged monsoon and the endless overcast skies have made it feel like the sun has gone missing, there is data to back up the impression.In a new study by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and India Meteorological Department (IMD), among others, scientists have found that…
Pune: After a bright, sunny start to Wednesday, parts of the city witnessed sudden thundershowers in the evening, which India Meteorological Department (IMD) described as convective rains — showers triggered by intense surface heating. According to IMD’s evening observations, Lohegaon recorded 20mm of rainfall, followed by Shivajinagar (12.2mm), Magarpatta (12mm) and Chinchwad (3.5mm). High relative…
Pune: District collector and magistrate Jitendra Dudi has issued orders banning movement of heavy vehicles during peak hours on the Katraj Bypass Road from Oct 15 to ease congestion and ensure smooth traffic flow. The restriction remains in force until further orders.Heavy vehicles will not be allowed from Katraj to Kiwale between 8am and 11am,…
Pune: The Wagholi police on Tuesday registered a case against four members of a family in Baramati on the charge of duping a director of a prominent educational institute in Pune of over Rs140 crore between 2022 and 2024.The victim (40) filed a complaint with the economic offences wing of the Pune police. After preliminary…
Pune: Nearly a decade after a Deccan College team dug beneath a village schoolyard in Pachamta in Rajasthan, their findings have rewritten what was known about early political life in Chalcolithic India — a period that bridged the Stone and Bronze Ages. The results of the 2014-16 rescue excavation, now published in the 2025 issue…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shekhar Singh was on Tuesday transferred and appointed as the commissioner for the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik. Maha Metro managing director Shravan Hardikar, who served as the civic chief between 2017 and 2021, was given temporary charge of the municipal corporation till a new appointment is made, a state…
Pune: Around 300 flyers on two IndiGo flights — Delhi to Pune and Pune to Delhi — faced significant delays and frustration on Monday, with passengers of Delhi-Pune flight enduring a three-hour wait inside the aircraft before deboarding.The Delhi-Pune flight (6E-2132), scheduled to take off from Delhi at 1:35 pm and land in Pune by…
Pune: Confusion continues to prevail for commuters when it comes to cab fares for rides in the city. Just days ago, the Indian Gig Workers Front had revised fare for cabs working with Uber, Ola, and Rapido according to various categories of four-wheelers. But now, the Pune regional transport office (RTO) has asked all three…
