2.6 lakh similar EPIC numbers weeded out: Election Commission | Pune News

Pune: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has resolved a nearly two-decade-old legacy issue involving similar Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers, weeding out approximately 2.6 lakh duplicate cards from the electoral database across the country.The exercise, which involved scrutinising records of over 99 crore electors across 10.5 lakh polling stations in all 4,123 assembly…

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Housing federation pushes for series of changes in revised society by-laws | Pune News

Pune: From EV-ready parking provisions and streamlined redevelopment rules to digital governance and pet policies, Maharashtra State Co-operative Housing and Apartment Federation has submitted a fresh set of demands to be incorporated in the upcoming model bye-laws 2025 for cooperative housing societies. These demands have been placed before a state-appointed committee headed by the cooperation…

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Two new millipede species discovered in Western Ghats regions of Maharashtra and Kerala | Pune News

PUNE: Two new species of millipedes have been added to India’s arthropod diversity after their discovery in Western Ghats regions, namely Karad in Maharashtra and in Kerala.The discovery of the two species — named Polydrepanum xiphosum and Polydrepanum spinatum — by a team of Indian scientists was published in the New Zealand-based journal Zootaxa on…

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