Pune

Pune: A recent study conducted by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) on 130 postgraduate medical students has underscored a critical shift in healthcare thinking: emotions are not peripheral to health; they are foundational.For decades, medical studies have recognised that emotional state influences stress regulation, behaviour, and long-term health outcomes, with chronic emotional dysregulation…

Pune: The district administration and Public Works Department (PWD) will expand the Pune Grand Tour, the international cycling event, by increasing the road network from the current 437km to nearly 1,500km.Pune collector Jitendra Dudi told TOI that the UCI 2.2-level Pune Grand Tour, hosted in India for the first time, will now be made an…

Pune: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) launched phase 2 of Shaniwarwada’s audio guide on Saturday at the historic fort complex. The new phase expanded the existing audio guide with location-specific narration across the monument and introduced Indian Sign Language (ISL) video interpretation for visitors. Officials said the second phase has been developed under the supervision…

Pune: A 73-year-old morning walker died after she was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle on Pashan Road around 6am on Saturday. Police identified the woman as Asha Patil, a resident of Abhimanshree Society. Her son Atul (52), who works in a prominent company in Mumbai, lodged a complaint with the Chatushrungi police station later…

Pune: Maharashtra State Sainik Welfare Department has decided to grant monthly assistance of Rs 10,000 as immediate financial relief to families of soldiers who lay down their lives in the line of duty. The bereaved families will get this help until they start receiving a pension from the Ministry of Defence (MoD).The decision was taken…

Pune: The city is set to witness a gradual increase in minimum temperatures over the next few days, bringing an end to the chill that marked much of Jan, said officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).Meteorologists have forecast that the city’s minimum temperatures would rise by 2° to 4°.Shivajinagar is likely to record minimum…

Pune: One more long weekend, another toil for commuters on Pune-Mumbai Expressway.The long Republic Day weekend triggered massive traffic jams on the “speed corridor”, particularly in the ghat sections, from Friday night. Google Maps’ images shared by commuters showed it took them nearly two hours to cover a 12km stretch near Khopoli. A few shared…

Pune: Large stretches of the Indrayani river near Alandi are covered with thick white toxic foam since the last several weeks and dead fish have been found floating along the banks in a grim indicator of rising pollution levels.It has left residents as well as environmental groups furious with the “prolonged lethargy and empty assurances”…

Pune: The Khadak police have registered a case of rioting and assault against six men and their accomplices from Lohiyanagar for allegedly beating up Shantanu Kamble (30), the brother of a newly elected corporator, around 3pm on Thursday.Kamble, later in the night, lodged a complaint against the six men and their unidentified accomplices. Pune Headlines…

Pune: Formed 50,000 years ago, India’s only basaltic meteor impact crater — a geological marvel that scientists study as a rare terrestrial mirror for Mars — is currently being threatened by an unprecedented influx of fresh water. A designated Ramsar wetland in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district, the Lonar lake has historically maintained a chemistry so extreme…