Bulk orders from housing societies, offices, and corporate clients are also driving demand, with customers showing a strong interest in assorted faral hampers for gifting Pune: Diwali faral orders have started picking up in the city as households prepare for the festive season, with demand rising for traditional snacks such as chakli, chivda, ladoos, karanji,…
Completely dry well in Georai tehsil of Beed district. Motor pumps can be seen at its bottom Pune: Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) will expand its network of observation wells and shift to submitting assessment reports monthly instead of quarterly, amid concerns that a prolonged drinking-water shortage could fuel panic and social tensions in…
MD’s latest extended-range forecast stated that conditions were expected to become favourable for the complete withdrawal of the southwest monsoon during Oct 15-21 Pune: The southwest monsoon is likely to withdraw from the entire country around Oct 15, potentially marking one of its earliest exits in recent years, even as the northeast monsoon establishes itself…
Higher temperatures and the impact of drought on farmers pushed up the power demand Pune: Maharashtra’s peak electricity use was at 32,389 MW on Oct 8, higher by 25% compared to last year, and the highest demand this month was on Oct 7 at 32,507 MW on account of higher temperatures and the impact of…
An AI-generated illustration of a loudspeaker Pune: A city-based citizens’ forum, Loudspeaker Virodhi Punekar Manch, has scheduled a protest at 5pm near the Jhansi Rani statue on Balgandharva Rangmandir Chowk on Sunday to demand action against alleged noise norms violations during Ganeshotsav.The forum has sought the release of noise-level measurement records, complaints about norm violations,…
Pune: The second leg of Run for Unity Marathon will be held in the city on Nov 1.MP Muralidhar Mohol on Saturday said over 40,000 people are expected to participate in the run in various categories, while declaring the details of the event. “Last year around 25,000 people had registered for the event; however, this…
Pune: A fire broke out in the 22nd-floor flat at Balewadi on Saturday evening. There were no casualties but the furniture and electronic goods were destroyed.Station fire officer Shivaji Memane said the fire broke out around 4.30 pm. “We received an emergency call at 4.35 pm when residents of the building spotted flames coming out…
Indian currency notes of different values Pune: Narhe police arrested a farmer from Solapur district for allegedly duping a 65-year-old trustee of an educational trust of ₹87 lakh by promising a ₹50 crore low-interest loan between Dec 2023 and June.When the trustee, whose trust runs educational institutes in the Narhe and Sinhagad Road areas, demanded…
IMD data showed that the day’s maximum temperature at Shivajinagar was 4° above normal Pune: Shivajinagar on Saturday logged a maximum temperature of 35.9°C, making it the city’s hottest Oct day since 2003. The last time temperature was highest during the month was on Oct 7, 2002, when the station recorded 36.9°C.According to weather experts…
Indian currency notes for representational purposes Pune: A 30-year-old transsexual person filed a complaint on Friday with Kothrud police, stating that nine transgender people assaulted and threatened the person with religious conversion.The accused also robbed the complainant of Rs 6.7 lakh on Friday.Kothrud police have registered a case under the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act,…
