India, Oct. 25 -- Shirur tehsil is once again in shock after a leopard attack claimed the life of a 70-year-old woman from Jambut village on October 22. The incident comes less than two weeks after a ... Read More
India, Oct. 22 -- The city's air quality remained in the 'moderate' category on the main Diwali day (Lakshmi puja day), offering some relief this year after the 'poor' air quality levels recorded in p... Read More
India, Oct. 19 -- Ahead of Diwali, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) conducted noise level tests on firecrackers on October 16 near its River Ghat office in Pune. The tests, conducted fro... Read More
India, Oct. 17 -- After a period of consistently 'moderate' air quality, as measured by pollution monitoring stations across Pune, the city witnessed a brief spell of cleaner air on October 16 with th... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- In view of the increasing number of leopard attacks resulting in human deaths and injuries in Shirur tehsil, the forest department is planning to establish a dedicated leopard rescue... Read More
India, Oct. 15 -- Acting on directives from the Supreme Court, the Pune Forest Department will launch a field survey on October 15 to identify reserved forest land currently in the possession of the R... Read More
India, Oct. 15 -- In its latest 'World Heritage Outlook' report released on October 11, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - an international organisation working in the field o... Read More
India, Oct. 14 -- In the wake of rising human-leopard conflict in sugarcane-growing regions of Maharashtra, the state sugar commissioner has directed all cooperative and private sugar mills to immedia... Read More
India, Oct. 14 -- The southwest monsoon completely withdrew from remaining parts of Maharashtra by Monday, three days later than its normal withdrawal date of October 10. Meanwhile, the India Meteorol... Read More
PUNE, Oct. 13 -- A five-year-old girl, Shivanya Bombe, died in a leopard attack Sunday morning in the Pimparkhed village of Shirur tehsil, one of the hotspots for the human-leopard conflict in Pune di... Read More