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Pune shivers at 9.4degC as Shivajinagar logs first single-digit minimum of the season

India, Nov. 19 -- The city witnessed a sharp spell of November chill on Tuesday as the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Shivajinagar observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 9.4degC, marki... Read More


Centre approves birth control plan for leopards in Maharashtra

India, Nov. 18 -- PUNESeventeen months after the Maharashtra government submitted a proposal for a leopard birth control programme, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) gran... Read More


Ahead of Kumbh, minister orders intensifying human-leopard conflict mitigation in Nashik, Ahilyanagar

India, Nov. 18 -- Ahead of the Kumbh festival which is expected to bring lakhs of devotees to Nashik, the state government has moved to ramp up efforts to check human-leopard conflict in the region. M... Read More


Pune logs season's 1st single-digit minimum temp as cold wave grips Maharashtra

India, Nov. 18 -- Pune witnessed a sharp spell of November chill on Tuesday as the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Shivajinagar observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 9.4degC - the seas... Read More


Falling rock hits woman trekker on Rajgad Fort, causes head injury

India, Nov. 17 -- A 38-year-old woman sustained a head injury on Sunday after a loose stone - dislodged during a scuffle between monkeys - fell on her while she was descending Rajgad Fort in Pune dist... Read More


Unusual peace among Junnar leopards sparks scientific curiosity

India, Nov. 17 -- Despite a sharp rise in the leopard population, reports of territorial fights in the Junnar landscape remain unusually low. The pattern has prompted forest officials and scientists t... Read More


Leopard shot dead in Ahilyanagar, shoot-at-sight order issued for another big cat after fresh attack on child

India, Nov. 17 -- Even as a leopard believed to have killed at least two persons was shot dead in Ahilyanagar Saturday night after it charged at a team of forest officers during an ongoing search oper... Read More


Pune city records 10.6degC; coldwave alert issued for Marathwada

India, Nov. 17 -- The city recorded its coldest morning of the season on Sunday, with temperature dipping to 10.6 degrees Celsius, which was below normal by 4.8 degrees Celsius. According to the India... Read More


Court allows capture of elephant Omkar, orders temporary translocation to Guj

Pune, Nov. 16 -- A court in Kolhapur has permitted the capture of the wild elephant Omkar in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, and allowed his temporary relocation to the Radha Krishna Temple Elephant... Read More


Kolhapur court orders elephant 'Omkar' to be temporarily moved to Vantara

India, Nov. 15 -- A court in Kolhapur has permitted the capture of the wild elephant Omkar in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, and allowed his temporary relocation to the Radha Krishna Temple Elephan... Read More