MPCB issues notice to Loni Kalbhor Gram Panchayat after fire at dumping site

India, March 2 -- The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued formal notice to the Loni Kalbhor Gram Panchayat after an onsite inspection carried out on Sunday, March 1, following a mass... Read More

Water hyacinth chokes river in Pune's Mundhwa area as civic bodies play blame game

India, Feb. 28 -- A thick layer of water hyacinth has covered the Mundhwa stretch of the Mula-Mutha river. Officials claim the crisis is fueled by hyacinth flowing downstream from areas managed by the... Read More

Clean chit for RESQ Charitable Trust in foreign volunteer inquiry

India, Feb. 27 -- The Maharashtra forest department has cleared Pune-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) RESQ Charitable Trust of violating wildlife laws following a complaint over alleged invol... Read More

With no in-house veterinary officers, Maha forest department leans on NGOs to run rescue centres

India, Feb. 24 -- Even as the Maharashtra forest department moves ahead with plans to establish new rescue and transit treatment centres (TTCs) across 11 forest circles, it continues to grapple with a... Read More

Monkey rescued from warehouse in Talegaon MIDC

India, Feb. 24 -- A monkey that had disrupted activity in the Talegaon Dabhade MIDC area for over a week was captured from a Flipkart warehouse on Saturday during a joint rescue operation conducted by... Read More

NGT continues stay on Tapovan tree felling till April 6

India, Feb. 24 -- The western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has extended the stay on tree felling in Nashik's Tapovan area until April 6. The order, uploaded on February 23, follows a rec... Read More

Pune records second-highest February minimum temperature since 2015 at 19.2degC

India, Feb. 23 -- On Sunday, February 22, 2026, Shivajinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 19.2degC, marking the second-highest February minimum temperature since 2015 when a minimum temperature o... Read More

Forest dept. records 80 fresh ownership claims following SC ruling

India, Feb. 23 -- After the Supreme Court (SC) on November 8, 2025, struck down a 2018 judgement of the Bombay high court (HC) treating several privately-owned lands in Maharashtra as 'private forests... Read More

IITM Pune to set up climate observation station in Bikaner

India, Feb. 22 -- The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, will establish a dedicated climate observation station in Bikaner as part of the Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON),... Read More

For first time this year, mercury crosses 35degC in Lohegaon, Koregaon Park

India, Feb. 21 -- In an indication of an early onset of summer, the maximum temperature crossed the 35degC mark for the first time this year at two monitoring stations in the city on Friday. Koregaon ... Read More

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