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A third child death in just over two months was reported in the Junnar forest division after an eight-year-old boy was mauled by a leopard in Mangrul Pargaon (Representational). (File)

Leopard kills 8-year-old boy in Pune's Junnar, third child fatality in region within 2 months

December 16, 2025 11:13 am

Previous incidents involved the deaths of two other children and an elderly man, leading to public outrage and protests against increasing leopard attacks in the Junnar area.

13-yr-old boy killed in leopard attack in Pune village; mob sets forest dept office, vehicle on fire

November 06, 2025 3:56 pm

Fifth death in incidents of human-leopard conflict in Pune district this year, victims children or elderly.

Ganesh idol processions and rituals were held Saturday when a large number of devotees immersed Ganpati idols in various water bodies, including rivers, streams, wells, reservoirs and artificial tanks.

2 drown, 3 missing during Ganesh idol immersion in Pune district

September 07, 2025 4:51 pm

The incidents occurred during the immersion of Ganesh idols at various water bodies in the Chakan and Junnar areas of the Pune district.

Labourer knocked down by school bus in Sus, dies

August 24, 2025 9:34 pm

Police said Kamble left his house on Saturday morning for work. Later, a school bus, which was getting out of the parking space in front of the Teerth Avila society in Sus, knocked down Kamble, around 9 am.

The Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune, is set to get a 30-lakh-litre overhead water tank after facing water shortages.

After GBS outbreak, Pune civic body may face water shortage as Maharashtra govt seeks dues

February 16, 2025 11:23 am

The water resources department will reduce the water supply to the PMC from February 25 onwards if the dues are not paid.

The incident occurred in a ready-to-eat food preparation unit at Bhandgaon, located around 60 km from Pune, an officer from Yavat police station under the Pune rural jurisdiction said. AMMONIA GAS LEAK

17 hospitalised after ammonia gas leak at food processing company in Pune district

August 08, 2024 10:43 pm

The incident occurred on Wednesday at a ready-to-eat food preparation unit in Bhandgaon.

Against All Odds: She lost her brother to alcoholism but rid her village of scourge of hooch

March 04, 2024 7:48 am

Led by Shantabai Varave, wiping away the stigma related to mental health is the next challenge the women of Tikona village have taken up.

2 motorcyclists die, 3 others hurt in Saswad road crash

November 05, 2023 3:34 pm

One bike with 4 riders lost control and collided with the other vehicle on Saswad-Parinche Road; all 5 individuals had not been wearing helmets at the time of the incident.

2 boys killed in separate road accidents in Pune district; 6-year-old dragged for 500 m after car hits two-wheeler

August 12, 2023 5:39 pm

In Pimpri Chinchwad’s Kalewadi area, an unidentified vehicle knocked down an 11-year-old boy on the Empire Estate Bridge at around 8 pm Thursday.

In Pune, a housing federation helps societies tackle chronic defaulters

April 29, 2022 8:39 am

Payment of maintenance charges was one of the fundamental duties of society members, said Suhas Patwardhan, chairman of the federation. Without timely payment of these charges, no society can function as it is the primary source of income for them, he added.