Short News Bulletins
The short news from the moving line on the home page, date-wise, newest first. Pick a date in the calendar to see that day. See all news stories.
- PMC appoints 17 officers to speed up mosquito control. Report mosquito breeding spots to your ward office.
- PMC school headmasters complete a workshop on leadership and using digital classrooms.
- PMRDA seminar for industry and colleges on automated logistics and supply chains, at the Auto Cluster Exhibition Centre.
- Diwali shopping: SCGT UdyogDindi and Diwali Expo at Mahalaxmi Lawns, with home decor, crafts and festive buys.
- Food and Agri Mahotsav opens at the Agriculture College Ground, with 90+ stalls of organic produce, millet foods and farm ideas.
- Food and Agri Expo (Food Mahotsav) with over 90 stalls of organic produce and healthy food opens in Pune next week.
- Pune Airport holds its yearly bomb threat mock drill to test emergency readiness. Nothing to worry about.
- Someshwar Sugar Factory pays ₹60.11 crore to member cane farmers and workers ahead of Diwali.
- Balewadi: PMC closes the waste collection and sorting shed on the service road opposite Balewadi Stadium after residents complained.
- SonicWall opens a new office in Pune and plans 400 engineering jobs in AI, cloud and cybersecurity.
- PCMC officials and staff to give one day's salary, about ₹2 crore, to the CM relief fund for drought-hit people.
- Maharashtra-Goa SET 2026 held on 25 October: 92,525 candidates appeared at 294 centres in 18 cities.
- Dengue: free tests at all PMC dispensaries and free treatment at Dr. Naidu Hospital, Baner. Do not let water collect at home.
- Kojagiri Purnima: PMC gardens open 6 am to 11 am and 4 pm to midnight on Sunday, 25 October.
- MahaRERA clears 435 new housing projects in Maharashtra, and 140 of them are in Pune district.
- Koregaon Park traffic relief ahead: PMC gets defence land clearance to widen North Main Road.
- Coolest nights of the season so far: Shivajinagar dipped to 18.5°C and NDA to 16.8°C. Winter is on its way.
- Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro Line 3: the PM's Pune visit has been postponed, so the opening date is uncertain. 16 November is only a probable date.
- PMC runs a dengue prevention drive in housing societies. Do not let water collect in pots, tyres or coolers.
- Better water supply and drainage planned for the newly merged villages, with help from the Asian Development Bank.
- PMC tells contractors to speed up building and repairing cycle tracks on main roads.
- PMC trains its engineers on new road asset and project monitoring systems (RAMS and MIS).
- One-way traffic plan proposed on five main roads in Chakan MIDC to speed up goods movement.
- Monsoon has fully withdrawn from Pune district; mornings are getting warmer.
- Vehicle registrations at Pune RTO are 25.6% lower this festive season than last year.
- Pune Railway Station stops the sale of open tea, coffee and cooked food at grocery stalls on platforms, for food safety.
- Purandar airport: more than 96% of landowners have given consent for land, with direct compensation.
- Chakan MIDC gets a ₹1,400-crore plan: 78 km of road repairs and 500 electric feeder buses.
- PMRDA finalises the design of a ₹300-crore double-decker flyover in Hinjawadi IT Park to ease peak-hour traffic.
- PMC asks PMRDA to finish repairs, median work and cleaning on Ganeshkhind Road before the international cycling event.
- Travelling for the festival? Private buses from Pune have raised long-distance fares by 20 to 25%. Book early.
- PMPML depots to get better power supply, new boundary walls and maintenance bays before 2,500 new buses join the fleet.
- District Collector directs Rapido to stop its bike-taxi service in Pune, as it has no licence for it.
- FDA suspends the food licences of five Domino's Pizza outlets in Pune and Kolhapur over hygiene lapses.
- Water cut likely: a 20% cut from Khadakwasla and 10% from Pavana dam is being considered as the drought review nears completion. Use water carefully.
- Godrej Wealth opens its wealth management services in Pune.
- Land surveys for the HCMTR and the inner ring road to be completed by 30 October.
- Pune office leasing up 18% to 8.8 million sq ft in the first nine months of 2026, the best since 2018.
- IIM Mumbai to study Pune's traffic and suggest long-term solutions.
- PMC starts a night blood check drive across Pune to stop filariasis early; cooperate with the health teams.
- ARAI Pune becomes the first in India to offer full-range cybersecurity testing for vehicles.
- ESIC Medical College in Pune gets approval for 50 more MBBS seats.