NASHIK: A 58-year-old woman became the latest victim of chain snatching in the city after she lost her gold chain worth Rs 62,000 in Upnagar area to two bike-borne suspects. The woman â Vaiishali Gursal, a resident of Moshi (Chinchwad in Pune) â has registered an offence against the unidentified suspects at Upnagar police station. According to police, Gursal had gone to buy groceries on Sunday evening and while she was walking home, the suspect duo targeted her. âThe bike-borne suspects came close to the woman and the one riding pillion snatched the gold chain worn by her before fleeing from the spot,â a police officer said.
PUNE: The Hadapsar police on Tuesday arrested a resident of Bibvewadi (42) for stealing gold rings from 12 jewellery shops in different parts of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad in the last two weeks. A team headed by senior police inspector Arvind Gokule arrested the woman in front of a jewellery shop in Hadapsar on Tuesday. During investigation, police recovered 12 stolen rings worth Rs6.23 lakh. With her arrest, the police solved jewellery theft complaints registered with the Faraskhana, Kothrud, Chinchwad, Chakan, Bhosari and Sahakarnagar police stations. Speaking about the womanâs modus operandi, Gokule said, âShe used to buy an imitation gold ring and put a tag on it. Sheâd visit a shop as a customer and demand a similar ring. She used to divert the salespersonâs attention and replace the original ring with the imitation ring.â
NASHIK: In just three days, the temperature in Nashik fell by 7.7 degrees to settle at 12.7 degrees celsius on Wednesday. Just a day earlier, the cityâs minimum was 13.4 degrees celsius, and it was relatively warmer at 20.4 degrees celsius past Sunday. According to the IMD officials, the sky will stay clear and the minimum temperature will be in the same range for the next two days. But starting Saturday, cloudy weather will return and the minimum temperature will increase 3 degrees. The maximum temperature on Wednesday was at 29.1 degrees celsius. Jalgaon, meanwhile, was the coldest city in the state with minimum temperature of 11 degrees celsius on Wednesday â a departure of 5 degrees from the normal. The maximum temperature of the city was 32 degrees celsius. The minimum temperature in Niphad, Nashikâs major grape belt, has declined by 10.5 degrees in the past three days. According to the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeethâs weather station, at its wheat research centre at Niphad, the minimum temperature was 11 degrees celsius on Wednesday. According to the grape farmers, temperatures below 7 degrees celsius can adversely affect the vineyards. However, the pruning of all the vineyards was completed by October. Therefore, the drop in temperature is not a matter of grave concern now. Meanwhile, with the drop in minimum temperature, many citizens have started early morning walks. Jogging tracks in Nashik city have seen a rise in daily footfall over the past few days.
PUNE: Shivajinagar was the coldest place in Maharashtra on Tuesday at 12.7°C â three notches below the normal minimum temperature. Popular hill station Mahabaleshwar at 14.1°C was even warmer than the city. The minimum temperature in Lohagaon was 12.7°C, a degree below normal. Jalgaon in north Maharashtra and Gondia in Vidarbha recorded the minimum temperature of 13°C each. In the Marathwada region, Aurangabad was the coldest place at 13.6°C, while Nashik in Madhya Maharashtra, which also includes Pune, recorded a minimum temperature of 13.4°C. âNight temperatures across Maharashtra dropped from Monday under the influence of the northerly wind entering the state. The night temperatures will remain below the normal level by one or two degrees till November 13,â said a senior official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune. From November 14, the night temperature of the city was expected to rise by 1-2°C, with partly cloudy conditions in the evening hours, said the official. âA weather system is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal from November 13. Under its influence, the southeasterly wind will bring moisture over the state. It will ultimately result in the formation of cloudy conditions. There is also a chance of light rainfall in some parts of the state on November 15. The night temperatures are likely to increase from November 14 due to these conditions,â the official said. The cityâs winter season usually prevails between November and January. The night temperature remains in the range of 10-15°C. The city had experienced warmer nights because of the light rainfall in the evening hours last week. A Met official said, âWe have noticed variations in the minimum temperatures in the Chinchwad and Magarpatta weather stations.â Another IMD official said, âThe minimum temperatures were recorded in the range of 16-19°C. We do not know the exact reason behind the variations in the temperature at these stations.â
