Indian Airlines has also announced changes in flight schedules with effect from October 26.

Flight IC 917/918, operating on the Chennai-Bangalore-Pune route, will henceforth operate between Bangalore-Pune and Pune-Bangalore only. The timings are:
IC 917 - departure from Bangalore 10.05 a.m., arrival at Pune 11.25 a.m.
IC 918 - Departure from Pune 12.10 p.m., arrival at Bangalore 1.35 p.m.

The frequency of this flight has been increased from thrice to four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
There is no change in timing and frequency of Delhi-Pune-Delhi flights.

SI dies in mishap
Bajirao Nana Patil, a 50-year-old sub inspector from Nagpur, was killed when his scooter hit a stationary truck at Shinde Vasti in Bibvewadi on Wednesday afternoon. Patil is survived by wife, two teenaged sons and a daughter.

Patil, who was on sick leave, was returning home after consulting a doctor at the Sassoon hospital. Patil suddenly lost control and hit the truck. Profusely bleeding Patil was rushed to a private hospital by passersby. He was shifted to another private hospital where he succumbed to injuries. Patil joined the Pune city police as a constable in 1970, was promoted as sub inspector and transferred to Nagpur one and a half month ago. He fell ill and had proceeded on sick leave. His body was handed over to his relatives after a post-mortem.