Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
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Stop all river bed work: Pune activists
Emboldened by the interim stay order issued by the Bombay high court on Thursday against construction by civic bodies on river beds, activists in Pune have demanded an immediate cessation of all work related to river bed improvement and storm water drainage. Right to information (RTI) activist, Vijay Kumbhar, issued a notice to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Saturday, asking for immedi
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Mumbai Metro link over Andheri station may be completed ahead of schedule
If the officials of the Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) are to be believed, the work of the crucial part of the 11-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro line- which is construction of the 183 metre Rail Over Bridge (RoB)
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Rs 450 crore package soon for Jaitapur affected
<p>A new compensation package totalling over Rs450 crore for people affected by the Jaitapur nuclear power project is expected to be announced soon.
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Maharashtra govt clears decks for kidney transplants
The decks have been cleared for kidney transplants in Pune after a decision by the state government to issue a letter to hospitals across the state promising to provide two state government nominees to authorise all transplants. Transplants had been suspended in city hospitals since April 1.An amendment in the Human Organ Transplant Act in June 2008 had made it mandatory for the presence of two
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Make license conditions of hookah joints tougher, high court tells BMC
Cracking whip against errant hookah parlours in the city, Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to incorporate the rules under `Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act' (COTPA) in the license agreements. With this, the BMC will have the power to revoke the license if a hookah parlour violates COTPA rules. The division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Sha
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Fear of catastrophe should not hinder Jaitapur project: Sharad Pawar
Criticising the staunch opposition to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today said that development activities cannot be stopped in fear of natural calamities. "One has to see how to overcome natural calamities. It is wrong to stop forces of development. We have not stopped construction of houses because of earthquakes.
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Maharashtra govt prosecutes 2 anti-Jaitapur activists
Maharashtra government has informed Bombay high court that it has initiated criminal prosecution against two activists, including a retired high court judge, protesting against the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant for violating restrain orders. The high court is hearing a petition filed by the retired judge BG Kolse Patil and social activist Vaishali Patil challenging the restrain order pa
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Maharashtra power plants slip on green parameters: CAG
Maharashtra's promise to get rid of load-shedding in the state by 2012 may remain only on paper in the absence of proper planning to tide over the 5000 MW power deficit, the government auditor has said. Moreover, the electricity generated by a number of its thermal power plants also falls short on various environment parameters, it said. The performance audit on power generation activities i
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City's rainwater harvesting scheme a non-starter
Rainwater harvesting has hardly any takers in the city. So far, only 2,370 new buildings in Mumbai have adopted the scheme. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in October 2002, had made the implementation of the rainwater harvesting system mandatory for all new constructions.
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Big cats need not spell big trouble
Utter silence within the group. So silent you could hear a pin drop, yes, even in the long grass swaying on the plains of Masai Mara, Africa, where we were. On a safari there a few years ago, the wait to spot a leopard was excruciating