South Mumbai garden gets solar powered bulbs
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) B ward has installed 40 torch-like solar powered bulbs imported from Taiwan in Sitaram Shenoy Garden near Sandhurst Road. The bulb is covered with a net
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) B ward has installed 40 torch-like solar powered bulbs imported from Taiwan in Sitaram Shenoy Garden near Sandhurst Road. The bulb is covered with a net
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday directed that a report by a two-member committee appointed to check allegations of ecological damage by developers of Nahar Amrit Shakti township in Chandivli be placed
“We are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire. But, it was a minor fire, and people need not worry. Our teams have managed to get the fire under control,” said Chief Fire Officer Prabhat Rahangdale.
In case of violation, the manufacturers and users will have to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has imposed a complete ban on plastic carry bags and thermocol cutlery, becoming
The maximum temperature recorded for Sunday was 33.2 degrees, at par with the normal average for March. Mumbai: The city witnessed a dip in the air quality on Sunday with Mumbai’s Air Quality Index
MUMBAI: A 500-acre sprawl of privately-held land in Goregaon (W) has had no mangroves since 2006, says a state panel tasked to determine if the site was reclaimed and mangroves destroyed. The panel took
<p>Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have become a serious problem worldwide as they incur losses of around 2% of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). RTAs are one of the major causes of death and
Rally for Rivers, launched last year as a movement to rejuvenate India’s rivers through riverside plantation, has entered the implementation phase with two states, Maharashtra and Karnataka, coming on
Nagpur: While the state is gearing up to take on lung tuberculosis (TB) using all its infrastructure and free of cost for patients, there is no clarity whether the private doctors, who too are a part of
As many as 1,306 hospitals, clinics and laboratories are registered to notify TB cases with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), but from January till March this year, only eight hospitals have reported
MUMBAI: When it is tuberculosis, one prescription doesn't fit all patients. Government-run programmes offer the same medicines to all patients with drug-resistant TB, but an intervention by Hinduja Hospital,
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Commissioner Aurangabad Municipal Corporation Vs Vijay Laxmanrao Dak & Others dated 23/03/2018 regarding solid waste management in Aurangabad,
MUMBAI: Rafiq, a shoe salesman from Govandi, is one of 4,000-odd TB patients in Mumbai with the worrisome drugresistant form of the disease. But what makes the 26-year-old special is that he is among a
Nagpur: The data of groundwater levels in Maharashtra does not come as happy news on World Water Day. The Nagpur-based Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)’s figures show that in around 50% area of the state,
Nagpur: In almost all the districts of the state, nitrate pollution has become a major threat to groundwater. It is believed to cause blue baby syndrome. The monitored data by Central Ground Water Board
As many as 26 cases across 11 states show that forest land is being acquired by the government for development projects like mining and dams by forging consent of tribespeople or by ignoring it, according
India became the first country in the world to run a national tobacco control campaign with the launch of 'Cough' on World No Tobacco Day in 2017. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) relaunched
Forest Minister says local trustees usurped land with Mantralaya’s support The State government has announced the formation of a 10-member panel to launch an investigation into the illegal conversion
PUNE: Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal’s first ever ruling came as a relief to home buyers who have purchased apartments or bungalows in the Lavasa township. The tribunal on Thursday set aside
The BJP needs to think beyond farm loan waivers to address intensifying rural unrest. (Editorial)