Maharashtra cabinet decides to ban plastic
All the small and medium-scale industries and big industries which are involved in plastic businesses would be provided an adequate time frame to switch over to alternative modes of businesses. The
All the small and medium-scale industries and big industries which are involved in plastic businesses would be provided an adequate time frame to switch over to alternative modes of businesses. The
The order was passed after the state government stated in an affidavit that out of 25 gram panchayats in the area, 13 have a forest area of 3,668.81 hectares and 22 gram panchayats are ready to declare
The Bombay High Court has warned all major municipal corporations of issuing contempt of court if they fail to abide by the court's directions over granting permission to construct pandals during festivals.
The Fly Ash Council, chaired by Chief Secretary Sumit Mallick, told Mahagenco to work out the commercials of providing fly ash for free. ALMOST A year after the Maharashtra government adopted the Fly
Nagpur: For the first time in the country, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is conducting security audit of 25 tiger reserves, including the four in Vidarbha. NTCA has assigned the task of
MUMBAI: As many as six forest fires were reported in Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Thane ranges since Tuesday evening. “A total of six forest fires were reported on Tuesday, including a major blaze at
France’s EDF Group hopes that the terms of the deal to build a nuclear power plant in Jaitapur will be finalised by December 2018. EDF and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd signed an Industrial
With temperatures already having crossed 40 degree Celsius in some places in Maharashtra, health authorities have circulated a list of standard responses to heat-related medical emergencies to all the
PUNE: The Pune region has the maximum number of industrial units in the state with alarmingly high pollution index (PI). scanner Nearly 4,826 units in the Pune region, including Pune, Satara and Solapur
The health department has finally acted upon and collected water samples from Asola village, where kidney failures are reported to be endemic. The water will be tested at the state government lab in Pune
NAGPUR: The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) and an European agency are being engaged by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for providing technical support in its proposed
MUMBAI: Braving the heat and blisters on their feet after covering a distance of 180km on foot over five days, protesting farmers from across Maharashtra reached the city on Sunday. They decided to converge
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/03/2018 regarding declaration of Matheran land in Maharashtra as an eco-sensitive
An auction to award 500 MW of wind power contracts in Maharashtra on Tuesday saw tariffs firming up, breaking a streak of plummeting prices for electricity generated from the renewable energy source.
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has made it clear that it has a number of questions that the state has to answer on its decision to hand over 33 hectares in Aarey Colony for a metro car shed. Expressing
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has told the civic administration to conduct an inquiry into alleged lapses in the tree census, under way in the city for the past two years. Shivajinagar MLA Vijay
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Fundkar said the government would not hesitate in filing FIRs against seed companies in this regard. About 83 per cent of the farm land under cotton cultivation
The Economic Survey of Maharashtra is a concerted endeavor of Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning Department, which is prepared every year and the same is presented in the Budget Session
Deaths of farmers and farm labourers caused by pesticide poisoning in Maharashtra might have grabbed public attention outside the state only last year after the Yavatmal incidents but the danger has been
MUMBAI: Fishermen groups in Mumbai have opposed the site shortlisted for the proposed Shivaji memorial once again. They said that the site for the project is a marine habitat and a breeding ground for