Mumbai: The government is funding research to develop electromagnetic radiation-based weapons that can immobilise targets without causing bodily harm and disperse crowds without firing a single bullet in the air or using a baton.

Mumbai: Upset with a decision of cancelling a meeting of the steering committee appointed to discuss modalities of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Sudhir Badami, city-based transport expert, has alleged that Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) is not taking it seriously. He also pointed out that MMRDA has not included the project on the important projects list.

Mumbai: Now, you can get rid of old electronic gadgets and gizmos in a safe, scientific way - and get paid for it.

Harshit Patel, a city-based entrepreneur, from Polytela e-Commerce Private Limited, has launched a first nation-wide service to collect e-waste free of cost.

Mumbai: Compared to the island city, more people stay in the suburbs and pay higher taxes to the municipal corporation. Yet, suburban residents get a smaller share of the water supplied by the civic body.

Mumbai: US energy major Westinghouse Electric is likely to sign a 'confidentiality' agreement for information sharing with the state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL) next week while another company GE prefers to wait till the 123 Agreement is fully implemented.

Sandeep AsharSaturday, January 17, 2009 2:33 IST Email

Mumbai: Mangroves were given the status of notified forests last year but this has not prevented their destruction. Among the few remaining patches of green that remain in the western suburbs, the mangrove cover between Gorai creek and Kanderpada, faces a new threat.

Mumbai: The state is all set to get its first leopard safari. Theforest department has decided to set up such safaris at three places in the state -- near Belwandi in Ahmednagar district, at Manikdoh in Pune district and at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.

Mumbai: The tanker lobby that operated in Mira Road, Bhayander and Vasai till a few years ago has now spread its tentacles to the western suburbs. Taking advantage of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) water crisis, tanker owners are doing brisk business.

Mumbai: Several senior government officials could be in legal trouble for permitting MLA Gopal Shetty of BJP to fill up a natural pond at Eksar Road in Borivili.

Mumbai: The state government has claimed to have increased power generation by 860 MW in the past one month. With this, they also claimed that load shedding in the rural and urban areas would be reduced by about an hour daily. However, activists have rubbished the claim and alleged that the government is diverting energy to select urban areas.