They're a soft target for terrorists. Yet, shockingly, the four massive, 85-km-long pipelines that carry almost 80 per cent of the 563 million gallons of water Mumbai consumes every day are monitored

The Vasai-Virar belt saw its first dengue casualties this monsoon when Merde villagers and relatives Vilas (35) and Kailash Naik (20) died of suspected dengue at Alliance Hospital, Nallasopara,

The Maharashtra government launched the Rajiv Gandhi Educational Quality Development Programme, aimed at improving the quality of education in municipal and Zilla Parishad schools across the state.

A survey of shanties along the 14-km stretch of Mithi river will be completed by the Suburban Collector's office by December 31. Next, till January 15, 2006, they will issue notices for verification

Maharashtra is paying a heavy price for its high degree of industrialisation and urbanisation, according to

The Sewri police station is facing a severe staff shortage, as 42 of its policemen have fallen ill in the last 15 days, they are suffering from a variety of ailments including stress, viral fever and

Taking note of number of deaths due to malnutrition the Bombay high court pulled up the Maharashtra government saving either the scheme to curb deaths due to malnutrition are not working or they

Only two of Mumbai's 12 beaches are safe to visit, the remaining are either very polluted or dangerous because of strong underwater currents and rocks, the state government has told the Bombay High

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has sent closure notices to four ready mix cement plants in Wadala for not following the prescribed pollution control

The Bombay High Court directed Deputy Commissioner of Police (traffic) to ensure that the noise limit, as provided under the Noise Pollution Regulation and Control Rules, 2000, is maintained outside