For the 660 tribal families in the inhospitable , hilly terrain of Junnar tehsil in Pune district, illness, illiteracy, unemployment and poverty may soon be memories of the past.With the Japan

On October 8, 2004 the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court had told the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) that it was free to harvest ripened bamboo and dead and decaying trees in

Mumbai's trees will continue to be hacked. Over the last six months the Tree Authority has given permission to 203 proposals to cut and /or transplant trees. Accordingly, 3,911 trees will be cut,

On the heels of the news that Mumbai's air quality has improved, comes the start of a mammoth's, nine month exercise that aims to set the record straight on Mumbai and Pune's air quality. A Mumbai

It began on Friday morning, when a group of residents of Talavali village in Bivandi 30 km from Thane have been noticed one of the wells overflowing . It had been dry the night before. There are now

Of the eight most polluted cities in the country, Maharashtra's score is two : Pune and Solapur. And now the Environment and Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has slapped a deadline of April 30 on

Of the eight most polluted cities in the country, Maharashtra's score is two : Pune and Solapur. And now the Environment and Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has slapped a deadline of April 30 on

The Malu Paper Mills, causing pollution at Malegaon village (Maharashtra), 30 kms from Nagpur was, ordered to be shut down by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). MPCB Regional Officer V

Complying with the Bombay high court directivers to check and remove encroachments from along the Mithi river, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued closure orders to over 150

Foreign snipped and junked in the age old practice of male circumcision is now ending up in downtown Mumbai as modern science's new replacement for the mouse in stem cell research. As a nutritive