After soft drinks, it's bottled water at a Bisleri-India plant at Vile Parle, Mumbai following a complaint of presence of ants in one of the bottles. At a press conference, FDA Director Uttam

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) facility for disposing of infectious hospital waste hasn't found favour with most hospitals. The result : hazardous medical waste is incinerated

Wildlife and environmental conservationist Sarath Hegde died on Saturday after a suburban train ran over him at Mulund. Thirty six years old Hegde's death is being seen as a great blow to the newborn

At Panchratna building in Opera House - one of South Mumbai's oldest skyscrapers - the minority has had enough of the 640 jewellary units. The air is poison with the unauthorised boiling of sulphuric

All five streams in Tungareshwar forest have been diverted, besides other alteration of the topography. Environmentalists are worried about the forest patch at Tungareshwar, 14 km from Vasai,

Solan, the fruit bowl of Himachal, may soon fall empty. The signs are ominous: The area under fruit cultivation has fallen from 12,000 hectares six years ago to 6,400 this year. With no market

The need for creating awareness among stakeholders about building structures that can withstand devastating earthquakes, was the focus of discussion at the two-day workshop on Professional Issues for

To make the rural population aware of various health issues and empower them to combat the same, Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Maharashtra, Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil has launched an initiative

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) while ruling out the immediate shifting of the civic dumping ground in gorai to an alternative site as demanded by local residents, has announced a slew of

Considering the present growth in population, each individual is getting an area equivalent to that of a Kabbadi playground to meet his essential needs such as shelter, occupation, water,