Holi may not be the same this year if Friday's six-month ban on toys imported from China is implemented strictly. After all, most pichkaris are made in that country. While Holi is still more than a month away, importers, wholesalers and retailers, worried about the impact that the ban will have on their livelihood, have started hoarding stocks and inflating prices by about 30 per cent.

MUMBAI: With Gujarat taking the lead in attracting industrial investments in recent times, chief minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said Maharashtra will soon come out with new policies on Information Technology (IT) and Bio-technology (BT) to promote these sectors in a big way. Chavan promised to be pro-active in drafting a comprehensive, industry-friendly policy.

NAGPUR: The Bombay high court has come down heavily on the state government for failing to check malnutrition and infant deaths among tribals of Melghat in Amravati.

Water conservationist and Magsaysay Award Winner, Rajendra Singh, who was in Mumbai last week to talk about the Mithi, lists some of the steps that can be taken to revive the river

The sources of the Mithi River

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MMRDA And BMC Officials Race Against Time To Keep The Court Deadline For The Mithi

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Mumbai: A bird strike has always been one the worst nightmares for pilots, and the plane crash in New York shows how perilous avian activity around airfields can be. The Airbus 320, which landed in the Hudson, apparently crashed after a flock of geese were sucked into the two engines of the aircraft.

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Mumbai: Alarmed at the poor health of women and children in Maharashtra, chief minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday announced the setting up of a task force to improve their condition.
Chavan made the announcement at the release of UNICEF

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Mumbai: The Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) on Wednesday complained to the Bombay High Court about what it called

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