Thick layers of oil sticking to plastic and other debris were washed ashore Chowpatty beach on Sunday morning.

MUMBAI: The decibel levels are already on rise and amplifiers continue to blare, even at night with the beginning of the festive season, starting with idol parades for Ganesh Chaturthi next month.

Mumbai: Ganpati pandals often seem to be the conscience keepers of society given that they focus on topical causes apart from entertainment.

Mumbai: Maharashtra has officially notified 15,087.6 hectares of mangrove land across the state as reserved forest, the first state to do so.

MUMBAI: A CAG report has pointed out that Maharashtra has a huge potential for the development of solar energy, given that it gets 250 to 300 days of clear sun.

MUMBAI: The CAG report has rapped the Maharashtra government for not utilising the green cess fund which is deducted from the sale of electricity by the state government to industrial and commercia

Mumbai: More cases of honking were registered in the first eight months of this year by Mumbai traffic police than in all of last year.

Mumbai: The heavy downpour in first week of August has led to a major increase in the number of malaria and suspected dengue and leptospirosis cases across the city, according to a civic report.

Mumbai: If relentless honking was not bad enough, now use of banned horns is on the rise. Just stand at a busy signal, like the one near Capitol Cinema opposite CST.

MUMBAI: The growing risk of climate change in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) due to ever-increasing carbon emissions and fast-depleting agricultural and forest land can be curtailed provided