The court said that a 50m buffer zone should be created around mangrove land in which no construction activity or dumping of debris should be permitted.

Nashik: On Monday, the death toll from swine flu in Nashik district reached 19 this year with the death of 45-year-old Rajendra Page from Ambegaon, Dindori.

Nashik: The state power distribution utility made a new beginning on Sunday after successfully linking its solar energy plant at Wavi in Sinnar taluka to the electricity grid.

Given the rising cases of swine flu, the district health department has started screening patients at government hospitals.

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court directed the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday to detail the steps taken against unauthorised pandals across the state a

NAGPUR: In perhaps a first, animal rights and wildlife activists have moved the Supreme Court to stop the shooting of a problem tigress (named T1) from Pandharkawda in Yavatmal district of Maharash

Nagpur: Fifty-seven units of the Centre-owned thermal power plants in the country have been given a deadline of 28 months to meet the emission norms for sulphur oxide and particulate matter.

NAVI MUMBAI: Officials of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) have collected samples of oil tar balls and other black oil traces seen on Pirwadi beach of Uran taluka in Raigad district.

MUMBAI: Four out of 10 HIV-positive newborns in the city could be missing out on timely treatment as their parents fail to return for a confirmatory diagnosis.

RTI data collected by the Praja Foundation has revealed that the occurrence of dengue has increased by 98 per cent in the past five years.