The city has been in the throes of dengue for the last two months but it is still malaria that is the bigger killer of the two diseases.

Sending a stern message that it will not take lapses in environmental issues lightly, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has, for the first time, sought action against a senior bureaucrat.

Efforts effective, will take more steps, says BMC

Most of the 907 positive cases of dengue reported by the BMC this year are from the island city. According to the data by the civic body, G South ward, which includes areas such has Mahalaxmi, Worli and Parel, has seen 156 positive dengue cases this year, the maximum from any area in the city. “While the reasons are yet to be investigated, around 40 per cent of the dengue cases have been reported from the island city this year,” said Mangala Gomare, BMC epidemiologist.

Residents staying in transit accommodation since 2006

By arbitrarily refusing to give No Objection Certificates (NOC) to a Rs. 100-cr. slum redevelopment project in Worli, Mumbai, the Western Naval Command has made more than 240 families homeless. The Naval authorities, however, have given a go-ahead to construction projects which have come up closer to the naval installations in the past. The Hindu has reliably learnt that the permission has been denied despite the fact that the field-level naval authorities entrusted with reviewing the structure for security threats had given the green signal to the project with certain restrictions.

The scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society on Friday sought the Bombay High Court to transfer its petition challenging the demolition order passed against it by the Union Ministry of Environment and F

Maharashtra industries minister Narayan Rane said last night, that the state government would ask the prime minister to disband the Western Ghats Ecology Experts' Panel which monitors the environme

The Maharashtra Government is planning to invest Rs 2,750 crore in the next five years to secure water for sustainable agriculture in the State.

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s death brought Mumbai to a standstill a couple of weeks ago.

The much-awaited white paper on irrigation, which was placed before the Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday, has turned out to be a dud.

The eagerly anticipated ‘white paper’ on irrigation in Maharashtra, expected to expose alleged irregularities and fix responsibility, turned out to be a damp squib as it claimed that projects in th