MUMBAI: A senior officer of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), Dr A Senthil Vel, will on Wednesday take the witness stand before the judicial commission inquiring into the Adarsh

MUMBAI: Buying new cars is set to become even more expensive, with the Maharashtra Motor Vehicle Tax or road tax being raised for both petrol and diesel vehicles from May 1.

Almost 10 months after the Central government’s flagship scheme Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) was launched in Maharashtra, the state government has been able to zero in on merely two projects to be sent to the Centre for approval under the scheme.

While the state government was to address the issue of informal settlements in 16 cities in Maharashtra through RAY, the two projects that have come forward are proposals for construction of very insignificant number of houses.

With an eye on early monsoon preparedness, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to impose hefty fines on citizens found throwing garbage in or near drainage systems. The civic administration will put up signboards warning people of penalties if caught throwing garbage that could clog the rainwater drainage systems.

With hundreds of schemes and thousands of crores dedicated to agriculture failing to substantially improve the condition of farmers as also to meet the rapidly changing demands of end consumers, th

In a crack down, Govt has decided to install testing centres at entry points of the City to identify adulterated milk and drain out the affected milk

MumbaiItalian scooter and three-wheeler maker Piaggio has reintroduced the iconic scooter brand Vespa in India. In its new avatar, Vespa will be placed in the premium segment, a first in India, claims Piaggio. The scooter will be priced at R66,661, ex-showroom Maharashtra.

“Right now, there is no premium segment in the Indian scooter market, but we believe ther is a significant number of brand conscious young people who would like to make a statement,” said Ravi Chopra, chairman and managing director, Piaggio Vehicles. “Vespa is creating a premium segment by targetting those customers.”

The Bombay High Court has paved the way for the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) to carry out redevelopment of Dharavi Sector 5, but the state government would have to struggle to find a way of evicting 63 per cent slumdwellers who have been found ineligible for rehabilitation under the ambitious Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP).

MUMBAI: Maharashtra's 13 power-generating plants, which supply power to the state and 30 other industrial units, are among the country's top 478 manufacturing establishments guzzling a major chunk

As the construction of the first Monorail enters its final stages, the development authority implementing the project is in talks to invite the operator of Singapore’s mass transit system to conduct a safety audit of the line due to unavailability of expertise in India.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has received positive responses from Singapore’s SMRT Corp and Hong Kong’s MRT Corp to conduct an independent safety audit of the 9-kilometre Chembur-Wadala line.