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.

To attract investments, Maharashtra has rolled out a red carpet for the Gujarat textile sector. State textile minister Naseem Khan plans to lead a high level delegation to Ahmedabad in May to ask the textile industry in Gujarat to invest in Maharashtra in order to take the benefit of the newly released textile policy and the sops offered for development of textile parks in the state.

Maharashtra textile policy offers a 10 per cent capital subsidy for new textile projects in Vidarbha, Marathwada and north Maharashtra, and 12.5 per cent interest subsidy on long-term loans linked to centrally-sponsored Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme for new projects.

On Monday, at 8pm, Bandra resident Benedict Suarez noticed a blood-stained carcass of a dolphin at the Bandstand promenade.

Maharashtra has secured the top position in the country for effective implementation of panchayati raj system in rural areas.