Nagpur In a significant verdict, the Bombay High Court has ruled that wild animals including tiger should be treated as "government property for all purposes" and any damage caused by them should be compensated by the Government.

If a wild animal causes loss to an agriculturist or a citizen, it would be the responsibility of the appropriate Government to make good the loss," a division bench comprising Justices Sharad Bobde and Prasanna Varale ruled, before directing the government to pay damages of Rs 3.84 lakh to a Wardha farmer whose crops were damaged due to presence of tigers in the area.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has purchased a new robotic multi-purpose excavator machine for the desilting of major drains in the city, as well as the Mithi river.

Days after Naxalites ambushed CRPF personnel in Gadchiroli, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh in a letter to Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has sought empowering gram sabhas in the district with rights to market forest produce, including lucrative bamboo used in making paper. Mr Ramesh said that war against Maoists can not be won by battalions alone and, hence, gram sabhas should be strengthened to win local support against Naxals.

Despite all the efforts during the last 50 years, Maharashtra faces perennial scarcity of water which remains the main factor behind imbalance of regional development.

The Maharashtra government tabled a legislation in the state assembly on Wednesday to bring the much-needed transparency and discipline in the realty sector, and protect the interests of flat buyers. The Maharashtra Housing (Regulation and Development) Bill also proposes to repeal the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963, envisaging establishment of a housing regulatory authority that will also be an appellate tribunal so as to promote planned development of flats and other residential buildings, besides their construction, management, sale and transfer.

The Maharashtra Government will announce a new policy for mining of sand and minor minerals next month, said Mr Sachin Ahir, Minister of State for Environment, in the Legislative Assembly on Monday

MUMBAI: At this restaurant, tables are reserved only for the unique and rare white-rumped vultures (Gyps Bengalensis).

MUMBAI: The civic body has proposed an environment protection agency, in a move that could change the way environment in the city is protected.

MUMBAI: Governor K Sankaranarayanan on Monday asked the Congress-NCP government to set up village or tehsil level monitoring committees to tackle the worst-ever drought across the state.

The fast-dwindling water stock reflects the grim water situation in the state ahead of summer, irrigation minister Sunil Tatkare said in the legislative assembly on Monday.