Denying the existence of Totally Drug Resistant (TDR) Tuberculosis, the Central team, which held its final meeting at St. George’s Hospital Complex on Wednesday claimed that the fatal form of TB, which had created panic in the country was in fact Extra Extensively Drug Resistat (XXDR) TB.

The Central team comprised senior chief medical officer, Central TB Division (CTD), Consultant (drug resistant TB), CTD and national programme officer (laboratories) and WHO-India.

The technical committee studying the feasibility of building a coastal freeway connecting South Mumbai with the suburbs and the rapidly growing metropolitan region submitted its report to the state

The wait for the Navi Mumbai international airport is getting longer. The state-run City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), nodal agency for the project, is yet to get forest clearance and approval of the Bombay High Court.

Though the project had received environment clearance on November 22, 2010, the acquisition of 475 hectares of private land continues to be a major hurdle, as Cidco and the villagers, who are now demanding a compensation of Rs 20 crore per acre, are yet to arrive at a consensus.

Refuting the claims of Hinduja Hospital that claimed to have detected 12 cases of “total drug resistant” tuberculosis, the Union health ministry on Tuesday said that the isolates collected from Mah

MUMBAI: With a huge number of proposals pending for environmental clearance, the state government has proposed setting up an additional state-level expert appraisal committee (SEAC).

Taking cue from Tamil Nadu villagers protesting against the 2,000-Mw Kudankulam nuclear power project, their counterparts in Maharashtra have decided to step up their agitation against the proposed plant at Madban along the Konkan Coast. Project-affected persons from 10 villages in the vicinity of the project site have announced a ‘jail bharo’ agitation on January 24 and 25 to press for the cancellation of 9,900-Mw nuclear project in Ratnagiri district.

The civic administration on Monday decided upon a three-pronged strategy to deal with Total Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (TDR-TB) reported by a city hospital,

Manisha Mhaiskar, Additional Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, told reporters here. Private practitioners will now have to refer all TB cases or those having similar symptoms to the nearest Directly Observed Treatment Short course ( dispensaries.

Days after two tribals from Pune district filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging a government notification which empowers Lavasa Corp to act as a special planning authority, the comp

The detection of 12 cases of totally drug resistant (TDR) tuberculosis (TB) in Maharashtra has set the alarm bells ringing in the Union health ministry.

A US-based geologist has dismissed Maharashtra government's claim over the safety of the proposed nuclear plant site at Jaitapur, stating that the site is vulnerable to quakes.