MUMBAI: CNG dealers withdrew their strike call for Saturday after oil marketing companies hiked commission rates by 55%.

French major Areva also claims safety of EPRs, but critics not convinced.

The evolutionary pressurised reactors (EPRs) that Areva is interested in supplying to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) as part of the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power in Maharashtra will offer 15 per cent savings on uranium per mega-watt produced as compared to other reactors, according to the French nuclear major.

Almost three years after the first set of patients were diagnosed with Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TDR-TB) in Iran, researchers at the P D Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Ce

This is as scary as it can get. The PD Hinduja hospital detected four people with total drug resistant (TDR) tuberculosis (TB), the first such cases in the country till November last year.

While the focus during the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon is on the runners, the lack of toilets remains a serious concern.

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has called a halt to the dumping of solid waste on wetland and mangrove plots in the Mulund-Thane belt which was earmarked for a SEZ..

Power distribution utilities fear financial disaster as a recent government directive allowing industrial consumers to buy electricity directly from generators and traders will wipe out a third of

A team from Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL) took a boat ride on the Mula river on Wednesday afternoon to inspect the earthen road constructed by them, which was obstructing boating activity of t

In yet another push for the redevelopment of Dharavi slums, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced four floor space index under the revised Development Control Regulations (DCR).

The Maharashtra forest department has registered an offence against a company operating a wind power project in Satara for allegedly felling around 400 trees, building an illegal road, and starting