Akole (Ahmednagar district)/Etapalli (Gadchiroli district): Until a few years ago, farm yields in the tribal areas of Akole tehsil in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district were very low and people foun

To solve water woes that the devotees might face while visiting Shirdi, the Shirdi Sai Sansthan has decided to undertake a drinking water project worth Rs100 crore.

Tampered meters in auto rickshaws and taxis and rickety, unsafe and smoke-emitting trucks, buses and private vehicles will soon cease to exist.

PUNE: Some 40 years ago, a child suffering from diarrhoea at Jamkhed village of Ahmednagar district would have had little chance of survival. Not anymore.

A tribal village in Gadchiroli that has pioneered the community management of forest land and produce, this week added a new feather in its cap — it became the first village in the country to earn

The stalled infrastructure projects in Mumbai and around, according to a PIL before the Bombay High Court, are a result of the lack of a reserved place for dumping construction waste.

According to the Maharashtra government's own figures, 18,486 children in the age group of 0-6 years have died of malnutrition this year alone (Jan-August 2011).

A horrifying number of 55,053 female foetuses are being aborted every year in Maharashtra after sex selection tests.

A hearing held by the Indian People's Tribunal (IPT) about the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) in Konkan region has noted that the environmental clearance given to the proje

In a rare case, and probably for the first time in the state, a municipal corporation admitted that radiations from mobile towers cause health hazards, especially among pregnant women and children.