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.

The Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) plan to set up a bird sanctuary around the quarry lake on Vetal Tekdi in Pune has ruffled the feathers of environmentalists and citizens alike.

Santosh Jadhav, 35, of Mothegaon village in Resode taluka would always spray pesticides thrice in his soyabean fields.

A scientist from city-based National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Dattatraya H Dethe, has been selected for the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) Young Scientist award 2011 for

The Sujal Mumbai Abhiyaan Scheme, launched by the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation more than three years ago at a cost of over Rs 3,000 crore, came under fire from the opposition

The toxic gas leakage at Sequent Scientific Limited in the MIDC area of Boisar, which killed four persons on Tuesday evening, may have been caused by old, worn out pipes, workers alleged on Wednesd

The National Green Tribunal in its hearing on the issue of 3 x 660 MW expansion of coal-based thermal power plant at Koradi, Nagpur District, Maharashtra in its final order on Tuesday directed the

Four industrial workers died after inhaling hydrogen sulphide gas that leaked from a chemical factory in Tarapur on Tuesday evening.

The National Envir-onmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in its report on the oil spill in the aftermath of the collision between MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia III that occurred in August 20

There is no distinction made by the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) in their notification regarding different projects where the state governments have to take prior permission, the Centr