Australia's second-largest city Melbourne has been rated the world's best city to live in, and Mumbai one of the worst, according to a new survey.

After the first round of discussions with officials from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), MMRDA officials have said that the agency was quite positive about funding the metro a

The world’s largest nuclear power plant being built at Jaitapur has claimed its first victim: a 1,000-acre education hub that was to come up in Nate village just 15 km away.

At least 15 people were killed across Maharashtra over the last two days due to heavy rains, which continued to lash large parts of the state for the fourth consecutive day Monday, officials said.

The incessant rainfall is not only leading to waterlogged roads, but the water is also entering several housing societies, confining residents to their homes for the last several hours.

Maharashtra Minister launches “Save the Girl Child” campaign to curb sex-selective abortions
In a packed cultural hall in Chandrapur, poor acoustics did not take away from a serious play on female foeticide. The voices of the actors went high and low as mikes were pushed hastily towards them. At the end of the play, there was a poignant appeal from an unborn girl who asked for a chance to live.

Are the routes on Konkan Railway (KR) a huge drain on the exchequer? Can they ever be financially viable? These are the questions being raised following repeated disruptions of rail traffic.

NAVI MUMBAI: Environmentalists in Raigad district have demanded that the government should take action against a steel major for the destruction of mangroves on the premises of its plant at Dolvi i

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the state government to pay within three weeks Rs 20.37 lakh to 163 families, displaced due to the Tarapur power plant's construction, as compensa

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory body of the central government, has issued an advisory to chief secretaries of all state governments and the Indian Pest Control Association to prohibit the use, sale and manufacture of glue traps to catch rodents, as they are harmful to the animals. The board has also written to the Directorate of Foreign Trade asking for a ban on the import of these traps.

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