Congress unhappy with Bill that seeks to divert water meant for agriculture
The hasty passing of The Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (amendment) Bill, 2011 late last Wednesday in the State assembly has given rise to fresh animosity between the ruling coalition partners, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
On Monday, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committ
In a development that is being termed as the first piece of biological evidence about the origin of the widely discussed Lonar Crater Lake in Buldhana, microbiologists have discovered a rare bacterium in the lake sediments.
Mumbai: Of all the perishable products in the Mumbai market, milk is perhaps one of the most adulterated.
The proof: In the past year, the Brihanmumbai division of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has carried out raids on 25 establishments in the city, which were involved in selling adulterated milk.
Sitting in the front yard of his hut, Babarao Turankar, 50, and his neighbours in Mangi village of south Yavatmal are engaged in deep discussion. Finally, one of them says,
It was a night out under the stars. These were not city slickers but a group of villagers from Salona. On the way down from Chikhaldhara hill station in Amravati district, the darkness of the cold night is lit by small fires. Groups of people huddle around the flickering flames.
