RAMPANT ILLEGAL harvesting and trade in a wild plant endemic to the Western Ghats called narakya (Mappia foetida), which has anti-cancer properties, has made it an endangered species.

The protest march by villagers against the Sahyadri Tiger Project took an ugly turn on Monday evening when angry villagers pelted stones on the forest department (wildlife) office in Patan in Satara district.

The villagers were agitating against the Sahyadri Tiger Project, which was initiated last year by combining the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary and Chandoli National Park.
The rally, led by Zill

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Two weeks after 11 students of a municipal school fell sick after drinking BMC-supplied flavoured milk, the civic body has sent the milk

Pune 4,921 gram panchayats out of 5,678 will apply for environmentally-sustainable village status

Pune division

The World Bank in conjunction with the Small Industries Development Bank of India and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is implementing an initiative on financing energy efficiency in MSME industrial clusters to improve energy efficiency and reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from MSMEs, utilising increased commercial financing.

The initiative envisions supporting five clusters

Kolhapur civic administration has taken up many ambitious projects, thanks to the initiatives by Vijay Singhal, municipal commissioner. He recently received an award from the Prime Minister for the river-linking project he had taken up during his stint at Jalgaon
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Mumbai: When 65-year-old author Vineet Madhavan (name changed) recently underwent a liver function test, the doctors suspected something amiss. A few more tests confirmed that Madhavan had contracted hepatitis C. The only reason Madhavan could think of for contracting the disease was a visit to the dentist.

Mumbai: In a scathing criticism of the Maharashtra government, the chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Brijeshwar Singh, has said that the state is nowhere as keen as its neighbour, Andhra Pradesh, to construct more national highways. He spoke to DNA on the sidelines of a NHAI meeting with investors in the city on Wednesday.

Mumbai: The state government has launched an innovative green scheme to encourage villagers to pay tax.

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