The Union environment ministry on Wednesday gave environmental clearance (EC) to the controversial Lavasa hill township project near Pune in Maharashtra.

After a year-long legal battle, the environment ministry on Wednesday granted a conditional clearance to the first phase of the multi-crore Lavasa Hill City project in Maharashtra.

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for making a pro-Lavasa statement.

MUMBAI: Social activist Medha Patkar has objected to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's demand for green nod for the first phase of Lavasa.

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Friday filed a criminal complaint against nine directors and six other officials of the Lavasa Corporation in a Pune court for violating environmen

Case before Pune court over violation of green rules.

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Friday filed a criminal complaint against the promoters and officials of Lavasa Corporation for violating the Environment Protection Act (EPA), eve

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) would file criminal proceedings against Lavasa Corporation tomorrow in a Pune magistrate's court under Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act, 1

With the deadline for the Maharashtra Government to take ‘credible' action against Lavasa Corporation's hill city project drawing to a close tomorrow, indications are that the State Government will