VIVEKDESHPANDE
NAGPUR, MARCH 8

A NEWSPAPER public relations employee, often seen among those close to Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute during his visit here, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly poaching a spotted deer near Pench tiger reserve in the district.

MUMBAI: The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCOTH) was inaugurated by Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday.

Mumbai: While Maharashtra reels under a power crisis, Mumbai citizens are doing their bit to save electricity. The 200-m long walkway along the newly-renovated promenade at Bandra

The killing of a deer in a Maharashtra forest by an alleged close associate of the state forest minister could come back to embarrass the state government. This incident comes only a few months after former Maharashtra minister Dharmarao Baba Atram lost his ministerial post after allegedly poaching a chinkara, an endangered and protected species of deer.

MUMBAI: A day after a Supreme Court order stating that it will not interfere with the judgments passed by the Bombay High Court regarding encroachments in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), forest authorities are drawing up plans to remove encroachments from within the 104-sq km park. The HC had earlier directed phase-wise removal of encroachments from the park.

NAVI MUMBAI: Following complaints from the tehsildars of Thane (Krishna Jadhav) and Panvel (Dattatray Kedare), the NRI police has booked several Navi Mumbai-based developers for allegedly destroying mangroves along the Palm Beach Road near Seawoods.

MUMBAI: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it will not interfere with the judgments passed by the Bombay high court on the removal of illegal encroachments in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

The apex court did not grant any stay on the demolitions but allowed the slumdwellers to approach the statutory authority with their grievances.

Mumbai: Bidders again ask for extension of submission dates

The nodal agency for the Metro Rail Project which is awaiting financial bids for the second line may not receive any bids on March 16 either. Earlier in February, none of the seven bidders for the 32-km line came forward, all of them instead seeking an extension of the submission dates by a month.

Mumbai: With the introduction of swanky CNG air-conditioned King Long buses, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has decided to convert 50 old air-conditioned (AC) buses to non-AC. Early this week, the city

MUMBAI: The city's civic bus utility is expecting to augment the size of its fleet by 1,000 buses, of which 200 will be air-conditioned, by June.

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) has applied for funds of Rs 300 crore under the Centre's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for purchasing the new vehicles.