MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday came to the rescue of mangroves in the city. A division bench of Justice J N Patel and Justice Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani passed a series of orders to protect mangrove plots in Charkop and Andheri.

MUMBAI: An initial report of the fifth HSBC Mumbai Bird Race has thrown up some findings that may be a cause for concern.

Several species, some of which are intermittently seen and others regularly sighted in the region between November and March, were not spotted this year. Six of these species (see box) were commonly sighted in the past few races.

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon undertake a structural audit of the city

Mumbai: The Centre on Monday approved three more Special Economic Zones (SEZ) totalling 157 hectares for Maharashtra. The three proposed SEZs are among the seven in the state that had been placed before the Board of Approvals (BOA) on SEZ.

Mumbai: Though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans a four-fold increase in parking charges, frequent users of parking lots need not worry as the civic body will soon introduce a monthly pass scheme for them with special discounts.

With this, the BMC intends to do away with the touts who have been issuingmonthly passes 'unofficially'.

MUMBAI: The 43 deaths in Modasa town of Gujarat's Sabarkantha district over the last fortnight due to hepatitis B underlines how widespread this viral infection really is.

"It is one of the biggest public health challenges,'' said gastroenterologist Dr D N Amarapurkar of Bombay Hospital.

Mumbai: While Mumbai was waking up to a lazy Sunday morning, 500-odd birders had already hit birding hotspots like Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Sanjay Gandhi National Park and even Fansad Wildlife Sanctuary.

The fifth edition of Mumbai Bird Race, organised on February 22, has set a record of maximum number of participants.

MUMBAI: Impressed by the success of the pilot project launched at the tribal Surgana village, Nashik district in June 2007, the Centre is now considering the extension of the home delivery system of foodgrains under the public distribution scheme (PDS) throughout the country in a phased manner.

MUMBAI: Wildlife enthusiasts, including amateur bird-watchers and ornithologists, are busy revising the differences between a Ruddy Turnstone and a Desert Wheatear for the fifth edition of the HSBC Mumbai Bird Race to be held on Sunday.