Mumbai: An expert committee has been set up to advise the Government on planning, management and implementation of the Dharavi makeover project. The 11-member committee comprising architects, city planners, activists and former bureaucrats has been approved by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan.

Mumbai: His average day begins at 3 am, roaming the suburbs on a bicycle and distributing milk packets from door to door. Later in the day, after the family business is being taken care of, he picks his books, a notepad, a pen and steps out to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), Borivali, in an endeavour to track its floral bio-diversity and protect it from destruction.

Mumbai: Upset with a decision of cancelling a meeting of the steering committee appointed to discuss modalities of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Sudhir Badami, city-based transport expert, has alleged that Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) is not taking it seriously. He also pointed out that MMRDA has not included the project on the important projects list.

Holi may not be the same this year if Friday's six-month ban on toys imported from China is implemented strictly. After all, most pichkaris are made in that country. While Holi is still more than a month away, importers, wholesalers and retailers, worried about the impact that the ban will have on their livelihood, have started hoarding stocks and inflating prices by about 30 per cent.

Mumbai: Mumbai, the electronic waste capital of the country, is likely to get an e-waste processing unit run on a public-private partnership model.

The unit will be first of its kind in the country and the second in South East Asia, to where India now supplies its e-waste for recovery of precious metals.

YAVATMAL: From a vantage point on a hill where the gram panchayat office of Datodi village is located, you can get a bird

MUMBAI: With Gujarat taking the lead in attracting industrial investments in recent times, chief minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said Maharashtra will soon come out with new policies on Information Technology (IT) and Bio-technology (BT) to promote these sectors in a big way. Chavan promised to be pro-active in drafting a comprehensive, industry-friendly policy.

NAGPUR: The Bombay high court has come down heavily on the state government for failing to check malnutrition and infant deaths among tribals of Melghat in Amravati.

Mumbai: The Indian Railways is all set to join the branded bottled water bandwagon. The railways has decided to set up a drinking water plant at the base of Malang Hills at Ambernath, the foothills of the Sahyadari Mountain range.

Mumbai: Now, you can get rid of old electronic gadgets and gizmos in a safe, scientific way - and get paid for it.

Harshit Patel, a city-based entrepreneur, from Polytela e-Commerce Private Limited, has launched a first nation-wide service to collect e-waste free of cost.