Mumbai: The state is all set to get its first leopard safari. Theforest department has decided to set up such safaris at three places in the state -- near Belwandi in Ahmednagar district, at Manikdoh in Pune district and at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.

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Mumbai: Alarmed at the poor health of women and children in Maharashtra, chief minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday announced the setting up of a task force to improve their condition.
Chavan made the announcement at the release of UNICEF

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Mumbai: The Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) on Wednesday complained to the Bombay High Court about what it called

CLIMATE CONSCIOUS

FALLOUT OF FESTIVAL

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Mumbai: Close to 80 birds in Mumbai were treated for injuries by various animal rights organisations on Makar Sankranti when people enthusiastically flew kites, oblivious to the hazard it posed for birds.

Mumbai: Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that despite the court

Mumbai: The tanker lobby that operated in Mira Road, Bhayander and Vasai till a few years ago has now spread its tentacles to the western suburbs. Taking advantage of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) water crisis, tanker owners are doing brisk business.

Mumbai: Several senior government officials could be in legal trouble for permitting MLA Gopal Shetty of BJP to fill up a natural pond at Eksar Road in Borivili.

Hail those who bail themselves out Move over, Dwalpment. Beyond boom-and-bust cycles, there exists the exponential effect of growing grass to bind the soil, planting trees once the soil is so held, catching every drop of water clouds supply, accounting for every drop of water demanded, and so prospering. The US Treasury cannot fathom contour-trenching, gully- plugging, grass-cutting,