New Delhi: Amid rising concern about public health in industrial towns, the Centre has put on hold the expansion of 43 industrial clusters, including five in Maharashtra, that have reached alarming and critical levels of pollution.

Mumbai In a novel attempt to go green, a private sector bank launched the city

Mumbai: In a direct attack on multinationals, noted environmentalist Dr Vandana Shiva blamed these companies for spreading myths about genetically modified (GM) food and said the country's corrupt system helps them.

Mumbai: The second two-day Indo-French Nuclear Business Meet will begin in the city on October 14.

Nearly 500 Indian and French nuclear industry players and decision-makerswill get the opportunity to exchange ideas on nuclear cooperation with respect to various aspects including technical, business and economics.

NAVI MUMBAI: In a bid to mitigate the power crisis faced by the industries, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is setting up a natural gas infrastructure at the industrial estates, including Thane, Dombivli, Navi Mumbai, Taloja, Poisar, Palghar, etc.

Mumbai Cowdung and kitchen wastes will turn into cooking gas everyday at the Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Hospital, which has installed a biogas plant on its Lower Parel premises.

The organic conversion will involve no extra energy or electricity. What

Mumbai Come march, Mumbai will have solar-powered streetlights. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has proposed to install solar panels on nearly 50,000 out of 1.25 lakh lampposts across the city.

There is finally light at the end of the road for tribal hamlets in Mumbai. The municipal corporation has started making use of solar-run streetlights to illuminate arterial roads and lanes of these hamlets.

MUMBAI: Here comes a ray of hope for Mumbai's 39 lakh power consumers, upset at inflating bills every year, and a warning for warring distributors Reliance Infrastructure, Tata Power and BEST.

MUMBAI: Citizens' groups in the Juhu-Bandra area are getting ready for a long drawn battle with the MMRDA over the issue of an underground section of the second Metro line-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd.