PANJIM: After initially suggesting the auction of iron ore mining leases, NGO Goa Foundation (GF), on Thursday proposed that the government not auction leases to private players as the mining indus

The state environment department’s public notice asks district collectors and all the local bodies in the state to create awareness about it and to ensure wider participation of people and non-gove

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to bring down prices of sanitary napkins and spread awareness about their use.

The project to accomplish the Centre's target of ending the disease by 2025

Civic body has already started the work to step up segregated collection of waste by repairing damaged carts and bins

MUMBAI: Alarmed by excessive unnatural lighting in the city, an activist group has written to the BMC and the state to consider the framing of a suitable policy to regulate light pollution.

India is among the deadliest countries for defenders of rights related to land, territory, environment, rights NGO Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

The Maharashtra Transport department has planned to crack a whip on pressure and shrill horns fitted in commercial vehicles as part of its ‘No Honking’ campaign.

Coimbatore: A concerted effort is on to enforce the ban on use of plastics in wedding halls. Coimbatore corporation imposed the ban in October and enforced segregation of waste in the halls.

MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal, Pune bench, on Thursday ordered a stay on approving construction plans in Coastal Regulation Zones in Thane and Palghar till the state publishes the draft Coast