Thirty-five years ago, the state government had promised to allocate 1 acre of land to each of the 860 farmers who were displaced because of land acquisition for the Pawna dam in Pune district.

Three farmers were killed and over 100 people, including 25 policemen, injured in police firing on violent protesters blocking the Mumbai-Pune Expressway at Baur village on Tuesday afternoon.

Three farmers, including a 45-year-old woman, were killed in police firing off the Mumbai-Pune Expressway at Rautwadi in Kurunj village, about 55km off Pune on Tuesday.

After successfully installing prepaid electricity meters in Lonavla, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) plans to make available prepaid electricity meters for c

Pune-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Parisar has slammed the Environment Status Report (ESR) of the Pune city prepared by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) terming it an eyewash.

A foreign firm, OEC-RVA-PHE, has been asked by the Pune district collector, Vikas Deshmukh, to prepare a pre-feasibility report on ways to control pollution in the Indrayani river.

The first national-level advanced training programme in earth system sciences and climate will kick off on August 8 at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune.

Fed up of pesticide laden vegetables? Then why not grow organic vegetables at home. No space? Even a small gallery or even unused bottles and cans are enough to grow vegetables at home. How?

Increasing population, mainly due to migration, is putting significant strain on the civic amenities in the city and adversely affecting the environment of Pune.