After lying low for several months, the H1N1 virus or swine flu has made a comeback in Maharashtra, according to health officials.

Under the ambitious slum rehabilitation scheme of the state government, 43,000 slum dwellers will be handed over flats within the next four years in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Allegations of corruption and mismanagement have been raised against the slum rehabilitation authority (SRA), mainly regarding the delay in handing over the flats.

The first human milk bank (HMB) in the city was inaugurated in the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital on Sunday. The hospital has received help from the Rotary Club of Mumbai Nariman Point, in setting up this unique bank.

With the inauguration, the total number of such banks in the country has gone up to eight.

It was a race for preparing the country

Mumbai: Five days after the environment ministry asked the state government to initiate action against Lavasa Corporation for environmental violations on a portion of its hill city project in Pune, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday indicated that the option to

Mumbai The Maharashtra government is likely to file an environmental violation case against Hindustan Construction Company

Bamboo is perhaps one of the most precious natural resources India possesses.

The Pune district administration will issue notices to Lavasa Corporation Limited and others after 10 adivasi farmers on Tuesday staked their claim to get back their land which had been transferred to the Lavasa hill city project.

The Maval sub divisional officer (SDO), Sanjay Patil, held a hearing attended by the 10 farmers.

Two Pune-based businessmen, dealing in electrical goods, have designed a solar-powered bike that can run upto to a distance of 250 kilometres on a sunny day.

According to the the uncle-nephew duo Ayubkhan Pathan and Imrankhan Pathan, the bike can also be used to run electrical appliances like fan, computer or television when stationed at home and especially during load-shedding.

Ayubkhan, wh