Pune. Mumbai: Swine flu in India is not yet pandemic, but it is certainly creating panic in parts of the country. Fear is mounting as the number of infected persons continues to grow -- though only 20 cases of the disease have been confirmed nationwide, so far -- and worried people are doing the rounds of hospitals.

* H1N1 spreads: Case count 20
* H1N1 has been around for years

Pune The wastelands, called padik zameen in the local parlance, on the outskirts of Pune are just pieces of degraded lands that do not fulfil their life-sustaining potential for many. But not for environmentalists who for the first time have studied and located eight species of scorpions in these lands, which are rapidly being utilised for construction and other purposes.

Gram Gaurav Prathisthan, an NGO in Naigaon region, strives for equitable distribution of water and sustainable development in rural areas of the state

Pune The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to come up with multiple sites to address the issue of garbage dumping in Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages. However, the PMC is yet to discuss the issue with the district collector.

Although District Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar had called on a meeting on Thursday to address the water woes in different areas, many feel that it was too late a step, as the monsoon is just a week away.

A member from Velhe taluka said that the administration took up the issue very late.

Pune Nearly 89 villages in the district have been identified as flood-prone by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). Of them, eight villages have been named highly vulnerable.

Pune It has taken 13 years but a definite step has finally been taken towards setting up the second phase of the Chakan airport - a move that could result in more automobile and ancillary companies setting up shop in Pune.

Pune A week after the villagers of Urali Devachi and Phursungi withdrew their agitation over the garbage depot issue, following an assurance from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)

NEW DELHI: India has started to isolate the deadly H1N1 virus from the nasal samples of the country