Maharashtra government has agreed to release 2 thousand million cubic metres (TCM) of water from Dudhganga and Warna rivers to the border districts of Karnataka till the monsoon. In return, Karnataka would do necessary arrangement for the release of Almati backwater which can help overcome prevailing scarcity in Jat taluka of Sangli district in western Maharashtra. These decisions were taken at the meeting between the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and a delegation of Karnataka ministers comprising agriculture minister Umesh Katti and industries minister Murugesh Nirani.

MUMBAI: The state may agree to release an additional 1.96 TMC from its dams to Karnataka, which is facing a drought.

Following reports of swine flu cases coming in from Pune and northern parts of the country, city doctors too are witnessing a few suspected cases.

Several parts of Maharashtra are reeling under water crisis, even before the onset of summer.

Winds of change are silently sweeping through the tribal landscape of Jawahar and Mokhada, where 102 adivasi farmers have pooled in resources, labour and land in a unique agri-prenuership initiativ

Site helps peasants discuss prices and plan strategy. Last month, the turmeric farmers of Maharashtra’s Sangli district found themselves in a desperate situation.

The Maharashtra forest department has registered an offence against a company operating a wind power project in Satara for allegedly felling around 400 trees, building an illegal road, and starting

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In search of good governance that can make the running of their businesses smooth, over 500 industrialists and business aspirants from Maharashtra’s border district of Sangli are set to expand or s

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today gave the go-ahead for water supply, road and sanitation projects worth Rs 658 crore in eight cities.