Vidarbha on the verge of water riots
Sitting in the front yard of his hut, Babarao Turankar, 50, and his neighbours in Mangi village of south Yavatmal are engaged in deep discussion. Finally, one of them says,
Sitting in the front yard of his hut, Babarao Turankar, 50, and his neighbours in Mangi village of south Yavatmal are engaged in deep discussion. Finally, one of them says,
Mumbai: Mumbai
Mumbai: If you think that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is only about constructing and planning the city
Mumbai: Haphazard parking on the city
THE FLAGSHIP scheme of UPA II, the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), has become a policymaker
<p>Hundreds of millions of indigenous women and men throughout the world manage their forests and crops sustainably, and in this way contribute to the sequestration of greenhouse gases. However, maintaining control over their land and forests in the face of colonial and corporate attempts to nationalise or privatise them has been a historic struggle.</p>
MUMBAI: State rural development minister Jayant Patil stunned participants at a national seminar on the agrarian crisis here this week when he admitted that Maharashtra was lagging behind in the implementation of the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) because its "bureaucracy found the transparency clauses in it too much of a bother".
MUMBAI: On the eve of Maharashtra
Mumbai: On the golden jubilee of Maharashtra
MUMBAI: Proximity to the Bandra Kurla Complex has led to a construction boom in Kurla, but at the cost of the health of residents of the area. A study conducted by civic-run KEM Hospital in Parel has found the respiratory morbidity is three times higher than medically acceptable levels among residents staying close to the construction sites in the suburb.
New Delhi: Four years after Supreme Court
THE SPRAWLING SANJAY GANDHI PARK IS MUMBAI
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: About 1.80-lakh rural habitations are afflicted by poor water quality leading to serious health problems such as cancer and fluorosis that damages bones, teeth and muscles.
NEW DELHI: The Annual Plan for Maharashtra for 2010-11 was finalised at Rs. 37,916 crore at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Ashok Chavan here on Thursday.
Mumbai: You are probably wondering for how much longer you will be subjected to news of water shortage. The truth is, the issue is a grave one and only likely to get worse by the day. What
Mumbai: Two-wheelers, like autorickshaws, should be banned in the city, the Bombay high court suggested on Thursday. The court came up with the suggestion while dismissing two public interest petitions against the ban on two-wheelers on the JJ flyover. A division bench of justice JN Patel and justice SC Dharmadhikari felt that it would be better if citizens started riding bicycles.
Pune Rising temperatures and water shortage lead to increase in cases; paediatricians advise use of rotavirus vaccine
Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation
Pune Global warming is not far from us. Present water shortage in the city is also one of the ill effects of the global warming,
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has received alignment clearance for the 30km-long Thane-Bhivandi-Kalyan monorail line from two municipal bodies