Heavy rain triggers landslide, 10 die
Mumbai: Ten people were killed when a portion of a rocky hill slid down on their hutments at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar in Mumbai
Mumbai: Ten people were killed when a portion of a rocky hill slid down on their hutments at Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar in Mumbai
Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to extend the proposed Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan monorail corridor up to Badlapur. The MMRDA has asked RITES to conduct a study of a possible route and prepare alignments for the same.
Mumbai Even as the Ashok Chavan government sought financial aid of Rs 15,000 crore from the Central government to tide over the present scarcity situation, the Union agriculture ministry came down heavily on the state government for not spending Rs 446 crore at its disposal for various agricultural schemes. A central team is visiting the state to assess the drought situation.
Pune The Bharat Forge multi-product SEZ at Chakan is all set to embark on its second phase of land acquisition that will see 1,900 hectares being acquired from seven villages. The first phase of rehabilitation and settlement package was completed last year and is at present being showcased by officers as the ideal package.
Mumbai Driven by the swine flu fear, Mumbaikars are reporting early even for seasonal flu, malaria and other diseases that usually peak in monsoon, leading to record collection of samples for confirmatory tests
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday passed an unanimous resolution asking the Centre to impress upon Maharashtra and Karnataka to stop illegal irrigation projects being constructed by them.
Alka Kshirsagar Pune, Sept. 1 The streets that have hitherto been the preserve of the notorious
The Supreme Court, which is hearing the forest land case, on Monday directed all petitioners to submit a `category-wise list' of affected citizens/builders in Mumbai before September 30.
Mumbai: Mumbai is a city of contrasts
Pune It might not be before 2011 that the farmers of Avsari Khurd village, some 40 kms from Pune city, will have their own Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The 1,800 farmers have now decided to form the SEZ after the Chakan airport comes up.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has presented the results of a study on
MUMBAI: The state has proposed to the Union environment and forests ministry that retaining walls, on which waves crash along the city
Hasan Suroor LONDON: Oxford University finds itself dragged into an alleged land-grab scam in Maharashtra, where it plans to set up its first overseas campus, said to be a favourite project of its outgoing Vice-Chancellor John Hood.
250,800 hectares of agricultural land to be irrigated by Gosikhurd dam reservoir Nagpur, Bhandara and Chandrapur districts to benefit Rs 7,777.85 crore is the cost of the project 91 villages in the three districts to get submerged including 14 now More than 100,000 people living in the 91 villages to be displaced
14 villages in Vidarbha to drown as authorities hurry dam project ahead of elections a decision to close the gates of Gosikhurd dam on the Wainganaga river in Maharashtra
MPs ask Manmohan Singh to prevent coal mining near tiger reserve politicians cutting across party lines have opposed coal mining near the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Till recently they were pushing for fast-tracking clearance to the mining project proposed by the Adani Enterprises. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, members of the Parliament (MPs) from
Divisional Commissioner of Aurangabad Bhaskar Mundereceived this year
Vidarbha village looks for options other than suicide At a time when the traditional cropping pattern of suicide-ravaged Vidarbha has all but disappeared under the lure of quick cash from soybean, a tiny village of 48 farming households in Maharashtra
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MUMBAI: Mumbai fares the worst among five Asian cities in key human development areas like life expectancy, GDP per capita and literacy, according to a report released by the NGO Praja on Friday.