Why Pune is H1N1 Ground Zero
Poor Contact Tracing, Cool Climate To Blame
Poor Contact Tracing, Cool Climate To Blame
Agreeing with the government that a new nuclear power plant in the Konkan region is in public interest as it would supply electricity to millions, the Bombay High Court today lifted its stay on land acquisition for the project and dismissed a petition opposing it.
A TEAM headed by the chief of National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Dr Shiv Lal, has arrived in Mumbai to help the state government strategize to curb the spread of the deadly H1N1 virus which has already claimed 13 lives in the state, the largest number of deaths in any state of the country.
Meena Menon MUMBAI: Six more persons died of swine flu
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It seems there is still a long way to go before work for the Navi Mumbai Airport (NMA) get started, notwithstanding the Maharashtra Government's assertions of having cleared the decks.
Mumbai Leopards have always existed peacefully around human habitation, but in regions where they were repeatedly pushed back to the forest, animal-human conflicts have inevitably increased, says a study on human-leopard conflict called Project Waghoba carried out by a Pune-based NGO Kaati group.
MUMBAI: One of the country's leading engineering and construction firms, Larsen & Toubro Limited, has become the first major corporate casualty of the ongoing water crisis.
Many educational institutions closed for a week; masks in demand. The swine flu scare has begun to grip the country with Pune, the worst hit, accounting for 221 of the 327 cases reported in Maharashtra thus far. Across the country, 864 people have been affected, of whom, 523 have been treated and discharged; the rest are still under treatment.
Pune 42 H1N1 patients detected on Sunday; it
The surgical masks are on. All that is visible of the faces are the eyes, with one expression
The surgical masks are on. All that is visible of the faces are the eyes, with one expression
Gujarat, MP and Maharashtra governments want the dam to go higher, but SC says every oustee should first be rehabilitated
Pune Leaving no stone unturned in creating public awareness on swine flu, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday began using the mass media for airing jingles that conveyed a message on precautionary measures to keep a check on the spread of virus.
Pune Former member of Maharashtra State Planning Board H M Desarda has proposed that the government incorporate
MUMBAI: While hundreds visited Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli on Thursday to get themselves tested for H1N1, at least a score were brought to the same hospital in seriously ill condition. The reason for their plight wasn't the swine flu, but the round-the-year pestilence: malaria.
Pune In a new twist to the bus purchase saga, the Central Government has opposed the proposal of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) to purchase 200 low-floor CNG-run buses and asked it to go for diesel-run buses instead, saying the CNG-bus manufacturers would not be able to supply the buses in time.
Mumbai The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has announced its plan to hold 10 public consultations in Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to gather public opinion on amendments required in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991.
Mumbai: Parents in Pune have pressed the panic button after the death of Rida Shaikh, the first in the country to fall to swine flu, on August 3. On Wednesday over hundreds of people thronged Pune