The old school of thought that environment conservation and its related problems are the worry of a couple of small time NGOs with a passion for wildlife, is just about to be refreshed. The chairman

An eco report card on 19 kilometres of marine water flowing from Thane to Trombay and Vashi has pinned the blame for severe and indiscriminate pumping of industrial and domestic waste on industries

The Maharashtra state health department and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said 333 cases of malaria, including 42 of the falciparum type, had been reported in the city

Claiming that it's fully alive to the need for combating any potential outbreak of falciparum malaria in Mumbai, the civic Public Health Department has decided to declare the illness to be a notified

The Human Resource Development ministry has selected 50 institutes in the Maharashtra state to implement its scheme of community polytechniques which aims to generate employment opportunities among

More than 33 riot victims, including 30 children, fell ill after eating lunch at a relief camp in Mirzapur, Gujarat on Oct. 1. They have been admitted to V S Hospital. Those who complained of

Months after allegations of a housing society of senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers cutting trees without the Tree Authority's approval were made, Lokayukta V P Tipnis has ordered

If Maharashtra state government ban on gutka and paan masala from August 1 has anything to do with oral/ throat cancer, the question that anti-tobacco activists and concerned citizens are asking is

The Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to take necessary actionincluding directing closure of the four cooling towers of the Shanmukhananda Hall in Matunga

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has served a show cause notice to the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) for its failure to take corrective steps to arrest contamination of water in the wells