In the early weeks of January 2012, a report of four cases of tuberculosis from Mumbai, India, stirred up a storm.1 India bears a giant's share of the world's multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden, but these cases were different even though they came from a centre (Hinduja Hospital and Research Center) which has been reporting on the alarming escalation in drug-resistant TB in Mumbai over the last two decades. (Editorial)

PUNE: The civic administration has taken a much-needed step towards making citizens accountable for every drop of water they consume and also to measure its loss through leakages.

WWF India has developed a “low carbon growth policy tracker” to help assess low carbon policies across the country.

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PUNE: The district administration has appointed 13 squads, one for each taluka, to keep a check on illegal extraction of sand from rivers and its transportation following a rise in the number of ca

Maharashtra’s Tribal Development Department is helping 18 villages in three districts to use the Forest Rights Act to exercise their control over tendu leaves.

Heat wave conditions sweeping large parts of the country worsened, killing three persons in Madhya Pradesh, while Nagpur on Tuesday witnessed its hottest day in six decades at a sizzling 47.8 degre

MUMBAI: The city's draft development plan (DP) will not be published in October as planned.

Maharashtra’s State Transport Commissioner VN More has suggested that only those people should be allowed to purchase cars who have adequate parking slots in cities like Mumbai and Pune.

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