Despite the drought in Maharashtra, the State government diverted water to thermal power plants in scarcity regions, said Greenpeace on Thursday.

NASHIK: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has failed to carry out random pollution under control (PUC) tests on vehicles in Nashik district in the last two years.

MUMBAI: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on May 25 announced that Dena Bank has adopted 32 drought affected villages and provided 101 drinking water storage tanks in Aurangabad and Nashik distr

Decision by Chavan comes after agitations by CPI(M), Kisan Sabha

Responding to the agitations by the CPI(M) and the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), the Maharashtra government has agreed to re-examine around two-lakh rejected claims of land rights made under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

The groundwater level in Nashik district has dipped by 1.37 metres below the average level for the last five years, ringing alarm bells among the authorities concerned.

The state government's ambitious tree plantation drive started last monsoon has gone bust even after the target was revised.

The water in as many as 61 villages in Nashik district has been found to be unfit for consumption, the latest survey conducted by the district health office (DHO) has revealed.

The National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation, Nashik, has developed a new onion variety named NHRDF-RED-2 ideal for growing in different parts of North India.

A committee of experts has been set up by the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) to study and give suggestions to government on various problems associated with growing cities.