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Mumbai: 27.2 hectares of mangroves to be destroyed for metro line between 2 airports

India, March 4 -- Citing the need for better connectivity between the Navi Mumbai and Mumbai airports, the state government on February 24 sanctioned the Metro 8 line connecting the two. The project w... Read More


27 ha mangroves to be destroyed for airport metro

MUMBAI, March 4 -- Citing the need for better connectivity between the Navi Mumbai and Mumbai airports, the state government on February 24 sanctioned the Metro 8 line connecting the two. The project ... Read More


160 people, including 84 students, flown in from Dubai

MUMBAI, March 4 -- Around 160 people from Maharashtra, including 84 students stranded in Dubai amid the US-Iran war, arrived in Mumbai on two chartered flights late on Tuesday. The students, most of t... Read More


Ajit Pawar crash: Sena ministers blacklist VSR Ventures; CID says no angle ruled out

India, Feb. 27 -- Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, along with other Sena ministers will no longer use aircraft operated by Delhi-based VSR Ventures, the private cha... Read More


Shinde, Shiv Sena ministers blacklist VSR Ventures; state CID says no angle ruled out

MUMBAI/PUNE, Feb. 27 -- Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, along with other Sena ministers will no longer use aircraft operated by Delhi-based VSR Ventures, the priva... Read More


12-ha Chandrapur forest land granted for mining

MUMBAI, Feb. 27 -- Even as environmentalists are opposing a proposed iron ore mining project in the tiger corridor at Lohardongri in Chandrapur district, the state forest department has diverted a 12-... Read More


Copper cable theft derails restart plans of monorail; 3 FIRs filed in February

MUMBAI, Feb. 26 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which is working to restart monorail services between Saat Rasta and Pratiksha Nagar, has reported three instances of c... Read More


Expert task force to study digital addiction among kids: Shelar

Mumbai, Feb. 26 -- Maharashtra Information Technology Minister Ashish Shelar on Wednesday said that an expert task force has been constituted to study digital addiction among children and the report w... Read More


Proposed project likely to harm tiger habitat

MUMBAI, Feb. 26 -- The Maharashtra government is in the eye of the storm over a proposed iron-ore mining project that will run through Chandrapur district's tiger corridor. The proposed mine at Lohado... Read More


Backlash over tainted officer getting charge of Haffkine Bio Pharma

India, Feb. 25 -- Social activist Vijay Kumbhar on Tuesday slammed the administration of the government-run pharmaceutical company Haffkine Bio Pharma Corporation Limited for giving additional charge ... Read More