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Schools not exempt from environment protection rules: SC

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Industrial sheds, schools, colleges and hostels for educational institutions will no longer benefit from an exemption from obtaining environmental clearances under the Environment I... Read More


State govt to lease farmland to increase forest cover, boost eco-tourism

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- The state is chalking out a new forest conservation policy that will allow the government to lease private agricultural land for tree plantation, thereby increasing forest cover fro... Read More


State govt forms rules forchild artistes, with riders

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- The state government has decided to amend the Maharashtra Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1997, and set up a taskforce in 36 districts to draw up a comprehensive ac... Read More


Two dead, 95 injured during Dahi Handi

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Despite heavy rains, Dahi Handi festivities on Saturday saw large turnouts across the city and Thane, but also left two people dead and 95 injured, including two in critical conditi... Read More


Chhetri's omission: A question of answers

Kolkata, Aug. 17 -- At 10.44pm on Independence Day it became clear that Sunil Chhetri will not figure in Khalid Jamil's plans for the CAFA Nations Cup, the new India head coach's first assignment begi... Read More


'Rs.150/sq ft bribe rate fixed under ex-VVCMC chief'

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting a money laundering probe into the construction of 41 illegal, now-demolished buildings in Vasai East, has found that former VVC... Read More


29 villages of Palghar added back to VVCMC

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- In a notice issued on August 14, the state government included 29 villages of Palghar district in the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC). The districts, which were a par... Read More


CR to install 1,650 CCTVs along tracks

Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- The Central Railway (CR) recently came up an elaborate plan to install 1,650 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras along railway lines, to keep surveillance on tracks, train-park... Read More


HC clears decks for Santacruz slum redevelopment, stuck for four years

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday reprimanded a section of residents of the Jaku Club slum pocket in Santacruz East for blocking the redevelopment of their settlement for nearly fou... Read More


New rail corridors on the cards

Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has proposed new rail corridors along the existing lines on the Kalyan-Kasara and Kalyan-Karjat corridors to segregate Mumbai's suburban rai... Read More