Why must so many elephants die on the railway tracks?

'The prime minister can think of bullet trains and speed, but cannot think of special measures to save these magnificent creatures.' IMAGE: A female elephant after it was hit by a train near the......

Chennai floods, a wake-up call for Mumbai

Since the disastrous 2005 floods, that crippled the nation's business capital, little work has been done on disaster management and relief preparations. If ten years after the Mumbai floods, the......

Maharashtra bans plastic bags

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday banned manufacture, sale and use of all plastic bags, saying they choked drainage systems during recent monsoon rains.Environmental groups welcomed the ban,......

Tigress caught on video at Sanjay Gandhi National

A tigress has been spotted after almost a month of the appearance of pugmarks at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, indicating reappearance of the big cat in the city after 83 years.Deputy......

Tata Power faces grimy thermal battle

Next week's public hearing on Tata Power's proposal to convert its 500 Mw unit at Trombay in this metropolis' northeast to coal-based from oil and gas is expected to be stormy.The Maharashtra......

Livelihood of 7,000 Mumbai cabbies threatened

Sanjay Kumar is a worried man. His only means of livelihood has come to an end. He used to drive one of the 7,000 taxis that have been forced to stop services in Mumbai from December 3, 2008. "I am......