How Maharashtra bus caught fire killing 25

The private passenger bus that met with an accident early on Saturday in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, in which 25 passengers were charred to death, was less than four years old, an official of......

India sizzles at 40 degrees, IMD predicts heatwave in northwest and east

Mercury hovered around 40 degrees Celsius in large parts of the country on Monday as the Indian meteorological department predicted heat wave conditions in parts of east India over the next four......

SC stays laying of paver blocks on roads in Matheran hill station

The Supreme Court has stayed laying of paver blocks on the roads in Maharashtra's Matheran till further orders, saying it would prima facie destroy the hill station's natural beauty. IMAGE: A toy......

Is Tourism Destroying Goa?

Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and......

Coastal zoning nods hold up Tatas' plans for Sea Rock hotel

'Following all the approvals, three years are needed to build such a complex, especially with the challenges that such a great location brings with it,' a Taj spokesperson said. IMAGE: Mumbai's......

Still no transparency in Maharashtra's plastic ban

Retailers, especially food and grocery chains, are clearly unhappy, saying the ban is impractical Avinash Gokhale, a resident of Dadar in Mumbai, purchases loose milk from the local dairy every......

For FMCG biggies, plastic waste control is top priority

The issue of pollution caused due to the non-degradable material is keeping consumer goods majors - from ITC and Dabur to Nestlé and PepsiCo - on their toes. If demonetisation and Goods and......

Odisha: Of unkept promises and chasing big-ticket investments

A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore  of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory, says Dillip Satapathy. The ninth of a 10-part series looks at the......