No IPL matches in Maharashtra after April 30, orders Bombay High Court

The court ruled that the water crisis in the state could be solved if water used in maintaining cricket pitches was diverted to drought-affected …

‘Farmers are not casino players’

Micha X Peled, US-based Israeli filmmaker, has won 22 international awards for his globalisation trilogy, the last of which was a film on …

Insuring against gene erosion

Experiments by the Academy for Development of Science in Karjat have led researchers to conclude that gene banks are best created and controlled …

Wild killing

A Maharashtra minister's call for killing protected animals like nilgai sparks off a controversy

We want to ensure an NGO in every village

Anna Hazare's name is synonymous with rural development and people's power. Hazare had once again hit the headlines in May by undertaking a fast …

Maharashtra government's ATR on irrigation scam omits naming Ajit Pawar

Opposition threatens legal action unless deputy chief minister is punished

CWC tells states to keep close watch on 15 dams

Central Water Commission asks dam officials to release water according to the rule curve and standard operating procedure  

Cyclone Nisarga may hit Mumbai on June 3, says weather department

Nisarga will be the first cyclone to hit the Maharashtra coast in June since 1891, according to the weather department  

Supreme Court upholds land rights of people affected by infrastructure projects

Slams Maharashtra government for denying compensation to family whose land was taken over for industrial development nearly fifty years ago

Maharashtra diverting water from Vidarbha farmers to power plants: Greenpeace report

71 more thermal power plants are in various stages of approval in the region

Soy seed crunch hits farmers in Maharashtra

Farmers sceptical of agricultural department’s strategy of using previous year’s crop as seed to meet this year’s kharif demand

Land acquired for SEZs in Maharashtra to be turned into industrial hubs

New industrial policy follows denotification of SEZ land after promoters backed out of 16 deals

India’s small cats have been ignored & overlooked, experts tell DTE as leopard cat spotted in Maharashtra’s Pench

These cats not only keep a check on small mammals, rodents, reptiles and birds but also indicate the health of their bigger cousins like tigers …

Avni’s cubs found safe in Yavatmal

Forest officials are trying to catch them and relocate them

Waghoba: How the indigenous Warlis of western India find the Divine in big cats

The Warli worship of Waghoba and their co-existence with big cats is an example of what has been stated in recent years: Indigenous peoples are …

About half the diet of Indian, Himalayan wolves is domestic livestock: Study

Study however does not turn page on taxonomic debate regarding the two lineages

Scarcity to abundance: How a Maharashtra village came together to address water crisis

Cultivable land with perennial irrigation grew 20% in a decade 

New eel species discovered in Mumbai well

The blind eel belongs to a genus endemic to India

Live storage increased 165% in 123 reservoirs during monsoon

This is 87 per cent of the total live storage capacity of the 123 reservoirs

Bitter sugar

Sugarcane farmers are the losers as Uttar Pradesh government, mill owners strike a deal

Angioplasty of streams

Politician-scientist duo turns an arid region in Maharashtra lush green

Biogas rediscovered

Innovative Vidarbha farmers make biogas plants viable.

Back in action

Jaundice epidemic

Fast measures