The fact that Ganeshotsav is just around the corner may not be music to the ears of several Mumbaikars.
07/09/2010
Contrary to the belief that women in their reproductive age die more due to maternal reasons, a study conducted in Maharashtra has found that tuberculosis, cancers, suicides, injury and poisoning are the major killers of women in the 15-44 age-group. The study was conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) through its National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumba
07/09/2010
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government will find it tough to provide another mining site to Vedanta Resources, which was denied permission to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri Hills, a top company official said on Monday. “The state government in its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vedanta in 2004 had committed to supply 150 million tonne of bauxite for its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh,” a top comp
07/09/2010
The steering committee of the state government on Monday took the desalination plant proposal for Mumbai forward by setting 2013 as the deadline for the first phase. The government plans to set up two plants of 100 mld each at south Mumbai and the suburbs to tackle the city’s water crisis. The high powered committee, under the chairmanship of principle secretary, urban development, TC Benjam
07/09/2010
The office of Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) manager in Reay Road had some unlikely visitors on Monday morning.
07/09/2010
New Delhi: ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel-maker, is in discussions with Indiabulls Group to form a joint venture company for scouting and mining iron ore in Rajasthan and setting up a steel plant. "The discussions are on (between ArcelorMittal and Indiabulls to form a JV company).
07/09/2010
The meeting of agriculture ministers constituted by the Central Government discussed in detail about ways and means for improvement in agriculture marketing sysem. Agriculture Minister of Maharashtra Shri Harshwardhan Patil chaired the meeting here today.
07/09/2010
Madhya Pradesh is fast emerging as the hub of swine flu this season with the city claiming seven lives in a single day. This is perhaps the highest figure of casualties reported in one day in the country so far in 2010. What is cause for concern is that while the national average of deaths is only 5.28 percent, that of Madhya Pradesh is a startling 38 percent. Run-down on the cases in the state
07/09/2010
How an illegal hotel built on sand dunes nearly escaped High Court demolition orders, reveals CLAUDE ALVARES Our panchayats and their leaders have now become part of an all-Goa scenario of complete non-governance accompanied by acts of brazen manipulation and corruption.
07/09/2010
Herald (Panjim)
DIMAPUR, Sep 6 – The HIV/AIDS prevalence scenario in Nagaland continues to remain alarming with the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) detecting over 1,000 HIV positive cases in the first quarter of this year. With this, the cumulative figure of HIV positive cases in Nagaland have touched over 10,000 since 1999.
07/09/2010

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