Mumbai watermelon case update: Stunning twist as no additives found in fruit by FDA, focus shifts to poison angleMumbai watermelon case: Investigations into the deaths of a Mumbai family have ruled out food adulteration, with FDA tests finding no conta...
02 May, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Mumbai reports first death, total 8 deaths in MaharashtraA 53-year-old patient died from Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Mumbai's Nair Hospital, raising Maharashtra's death toll to eight. With 192 susp...
12 Feb, 2025, 01.03 PM IST
Maharashtra: 167 Guillain-Barre Syndrome cases detected, 7 deaths reportedMaharashtra Health Department reported 192 suspected and 167 confirmed Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases, with seven deaths. Surveillance...
11 Feb, 2025, 07.48 AM IST
Tally of Guillain-Barre syndrome rises to 180 in PuneThe Pune region has reported 180 suspected cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), with 146 cases confirmed and six deaths. Mumbai identifi...
08 Feb, 2025, 08.32 AM IST
Suspected GBS deaths in Maharashtra rise to 5; cases up at 149In Maharashtra, the number of suspected deaths due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) has risen to five, with 149 cases reported and 124 conf...
01 Feb, 2025, 08.28 PM IST
Urban planning 'failure', pollution to be blamed for rising GBS cases: Supriya SuleNCP (SP) Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule criticized the Pune civic administration for its urban planning failure and rising pollution, which ...
30 Jan, 2025, 12.09 PM IST
Turning bald in a week: Mysterious hair loss crisis strikes 3 villages in MaharashtraIn Maharashtra's Buldhana district, multiple residents of three villages have experienced rapid hair loss, with several becoming bald withi...
09 Jan, 2025, 10.38 AM IST
MPCB asks thermal power station in Nagpur to stop dumping ash slurryResidents of Nandgaon had earlier filed complaints with the Maharashtra government alleging that due to increased air and water pollution a...
04 Feb, 2022, 10.35 AM IST
Treated and purified sewage water for industrial use to attract 18% GST, says AARNagpur Waste Water Management Pvt Ltd had approached the Maharashtra bench of AAR seeking a ruling on whether 'tertiary treated water' supp...
01 Aug, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
Maharashtra floods: Rajesh Tope instructs officials to initiate measures for prevention of diseases caused by contaminated water"After interacting with the District Surgeons, District Health Officers at Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, the Hea...
26 Jul, 2021, 10.03 AM IST
Delhi among top three states with most contaminated sites, says Pollution Control BoardThere are 112 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances. Besides, there are 168 sites that may be contaminated but requ...
07 Mar, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
Level of toxic substances going up in rivers, chemical fertilisers contaminating groundwater: CentreCentral Ground Water Board (CGWB) had cautioned that the levels of fluoride, arsenic, nitrate and iron ore were beyond the acceptable limit...
21 Jul, 2019, 08.21 PM IST
19% of Indians drink water with lethal levels of arsenicUttar Pradesh has the largest number of people, over 70 million, exposed to arsenic-contaminated water.
24 Dec, 2017, 10.36 AM IST
- NGT directs MPCB to take stern action against industries violating norms in Pimpri-Chinchwad and Talegaon belt
Industries located in the Pimpri-Chinchwad and Talegaon belt will have to pay a fine of Rs 5 lakh each if they are found discharging efflue...
02 Oct, 2015, 01.28 PM IST
Maharashtra government to appoint 'swachhata doots' in every villageHalf of them will be women and each cleanliness ambassador will be given an annual renumeration of Rs 22,000.
22 Apr, 2015, 11.43 AM IST
- Pollution takes a toll on aquatic life in 150 river stretches
Discharge of untreated water into various rivers has left 150 river stretches across the country completely polluted. The level of contamin...
13 Dec, 2013, 08.24 AM IST
- House panel for inclusion of water in Union, Concurrent list
The standing committee on water resources has urged the Centre to build consensus on inclusion of water either in the Union or the Concurre...
02 Sep, 2011, 04.53 AM IST