Maharashtra

The birth of a child is celebrated by people showering the newborn with gifts, from expensive clothes to toys. The celebrations in Ranmala, a small village near Pune, however, are silent but impactful with a tree being planted for the birth of each child in the village. People in Ranmala mark

A small village near Pune has become the torchbearer of the state government's massive tree plantation drive-this year, between July 1 and 31, 13 crore saplings will be planted across Maharashtra. Ranmala, a village in Khed taluka, was drought prone. Today, Ranmala is water sufficient and it owes

Exhausted by the overbearing grey concrete that is creeping up on Mumbai like some futuristic horror film, a growing number of people have decided to do their bit to cultivate little green utopias, sometimes as rebel gardeners. These 'guerilla gardeners' range from a dentist who seed-bombs forests

When Shankuntala Kale, chairperson of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, was announcing SSC results for the first time in her career, she was aware that a village in Ambegaontaluka was proud of its daughter who had made it to the topmost position in the board. Kale

Four students from Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, becoming the first tribal students from India to achieve this feat. The four to scale the world’s highest peak are Umakant Madavi (19), Parmesh Aale (19), Manisha Dhurve (18), and Kavidas Katmode (18). Katmode

Earlier you begin, greater the impact. That is what academics experts and principals believe and have started taking baby steps towards creating awareness in schools about organ donation. They feel that students can take the learning home and help spread the word among parents and peers. From year

For the first time, premium leather footwear manufactured within the confines of a prison by a bunch of convicts is being rolled out for sale across India. Eponymously called 'Inmate', the footwear is available online. 'Inmate' is the result of a collaborative effort between the state prison

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) soon plans to install more than 500 plastic bottle-crushing machines across the city, to help in implementation of the ban. More than 30 lakh plastic bottles are circulated in the city on a daily basis. The machines, which the civic body will obtain

State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has launched home-delivery of diesel on a pilot basis in Pune and plans to expand doorstep delivery of the fuel to other parts of the country in near future. The company has mounted a diesel dispenser, similar to the one seen at petrol pumps, on a midsized truck

IT’S TAKEN 10 years for Anuradha Kale to get her son to step out. Nirmala Sumbe’s daughter has broken her silence and joined singing classes. Kedar Nath has finally found a space where he can talk freely, write poetry, even draw. Last Friday, they were all there — mothers, fathers, sons, daughters —

Pune-based swimmer, Rohan More became the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the Ocean Seven. Rohan is the youngest person in the world to swim across the Ocean Seven. The Ocean's Seven marathon consists of seven long-distance open-water swims, which includes the North Channel

It isn't just her name reminding one of a controversial Bollywood actress that piques one's interest. With a small bindi, white button-up shirt and trousers and a bright burgundy tie, Mamta Kulkarni makes for a rare picture. Kulkarni, who helms the country's first all-woman (41 of them aged between