Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government has launched a scheme to make a pack of sanitary pads available to 7 lakh girls studying in government schools for a subsidised price of Rs 5. The state cabinet, on Tuesday, approved a proposal to launch, Asmita (meaning dignity) — a scheme to make sanitary pads available

This is the story of how an initiative of a voluntary organisation has changed the environment in one Mumbai slum. Usually the slums are very dirty, but not this one. Here, the walls are all painted and the complete look has changed. This looks more like Italy's Positano and has become a tourist

In a makeshift newsroom made from bamboo sticks and brightly painted gunny bags, 10-year-old Dheeraj Bhatt is talking into a microphone. “Hello and welcome to the children’s scrapping, err… scrappy news service,” says the chirpy anchor. “Today’s show is about reclaiming our lost playgrounds...” The

From coming 'Gudhi Padwa', the Maharashtra Day, in March 2018, plastic bottles, thermocol plates/bowls/spoons will be banned in Maharashtra schools and govt offices. This ban will be further extended to private offices also later. Like a few other states which have become plastic-free, Maharashtra

For the past seven years, a team of Railway Protection Force’s (RPF) women staffers have ensured that women commuters can travel safely in Mumbai’s local trains. The team, called ‘Mahila Vahini’, catch chain snatchers, mobile robbers and rescue minor girls from stations. This team was formed by

KALAMB (OSMANABAD): Ten years ago, Vidya More's life went up in flames. Broken by years of crop failure and mounting debt, her husband Sahadev doused their tiny hut in kerosene and set it ablaze. But Vidya was not ready to give up. She threw her children out of the hut and jumped out. She wanted to

As our civic authorities grapple with accusations of indiscriminate tree-cutting for development, and not compensating for it by replanting enough saplings, a small, sweet initiative by a city-based family may just be the example they need to emulate. It was the birth of their daughter one-and-ahalf

FIVE MONTHS ago, a group of 10 men sporting white T-shirts and green fatigue trousers, and carrying brooms, choppers, chain-saws, spades and rock-climbing equipment, set out on a mission without precedent. They were out to clean a 500-year-old fort spread across 11 km. It was a formidable challenge

If one college can save so much, imagine what miracles can take place if many more join this fight against environmental problems. Dumpyards run out of space, loss of tree cover, increase in air pollution levels and shortage of water are all pressing environmental problems Mumbai is facing. But

AS A collection agent for a credit society, Manisha Shinde made daily visits to slums in Pune to collect savings from women working with self-help groups. During these visits, the women often shared with her their stories of struggle, which usually ended in a wish: “If only we had a house of our own

Five years ago, Nerul resident Mabiya Mandal's world collapsed in an instant while she was sleeping, following a gruesome acid attack by her husband. However, she found support from several quarters in the form of contributions from well-wishers and a local hospital that has treated her free of cost

Sounds so promising. Management of Shirdi temple are working on an innovative measure wherein foot energy of devotees will be harnessed to generate power. According to the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) chairman Suresh Haware : “Around 50,000 people visit Shirdi daily. We would install energy