Borivali park gets rare inmate, world’s smallest primate rescued from flyer

Friday 24 July '09

A three-inch ‘bushbaby’ galago, a primate native to Central Africa, sits huddled in a plastic basket at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali.

Brace for a little rain & huge tides

Thursday 23 July '09

Weather bureaus in the city and worldwide have forecast moderate rain till the weekend but Mumbai remains on tenterhooks ahead of the season’s highest tide levels from Thursday.

Horses rescued in Andheri

Saturday 18 July '09

A month after two horses— which were part of an illegal tonga race— fell off the Andheri flyover to death, the Bombay SPCA along with Plants and Animals Welfare Society...

Notes on Rainfall

Monday 13 July '09

Even as Mumbai faces a 30 per cent daily water cut thanks to a weak monsoon this year...

Amid rainfall deficit, experts see hope in the horizon

Sunday 12 July '09

A long, dry spell and then a heavy downpour catching the city by surprise and then another dry spell.

Trees die mysteriously; authority says no need to worry

Wednesday 8 July '09

N Parel, right outside ITC Grand Central: Four big rain trees have suddenly begun shedding leaves.

CZA final nod for Byculla Zoo revamp in 17 days

Tuesday 7 July '09

In just 17 days from now, the Central Zoo Authority in Delhi will grant its final approval to the much awaited and mulled over Rs 433 crore Byculla Zoo master plan.

Experiment under way to induce rain

Monday 6 July '09

Agricultural failure, water shortage, drought and power-cuts due to a delayed and weak southwest monsoon may soon be a thing of the past if an experiment being conducted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, bears fruit.

Horses’ death: NGO takes up issue with DCPs

Tuesday 30 June '09

Even as the Andheri police filed a first information report last week in the case of two horses that plunged off the Andheri flyover...

How about a baked vada pav this monsoon?

Monday 29 June '09

Childhood friends Ajay Gadiar and Kedar Naik (both residents of Thane then) remember looking on with admiration as their fathers cooked up delicious meals together.

Catch eclipse early in Surat or clearly in Patna

Monday 29 June '09

Surat and Patna are the places to be on July 22, not Mumbai, where the solar eclipse will not be total and where the weather will obstruct the view of whatever spectacle there is.

Conditions on west coast show rains building up, predicts IMD

Sunday 28 June '09

After a heavy downpour on Friday, the sun shone over Mumbai on Saturday, driving the maximum temperature to 30 degrees and 31 degrees Celsius (from Friday’s 24.3 degrees and 26.3 degrees) in Colaba and Santacruz respectively.

10 days after horses fall off highway, cops file an FIR

Thursday 25 June '09

Ten days after two horses — which were allegedly a part of an illegal horse race — fell off the Andheri flyover, landing on the busy Western Express Highway, the Andheri police has finally registered an First Information Report against the ‘unknown owner’ of the animals.

Longest delay in 50 yrs but the rains are here, finally

Thursday 25 June '09

The southwest monsoon has officially arrived in Mumbai. The Indian Meteorological Department made the declaration at 8.30 am after recording the monsoon’s advance.

Few cases of illegal tree felling reach courts

Monday 22 June '09

The statistics on illegal felling of tress released by the BMC’s Gardens Department reveals startling facts.

Lessons in Kannada to communicate with lions

Monday 22 June '09

D Rathod, superintendent of the lion safari at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), is learning to speak Kannada.

Finally, police begin investigation into horses’ death at flyover

Sunday 21 June '09

Finally, Andheri police have started looking into the case of the two horses that plunged off the Andheri flyover last Sunday.

Minutes after horses’ death, cops knew about it; no case even now

Saturday 20 June '09

Five days after two horses — which were allegedly used in an illegal horse racing racket — fell off the Andheri flyover in broad daylight and plunged to death, it has emerged that the police knew about the accident at the time it occurred on Sunday.

Mercury level rise at Sewri: study to find out why

Thursday 18 June '09

In the wake of rising level of mercury content in Sewri mudflats—measuring at 23.05 microgram per litre...

On horse death trail, hint of illegal races & a rearing ground

Thursday 18 June '09

Two horses lying bleeding on the Western Express Highway after falling off the Andheri flyover on Sunday, an injured horse taken to BSPCA Hospital later Sunday evening...

Parel does not forget animals, keeps hospital ready ahead of monsoon

Tuesday 16 June '09

Anticipating A good monsoon this year, the Bombay Society for Prevention against Cruelty to Animals has embarked upon an intensive repair, clean- up and stock-up exercise at its animal hospital in Parel.

Byculla Zoo makeover gets conditional nod

Friday 12 June '09

Two years after the Thailand-based HKS Designer and Consultancy drew up its Rs 433-crore master plan for the Byculla Zoo, the makeover of the zoo came a step closer to becoming a reality.

A deathtrap? High mercury content in Sewri mudflats

Wednesday 10 June '09

The Sewri mudflats, home for thousands of visiting flamingoes every year, may contain lethal levels of mercury — a heavy metal, long-term exposure to which is fatal to fauna as well as humans.

Even ragpickers don’t pick plastic bags: study

Sunday 7 June '09

Three years after plastic carry bags below 50 microns were banned in the state, thin plastic thailis or polythene bags continue to be a nuisance in Mumbai with even the ragpickers unwilling to pick them for recycling.