Nitya Kaushik is head, Communications, WRI India.

July 30, 2009 00:02 IST
Thirteen-year-old Vignesh Kawle is oblivious of the world around him as he single-mindedly kneads a mass of clay with his fingers trying to create the perfect elephant head.
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
July 27, 2009 05:37 IST
Nagpanchami,this year,brought a sense of triumph to snake rescuers across the city.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009July 27, 2009 05:22 IST
Faye Lewis of Bandra is in northern Greenland,waiting for the most fantastic and possibly most alarming phenomenon of her life: the disintegration of an ice glacier roughly the size of Thane district.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009July 25, 2009 04:31 IST
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has collected samples of sludge and fish carcasses from the Ghansoli Creek...
Sat, Jul 25, 2009
July 24, 2009 01:47 IST
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.
Fri, Jul 24, 2009
July 23, 2009 01:33 IST
Weather bureaus in the city and worldwide have forecast moderate rain till the weekend but Mumbai remains on tenterhooks ahead of the seasons highest tide levels from Thursday.
Thu, Jul 23, 2009July 18, 2009 01:41 IST
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...
Sat, Jul 18, 2009July 13, 2009 04:05 IST
Even as Mumbai faces a 30 per cent daily water cut thanks to a weak monsoon this year...
Mon, Jul 13, 2009July 12, 2009 02:44 IST
A long,dry spell and then a heavy downpour catching the city by surprise and then another dry spell.
Sun, Jul 12, 2009July 08, 2009 01:53 IST
N Parel,right outside ITC Grand Central: Four big rain trees have suddenly begun shedding leaves.
Wed, Jul 08, 2009July 07, 2009 22:40 IST
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.
Tue, Jul 07, 2009July 06, 2009 00:18 IST
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.
Mon, Jul 06, 2009June 30, 2009 01:23 IST
Even as the Andheri police filed a first information report last week in the case of two horses that plunged off the Andheri flyover...
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
June 29, 2009 03:10 IST
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.
Mon, Jun 29, 2009June 29, 2009 02:52 IST
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.
Mon, Jun 29, 2009June 28, 2009 02:12 IST
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 Fridays 24.3 degrees and 26.3 degrees) in Colaba and Santacruz respectively.
Sun, Jun 28, 2009June 25, 2009 00:55 IST
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.
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
June 25, 2009 00:23 IST
The southwest monsoon has officially arrived in Mumbai. The Indian Meteorological Department made the declaration at 8.30 am after recording the monsoons advance.
Thu, Jun 25, 2009June 22, 2009 01:54 IST
The statistics on illegal felling of tress released by the BMCs Gardens Department reveals startling facts.
Mon, Jun 22, 2009June 22, 2009 01:44 IST
D Rathod,superintendent of the lion safari at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP),is learning to speak Kannada.
Mon, Jun 22, 2009June 21, 2009 02:47 IST
Finally,Andheri police have started looking into the case of the two horses that plunged off the Andheri flyover last Sunday.
Sun, Jun 21, 2009
June 20, 2009 02:47 IST
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.
Sat, Jun 20, 2009June 18, 2009 01:38 IST
In the wake of rising level of mercury content in Sewri mudflatsmeasuring at 23.05 microgram per litre...
Thu, Jun 18, 2009June 18, 2009 01:28 IST
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...
Thu, Jun 18, 2009June 16, 2009 23:52 IST
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.
Tue, Jun 16, 2009



