Konkan Tribune

Mandangad is the north most taluka in Ratnagiri district. It is a hilly coastal zone. The Arabian Sea is about 35 km from Mandangad. It is famous for its fort situated nearby. Mandangad is surrounded by villages such as Adkhal, Buri, Surle, Pat, Dhutroli, Nargoli, Bankot, Veshvi, Velas, Valota, Mahaprol, Kudk, Gharadi, Tulshi, Knzar … etc. Climate : It is located on higher level than sea; the weather is not that humid. The winters are cold. Transportation : Mandangad is 175 km from Ratnagiri, 170 km from Pune and 192 km from Mumbai. It is well connected by road. The major road transportation is ST buses. Facilities : There is one high school and college which is affiliated to Mumbai University . Recently one English medium school is also opened in Mandangad. There is one government hospital and few private hospitals. Economy : Like other talukas in Ratnagiri district such as Khed or Dapoli, the economy of Mandangad taluka is still under developed. Even though, the people of Mandanga...

Dapoli taluka is called as the “Mini Mahabaleshwar” because of its cool climate throughout the year. Dapoli is separated from the Sayhadri range by the Khed taluka. Dapoli has a seaboard of 50 km which stretches from Burondi, Kelshi to Dabhol. The coastline differs little in its general characteristics from that of other parts of Kokan. It is densely covered by coconut farms. The principal rivers are Bharja in the north and Vashishthi in the south. There is also a small river called Jog which flows through Sarang, Tadil and into the Arabian Sea . Dapoli is surrounded by villages such as Anjarle, Harne, Sarang, Bhopan, Dabhol, Unhavare, Jaalgaon, Gimhavane, Asud, Vanand, Kherdi, Karde, Murud, Pangari Dabhil, Umberghar, Unaware … etc Dapoli taluka is a good place to enjoy because of nice weather due to height, beaches, forts, temples, and caves. That is why it can be best described as a place where a hill station and a beach come together. From historic point of view Dapoli is also the ...

-- Source of Information : timeswellness.com, Dr Parul R Sheth -- A number of factors can trigger depression at any age or at any stage, and children are no exception to this. They too can suffer from depression; anxiety, sadness, feelings of hopelessness creeping in their tiny minds. Sadly enough children are unable to communicate about what they are feeling or experiencing. Professor Pratap Sharan, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi , points out “The prevalence of depression in children and adolescents in India needs to be understood in the context of the high and ever increasing evidence of suicidal behaviour in young Indian population.” In the general population, about 5% of children and adolescents suffer from depression at some time or the other. Children may inherit the depressive trait. All those children who are under extreme stress due to events such as divorce of their parents, childhood abuse, loss of a parent or a close family...

Sixteen out of India ’s 40 richest business tycoons call Mumbai home. So do hundreds of Bollywood actors and directors, more than a dozen of whom have taxable incomes exceeding $1 million a year. Then there are the bankers, consultants and other professionals whose pay is fast approaching global levels. The city, a diamond-trading hub, also has enormous family wealth going back to the 19th century when Mumbai financiers made a fortune selling raw cotton to Manchester and opium to China . Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, the most populous city of India, and by some measures the most populous city in the world with an estimated population of about 18 million (as of 2006). Mumbai is located on Salsette Island , off the west coast of Maharashtra . Along with its neighbouring suburbs, it forms the world’s fifth most populous metropolitan area with a population of about 20 million . The metro population ranking is projected to rise to 4th in th...

-- Source of Information : Yahoo India -- We all want to raise our little ones to be polite and well behaved, and learning those lessons starts at home. It’s never too early to teach your little ones basic manners! Here are eight of the most important manners you should try to teach your little ones before they go to school. They won’t remember them all, or get them right every time, but patience and perseverance should get you through: 1. Always say please and thank you : Whether they're activities as small as giving your little one a snack, or them asking if they can play in the garden, always reinforce the importance of saying please and thank you. No matter how young your children are, you can't start enforcing this rule too early! 2. Table manners : When your tiny tots are just learning to eat at the table, start teaching them the manners you'd like them to have for the rest of their lives! Rules like not eating with their mouths open, or not putting their elbows on t...

-- Source of Information : Economic times -- The perception about gold in India has come a long way from the days when its main function was to merely adorn and act as a status symbol. The emotional investment in the metal was so huge that parting with it seemed unthinkable. Consequently, it seldom yielded worth-while returns. Now, however, it is becoming clear that an increasing number of Indians are realising that gold deserves a place not just in the cupboard at home or the bank locker, but also in their investment portfolio. "Gold has been a traditional favourite for Indian investors. There is a shift in the mindset of investors. They are now looking beyond gold as merely a commodity for consumption and are realising its worth as an investment avenue too. It has given steady returns over a period of time," says Sutapa Banerjee, CEO, private wealth, Ambit Capital. The trust in gold as a safe haven and a good hedge against inflation has only soared in the backdrop of the c...

Despite the threat to agriculture, the government is pushing for no less than 14 power and mining projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts, the mango capital of Maharashtra . The government is ignoring the pollution factor even it is known that coal-based projects extensively pollute water and land. The government doesn’t seem to have learnt a lesson after the people’s mandate against the proposed 10,000 MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district on Maharashtra ’s Konkan coast, which poses a grave challenge to the region’s eco system. It has emerged that the government has proposed to initiate 14 other power and mining projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, besides the five that already exist. The two districts currently generate 3,000 MW of electricity with the existing power plants. With zero theft of electricity, the farmers of the region, referred to as the mango capital of the country, consume only 180 MW of electricity. They fear that the new projects will irr...