The National Green Tribunal has taken strong exception to a Noida police officer not complying with its order on illegal water extraction by builders, asking him why “punitive action” be not taken

In a startling revelation, the Union health ministry has mapped 16,000 habitations which are prone to arsenic and heavy metal water, resulting in emergence of deadly diseases.

In a shocking disclosure, more than 50 districts in Uttar Pradesh, out of the total 75, have been found to be quake prone.

Miraculous pullouts of a teenaged boy and a woman alive on Thursday lifted the gloom on a rainy day while three fresh aftershocks kept people on edge, even as Nepal’s Army Chief feared that the dea

Days after the disastrous earthquake in Nepal, the Delhi high court on Wednesday said that unauthorised constructions and colonies in the city are “disasters waiting to happen” in case of a similar

The presence of antimicrobial resistance “superbug” that rocked India a few years ago, is detected in all parts of the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, noting that only 34 count

Washington: A part of India slid about one foot to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds during the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the neighbouring country o

Up to eight million people have had their lives disrupted after a deadly earthquake shook Nepal, said the United Nations, adding there was an urgent need for relief materials ranging from tarpaulin

In a bid to digitise all land records in the national capital, the southwest district has started digitisation of land records in its area and has made them available online in the public domain.

For a city that is growing vertically, the killer earthquake in Nepal serves as a reminder of its preparedness to tackle such disasters.