The Karnataka High court today ordered issue of notices to the Union Ministry of Forestsy, Ecology and Environment and others on a public interest writ petition seeking directions to quash the

Bangaloreans may finally get to know how many prks and playgrounds they actually have in the City. The Urban Research Centre in Malleswaram has taken up a survey of Bangallore's parks and playgrounds

The tiger population in Rajasthan has been estimated between 58 to 67, says the report of the latest wildlife census conducted in may this year. However, these figures are not the outcome of the

The cumulative rainfall received in the State during the first fortnight of October was not only continuous and widespread, but excess in 25 of the 27 district. The rainfall was normal in one and

The Government of India has prepared a model amendment to the building byelaws which, if adopted by municipal corporations, will make it mandatory for all new buildings - residential or commercial -

Monsanto, the US biotech giant now in the eye of a storm over its geneticaly modified food research, suffered a setback with its decision to stop plans to produce terminator (sterile) seeds, a

Citizens for Alternatives to Nuclear Energy (Cane), an NGO, will hold a protest at the Kaiga nuclear power station in Uttara Kannada district on November1, demanding that the second unit of the

A number of forest plants in Western Rajasthan, mainly desert areas, have been found to be potential source of non-edible oil, according to scientists of the Arid Forest Research Institute , Jodhpur.

While the Karnataka Forest Department is busy celebrating Wildlife Week (Oct 1-7) , the denizens of the forest, including the endangered tiger, are crying out for protection. Poaching, timber

Expectedly, Goa's tourism industry has been the first to react to Gao's ban on smoking in public places which has come into foce from today. The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), which