Female infanticide is still prevalent in Omalur block of Salem district. This is the assessment of the Alternative for Indian Development, a non-governmental organisation, which has been working in

A warm reception was accorded to a group of children and adults, from various countries who have undertaken a 'Global March' against child labour on their arrival at Chennai here on

The Local Administration Department has received over half a dozen bids from professional waste disposal companies for operating Chennai's first garbage recyling plant. The bidders include firms

Meghamalai in the Western Ghats has to be declared a sanctuary at the earliest, if further deterioration of the forests in the region has to be halted, it has been stressed by the Tamil Nadu Green

The frequent protest from the Residents' Associations against uncleared garbage from the transfer stations abutting colonies, has prompted the Chennai Corporation to implement an action plan for

The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), a division of the National Institute of Health (NIG|H), U.S., is keen to promote research in the area of drug abuse and HIV with Indian

In a rare spectacle the Pheasant-tailed jacanas have started their breeding activities at the Madhavaram jheel after a period of five years. In the recent past the birds had shifted their activities

The Green Bench of the Madras High Court has granted time till May 11 to 609 dyeing and bleaching units in Tiruppur to commission common/individual effluent treatment plants for treating the

In a major operation, a special team of the Customs Preventive Unit (CPU) in Tuticorin seized over 12 tonnes of sandalwood, worth about Rs. 1 crore, shortly before the consignment was to be illegally

After HIV and Hepatitis B, which continue to wreak havoc with the lives of many unsuspecting people, an infection which can cuase serious short and long term complications and result in fatality in a