Figure out the contrast; A state which claims of nurturing the country's third most sought after IT destination, has, ironically, an estimated 55 per cent of household without even a single toilet.

In a far sighted decision, Chhatbir Zoo authorities have decided to cremate the bodies of animals and birds that die in the zoo, and not just tigers, leopards and lions, so as to avoid pilferage and

The Forest Department has successfully taken possession of a chunk of its prime land on the Patiala-Bhunerheri Road at Majal Khurd village near Patiala. According to sources in the Forest Department,

Expressing concern over encroachments on forest and illegal felling of trees, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said that these had been checked to some extent but still much more

With an eye on the June 8 elections in three tribal Assembly segments, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has set out on a sop-giving spree. Ranging from promises of new roads and crores for development

Adopting various preventive measures to fight forest fires, a most common challenge before the Forest Department, during the summer months, the Himachal Pradesh state government has initiated action.

Hundreds of small and half grown green tres of pine and other species were destroyed in a fire that broke out in Khaldhar forest(Himachal Pradesh) causing extensive damage to natural wealth of the

The farmers in Jalandhar district are openly flouting the ban imposed by the administration on the burning of wheat straw in the fields after harvesting, which is leading to increase in pollution.

Around five per cent of the entire Punjabi population carries the dreaded Beta Thalassemia Trait. Not just this, the incidence of this trait is higher amongst Khatri and Ramgarhia communities as

Reports of illegal felling of trees and large scale human interference in the natural growth of forests notwithstanding, there is good news not only for environmentalists and the Forest Department