An extensive ground fire of an unprecedented nature has burnt to ashes full-grown grass and small plants in over 1,000 hectares of the 264 sq km Gautala wildlife santuary in Kannad tehsil, 80 km

The Yamuna is dying, poisoned everyday not just by factories but by the people. While factories dump effluents, people wash and throw flowers. Even the ground-water is being contaminated by the

Fresh water for the Yamuna; govt seeks bidders : The Delhi government has accused Haryana of dumping its industrial wastes in the Yamuna. This is in addition to the domestic affluents already being

Two months after its decision to set up an Infocity in an afforested area in Gandhinagar kicked up a controversy, the Gujarat government is now eyeing the Wilderness Park, located across the

Private practitioners are going to join hands with the Government Tuberculosis Control Programme in a big way thanks to the Delhi Medical

The peacocks in Gugana village did not return to the bushes that evening. On March 22, some of them started tumbling down from the treetops as villagers watched in disbelief. Within half an hour,

Malaria has claimed over 400 lives in the State during the last six years following the Government's failure to effectively implement the National Malaria Eradication Programme. The Comptroller and

The Bombay High Court today directed a CBI probe into the contract for retrofitting turbines awarded by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board(MSEB) to Powerplant Performance Improvement

The Mahe Municipality has embarked on a novel scheme to dispose of its garbage and earn some money in the process. With help from the Pondicherry Agro Service and Industrial Corporation(PASIC), the

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has held that tribal van Gujjars living in the proposed Rajaji National Park can not be coerced by forest authorities to leave their forest homes. The