The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) has embarked on an ambitious project: Preparing an atlas of forests in the state using remote sensing satellites. Touted as the first exercise of its kind

Grasim Industries Limited president R N Saboo today aid that the conditions laid down by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) had been met by the factory and urged the board officials to

Gujarat Food and Civil Supplies Minister Jaspal Singh has taken serious exception to the yet-to-be constructed Infocity here, since thousands of trees will reportedly have to be cut down for the

MCD : The number of cholera cases in the Capital touched a dangerous high last year, according to data released by MCD Commissioner V.K. Duggal. There were 2,000 cholera cases in the city last year,

The Cabinet cleared all roadblocks in the Hindujas' 1,040 MW coal-based power project at Vizag. The cabinet ratified the controversial coal supply agreement which had been hammered out last month,

Union Social Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi today said she was totally opposed to the industrialisation of the country. Talking to the reporters in Bhubaneswar, she said anybody calling for

Afforestation under the World Bank-funded eco-developmental project is threatening the existence of tribals living in the buffer zone of the Pench national park. In a petition to the forest officers

It looks like a tub of water filled with thick, white lather ready for Sunday washing. The tub is so huge that its edges are beyond sight. It is the Yamuna. Thick white, cloud-like structures float

The forest department has issued a show-cause notice to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) authorities alleging indiscriminate felling of trees on the campus to facilitate construction of

Smugglers are systematically plundering the forests in this district for the khari (acacia catechu) tree, used by kattha manufacturing units all over the country. The wood lost annually is worth Rs 5