Over 200 persons were affected by gas leak allegedly from the National Rayon Corporation (NRC) plant in Ambivali near Kalyan at 7.30 pm. Slums and villages near the NRC's bleaching plant were the

Insufficient rains in a large part of Rajasthan have resulted in drought conditions and there is a likelihood of famine in several districts. The government was reported to be planning a drastic

Hurricane Floyed was developing into a monster storm on Monday, packing 250-kmph wins and threatening to inflict severe damage on the Bahamas and the southeastern United

Effluent plant releases wastes near shore: Two decades ago, they needed large containers to store their catch. Nowadays, small utensils are enough. The 1,000-odd fishermen families in seven villages

The Civil Report Number 3 of the Comptroller and Auditor Genral of India 1998, also points that "the report of malarial death by the state govenemnt was not reliable." The State Health Department,

Being part of the Prime Minister's constituency places an onerous responsibility on Lucknow, as its citizens discovered last fortnight. The manner in which the Begum Hazrat Mahal Park was

Undeterred by hurdles, humiliation and even imprisonment in his home state of Assam, the heart surgeon who for the first time in the country transplanted a pig's heart, lung and kidney into a human

The rare Himalayan tiger has been spotted in Lagyap reserve forest in Sikkim after a gap of six

Fortyeight camels have drowned in the desert district of Jaisalmer due to flooding caused by heavy rains. Jaisalmer Collector Rajast Mishra said Jaisalmer experienced 242 mm rainfall in a span of 70

An internatioal ban on ivory notwithstanding, India has emerged not only as a hub of the lillegal trade in Asian ivory but also as an important conduit for African ivory to markets in West and East