The potato crop in the potato belt of Punjab is in trouble again. First it was unseasonal rain that destroyed the first sowing of the crop in several areas of the Doaba region, the potato heartland

Evolve plan to protect endangered animals: The Bombay High Court today confirmed the interim bail granted to script writer Salim Khan, father of film star Salman Khan, on October 23, 1998 in a case

There is some bad news for Delhites who grappled with smong-like conditions for the second day today. According to the meteorological department, such conditions will continue to prevail till at last

The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions by eight imams of Calcutta challenging the show-cause notices issued to them in contempt proceedings by the Calcutta High Court for flouting a court order

Some 370 cases of vivex and falciparum malaria have been reported from 10 villages in Vagra taluka of Bharuch in Ahmedabad during the lat fortnight. However, no casualty has been reported so far. The

President K.R. Narayanan today said the development of an immunotherapeutic vaccine against leprosy by Indian scientists was a major contribution to world immunology. The vaccine was recently

The much-maligned human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may just prove to be the key to the cure of 0ver 400 diseases of genetic origin. And the man who hold the secret to this key is an Indian

Alongside political parties, a group of non-political organisations is also preparing to "campaign" for the November 25 Assembly elections. Their campaign, confined to the Bastar region, will try to

Women's groups have called for a stop to research saying they are unethical, besides posing health risks to women. The groups, Saheli, Forum for Women's Health and International Campaign Aginst

It's all quiet on the border with Tibet in this north Sikkim outback. But the Indian Army is engaged in a war of attrition, not across the border, but with the forest department of the Sikkim