Assessment by seior scientists of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) here indicate that major earthquake is likely to occur in parts of Son-Narmada-Tapti (SONATA) basin in Central

The Maharashtra Government's Environment Department has prepared a draft notification to ban plastic carry

The US may have to make some changes to its law to comply with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against its partial ban on shrimp exports from India, Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia. But

In what is being hailed as a major breakthrough, the Malaria Research Centre in Nadiad has identified a fungus that could effectively counter the mosquito menace. The fungus, which eats mosquito

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is all set to develop a "Cheetah Breeding Facility" at the Machiya Nature Reserve near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. If the proposal comes through, there will be cheetahs

Even as the Haryana Government undertakes de-watering operation on a war footing, over 65,000 acres continue to be under two to four feet of water in half the 92 villages of Hansi. The situation is

In yet another case of debt and crop-failutre deaths, two farmers of Bir Khurd village in this district allegedly commited suicide by consuming pesticides. Bikkar singh and Baldev Singh ended their

The Session Court today reserved its orders on the anticipatory bail application of Salim khan, father of actor Salman Khan, till tomorrow. Salim had moved the Sessions Court after officials of the

Some industrialists jokingly call the Badli industrial area Madli. Living amid acid is clost to madness, they say. But in the same breath the owners of the 400 units also say that in the event of the

Tribals in Turia(Jeypore, Orissa) are risking their lives undertaking illegal mining of gemstones for smugglers. With the state Government indifferent to the region's potential, the smuglers have a