One of the three Siberian cranes - which went missing from the Ghana Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur - was found near Natauj village under Kathoomar police station in Alwar district on Friday. The bird

The Lt Governot has demanded a report from the Delhi government on the rising cases of cholera in the Capital, even as Delhi Health Minister Harsh Vardhan maintained that the situation was well under

An ancient water channel has been pressed into service to save the National Zoological Park here from floods during the monsoon. The Delhi zoo, adjacent to the imposing ramparts of the Purana Quila

In a city which is home to one of the largest slums in the country, there may be a doctor for every 300 people, but there is almost neurotic fear of hospitals among those on the fringes of society.

In gross violation of Forest Department rules and the Wildlife Protection Act, the Gujarat government has accorded special privileges to the Kankai Temple Trust in Sasan-Gir, home of the Asiatic

A scientist is to claim that at least 16 more Britons may have died of the human form of BSE than the 27 official victims-and they began dying 11 years before the first recognized case in 1995. Harsh

The rising waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continue to wreak havoc in Assam, with several districts remaining cut off due to submerged State and national highways, while the death toll

The Lingabudhi lake is a beautiful one on a 250 acre area bordering Mysore city, which attracts many exotic birds like open-billed storks, pelicans, egrets, cormorants and spoon bills. But inadequate

The 140-odd tribals of the Kokanipada area in Yeoor hills, Thane, have been officially declared as suffering from gastro-enteritis. The epidemic, which broke out in the tribal hamlet on July 7, has

The once lush green fields in Ponnavaram village of Krishna district are barren today. Nothing grows there except weeds. Excessive use of chemical fertilisers by ill-trained farmers in this coastal