The fuctioning of the Bhopal Hospital Trust, set up on direction of the Supreme Court with the sale of shares of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) in 1994, is mired in a controversy. The Union

For the past year, Dhumad village along the Vadodara-Savli highway in Gujarat has been living under the stench of death and fear, brought to its doorsteps by the road they call their lifeline. Like

The Himachal Pradesh Government has taken steps to prevent polythene bags from littering its urban towns, including Shimla and Manali. The State Government's Department of Science, Technology and

India and South East Asian countris are opposing a move by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to cut the region's budget while enhancing funds for Africa and Central Europe. The 10-member South East

The flood situation in North Bengal has worsened following incessant rain, reports said today. The water entered many fresh areas. The situation in Malda had become worse as the town slipped into

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has in its hand a new technology to reduce the effect of harmful gaseous emissions by foundaries in the vicinity of the monument. Years of

the number of cases of cholera reported for the month of July this year has shown a big increase from last year. The number of cases reported last year in July was 229. This year, the number of cases

Seventy-eight people have so far died and thousands affected due to an outbreak of gastro-enteritis in West Khasi Hills district of

The State Government's proposal to set up 11 wildlife sanctuaries at different locations has run into trouble. Over two lakh tribals, whose homes are being threatened by the project, are putting up a

A division bench of the Orissa High Court has upheld the state government's decision to lease 50 per cent of the 855 hectares of the chromite deposit areas recovered from the Tata Iron and Steel