In another first of sorts, the Kancheepuram district administration of Tamil Nadu has launched a move to develop poromboke lands for green fodder with participation of women self-help groups (SHGs).

The Directorate of Mining and Geology in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu has stopped sand quarrying. Some residents of Perumbakkam village in Kancheepuram have approached the court and availed an interim

The last word on the controversy surrounding the cultivation of red marine algae, Eucheuma alvarazii by the Pepsi Foods, along the coasts of the Palk Straits is yet to be spoken. While the Union

The Japanese Bank of International Corporation would disburse Rs 750 crore this year for the implementation of the Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project, said J C Khala, Principal Chief Conservator of

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa announced that the state government would provide Rs 324.32 crore as relief to over 46.96 lakh farmers affected due to the non-release of Cauvery water by

Madras University(MU)and its premises may soon be free of disposable plastics, said its NSS co-ordinator P Mahalingam. Students must help preserve the environment, he

A vacation judge of the Madras High Court has stayed the operation of the notification of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests which stipulated restrictions on construction activities in the

The Madras High Court has admitted and ordered notice on a public interest writ petition praying for a direction to the authorities concerned to prevent further quarrying of sand from the Palar river

Increasing number of patients, children and adults, queue up outside the clinics and hospitals in Chennai with symptoms of severe throat pain, cold and fever that extends for a period little more

The land rendered unproductive by open cast mining by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) could be reclaimed for agricultural purposes, according to a survey conducted by the Annamalai University.