Puthiya Thamizhagam president K Krishnaswamy urged the Tamil Nadu state government immediately drop the Wasteland Development Scheme as such lands were being allotted only to corporate houses and

Notwithstanding the frustration and resentment expressed by the farmers associations over the 'undue delay' in disbursing the compensation amount to them, the Vellore district administration (Tamil

The Chennai Corporation's much hyped waste-to-energy project at the Perungudi landfill site has come under flak from city based environmentalists, who have raised objections over the 'environmentally

The Tamil Nadu state government should establish a department for child welfare and create a permanent fund to rehabilitate child labourers. This was the opinion of senior officials in the police and

A recent study done by the Department of public Health and Preventive Medicine revealed that one in every 20 persons in Tamil Nadu is infected with Hepatitis B. The doctors at the government and

In a landmark instance of implementation of the tele medicine project inaugurated by Prime Minister Vajpayee today, two patients with cardiac problems undergoing treatment in a Port Blair hospital

A highly decomposed body of an elephant was found by the tribals at Kalamedu valley in Mudumalai and Nilgiris north forest division. It is suspected that the poachers had killed the elephant, removed

A sharp increase in water borne diseases, particularly diarrhoea in Zone 1 and Zone 2 of the Chennai corporation, has kept health officials and doctors in the city busy since the beginning of June.

A sum of Rs 60 lakh has been earmarked for wasteland development in Sivaganga district under the National Wasteland Watershed Programme, said Arumainathan, Joint Director of Agriculture. He said that

An awareness seminar on the occasion of Global Anti-Incineration Day was conducted by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on Tuesday for Chennai Corporation officials, Municipal Commissioners,