Fourteen people were dead while 53 others missing as rain-triggered floods waters inundated large areas of a southwest Chinese province, the official media reported today.
The floods in Guizhou Province also destroyed roads, bridges and thousands of homes, and forced evacuation of at least 45,000 residents of the worst-affected Wangmo County since yesterday, the county's flood control and droug
The carcass of a tigress, believed to have been killed in a fight with another tiger, was discovered in Corbett National Park on Tuesday morning.
The latest tiger death has once again raised questions regarding delay in formation of a special tiger protection force and expansion of the park area considering the fact that the population of tigers in the Corbett Tiger Reserve landscape has increa
Emphasising the need for adequate compensation for farmers whose land is acquired for development projects, BJP leaders on Tuesday addressed a gathering on the requirement for coming up with alternative methods to grant benefits to the agriculturists.
Seeking suggestions on alternate methods of compensating farmers, Arun Jaitley Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, said farmers face injustice a
Keeping in view of cash subsidy for kerosene oil, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has released only 33 per cent allocation of kerosene oil to Delhi for June and July. In other words, 67 per cent allocation of kerosene oil has been reduced. This led to heart burn in the party MLAs.
The Delhi Government is all set to introduce cash subsidy to all BPL and AAY card holder families using kerosene as fuel switchover to LPG. To make Delhi a kerosene free city, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has set up a joint working group to look at modalities for implementation of the scheme.
Torrential rains lashing the entire territory of Kerala since May 29 have till Monday claimed at least 23 lives and have caused widespread damage to crops, homes and property even as weathermen expected the southwest monsoon activity to weaken over the State by late Monday night and start its northward journey.
Most rain-related casualties, mainly due to drowning in swelling rivers and flash fl
The Rajasthan Government has started consultations with operators of private hotels around Ranthambhore National Park in Sawai Madhopur and Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar to finalise the quantum of cess to be imposed by the end of the year, as directed by the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment.
According to official sources, the Tiger Task Force headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had
A total of 48 CCTV cameras are to be installed in the 1,026 square kilometre of the Palamu Tiger Reserve, segmented into 30 zones, field director SEH Kazmi said. Training to this effect was given at Betla on Monday.
