At least 105 people, 16 of them school-chidlren, were killed, 1,100 injured and thousands rendered homeless when a tornado swept through several villages in the adjoining districts of West Bengal and

It is a virtual jungle rule in Bundelkhand. The timber mafia operating in and around the forests of Lalitpur are daring enough to smuggle out entire trains full of wood. While in Terai, the smugglers

Industrial wastes diverted to coastal regions were the major sources of pollution in major cities located in Visakhapatnam which resulted in a decrease in coastal

NHRC : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team which toured the backward districts of Kalahandi, Bolangir and Naupura in December, 1996 to look into allegations of 21 starvation deaths has

The Maharashtra Government's 'failure' to provide adequate compensation to the hail-storm affected farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions, has proved to be a major bone of contention between the

The delay of the endangered Oliver Ridley turtles to reach Gahimatha Beach for mass nesting, and their continued killing has environmentalists worried. Last year the turtles skipped the Gahimatha, a

Scientists have identified a defective gene that can make a young person's heart stop beating for no apparent reason. The heart basically starts quivering instead, unable to pump blood efficiently.

About fourty per cent of Delhi's population is forced to live in sub-human conditions in the city's slums, a fact which formed the focus of a YMCA seminar on the growing rate of shanty colonies held

Lifestyle and proper diet are some of the measures which help in the treatment of osteoporosis a silent disease. Osteoporosis, which affects the bones, is increasingly becoming common in India,

The midday sun burns red through the smoke rising from dozens of forest fires. For the Yanomami Indians, it's a sign of the apocalypse and environmentalists fear they may be right. The three month