Counsel appearing for the State of West Bengal before the Environment Bench of the Chief Justice, Mr A K Mathur and Mr Justice Girish Chandra Gupta of Calcutta High Court today informed the court
The first phase of an ambitious "Medicinal Garden" was launched in Bhubaneswar with the District Environment Society, Khurda, making a modest beginning by planting 50 different species of medicinal
A US geologist who has studied India and Nepal for 15 years, said the Himalayan region could be struck by worse quakes than the one which had hit Gujarat last week. Mr Roger Bilham of the University
WSO : The Wildlife Society of Orissa has expressed concern over the threat posed to endangered wildlife species, including dolphins, fresh water turtles, bar haeaded gease, pochards and shovelier
The detection of arsenic and fluoride in ground water in many districts of Madhya Pradesh has raised serious questions about sustainable progress towards safe water for all. The devastating
It is a gloomy situation, not just in Gujarat but elsewhere too. For just a handful of states have incorporated earthquake safety standards in their building bye-laws. However, Delhi will not have to
There is a possibility of Kolkata being the epicentre of an earthquake in the near future, but Gangetic West Bengal and South Bengal may get away with less devastation thanks to its alluvial
A few companies are on the verge of grabbing about 10,000 hectares of prime forest land on the Kerala border. The 'forest mafia' enjoy a lot of clout and have even stalled the re-issuance of the
Every winter, hundreds of birds fly down from far away lands to Debelia and nearby villages in Swarupnagar, North 24-Parganas, only to be killed and sold for their
