Environmentalists are up in arms against a huge project (JNPT) in Vani Mumbai on account of its potentially hazardous implications for marine life and the people living around the

The Madhya Pradesh Government will take up a 15-day time-bound programme to develop waste and degraded lands in the state. The former Chairman of the Planning commission, Mr Mohan Dharia, who now

Forty six rhinoceros were killed in Kaziranga National Park during the last three years. Giving this information at Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Forests, Mr Babu Lal Marandi, in a written

The Department of Prevention of Food adulteration did not exercise effective control on the manufacturing process of mustard oil in the absence of a licensing procedure, but rules for regulation of

The Arunachal Pradesh Government will focus on tea cultivation to better the lot of the poor particularly in the insurgency affected districts of Tirap, Lohit and Changlang. This was stated by the

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is all set to usher in an era of an alternative source of energy, with firm plans to explore and exploit the vast reserves of "coalbed methane gas". With the coming to

Greenpeace activists dumped four tones of genetically-modified soya beans outside Prime Minister Tony Blari's office to protest his statement that bioengineered food is safe to eat. The

The 18th Annual Convention of the Indian Association for Cancer Research and National Symposium on Molecular Biology of Cancer is being organised at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences from

More than a thousand migratory water birds which visit Kerala every winter have chosen other destinations this season due to severe pollution to the land, air and water, Studies conducted by a group

In what is seen as an important step to further open up the economy, the Union Cabinet today decided to amend the Coal Mines (Nationalisation Act) 1973 to enable private Indian companies to mine and