Carcasses of over 2,000 Olive Ridley sea turtles, killed by fishing trawlers in Orissa's coastal waters, have been found strewn along a five-kilometre stretch of the Konark-Bulukhand sanctuary area

Researchers have found that pregnant women who drink three or more cups of coffee a day may be harming their unborn child.

The much delayed 760-km Konkan line is finally ready for commissioning tomorrow (26 January) when through passenger traffic will roll out between Roha (near Mumbai) and Mangalore. To mark the

Sixty-three people died in a landslide in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia earlier this week, radio Mozambique reported revising an earlier toll of

Seven people died in Hong Kong after being injected with a medical reagent possibly contaminated by the protein which causes the human form of "mad cow" disease. The seven were among 108 heart and

The majestic Kerala elephant has become the subject of controversy with foreign animal-lovers complaining of cruelty to the beast in the name of cultural

The Central Pollution Control Board has been given the Rajiv Gandhi Mamorial Sulanh Sanitation Award, 1997 for its outstanding work in the prevention and control of water and air pollution . The

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board is sitting over complaints of noise pollution at rallies organised by the Pradesh Congress and the Trinamul Congress at Shyambazar and Hazra areas here last

The Supreme court has upheld the order of a consumer redressal forum asking National Seeds Corporation Limited to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation to an Uttar Pradesh farmer for providing him with

With its orders not being followed to their logical conclusions, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee seems to have become an organisation sans teeth. A posh five-star hotel in south Delhi continues