According to the National Food Survey 2007, there was a decrease in the number of children with malnutrition in India by one per cent compared to the previous survey.

After delaying the decision for almost four years, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has finally made headway towards metered water supply in the city.

A 5-month-old lion cub was killed for its nails and bones by poachers on the outskirts of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary near Liliya in Amreli district, forest wardens said.

The mutilated carcass was found with its feet and bones missing. Forest officials suspect poachers cut the feet after trapping and killing the animal.

Despite step-motherly treatment by the Centre, the lion population has grown steadily along with the area in which they can be found, claim officials of the state forest department.

Despite the tall claims of the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government on human development in the state, there are more than 1.94 lakh highly-malnourished children in 16 districts of Gujarat.

In the last two years, 45 lions and 37 cubs died in Junagadh and Gir Somnath districts, all of natural causes. One lion had died an unnatural death in 2013.

After some dilly-dallying on the matter, the Gujarat government finally filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court against the planned translocation of some lions from Gir to Kuno Palpur wildli

Pastoralists of Banni area of Kutch region in Gujarat have claimed community rights under 'The scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006' which

The state government on Saturday roped in a private agency to conduct a "carrying capacity" study of elephants to ensure a sustainable habitat for the jumbos, sources said.

The government signed an MoU with Bangalore-based Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF), a private agency, for conducting the study of the habitat of elephants in the state.

Rajkot: One spark is enough to engulf almost half of Saurashtra’s commercial capital in flames. This is no exaggeration.