Andhra Pradesh is stealing a march over other states. The legislation proposed by state Health Minister K Siva Prasad Rao, making the AIDS test mandatory for all persons of marriageable age, is a

The flora is flourishing and the fauna is returning. suddenly Neelgai can be seen nibbling at saplings and the elusive peacock, another pleasant sight, strutting in the rain. It seems the ecological

Close on the heels of campaigns like 'smoke and pollution free Diwali' and an 'eco-friendly Holi', the NGOs are now moving on to more such collaborative efforts with school students to ensure the

Residents are sore over poor sanitary conditions in different parts of Kaithal town and it appears that the civic body has become defunct. A number of small drains and nullahs remain filled with

A patrolling team of forest officials led by Range Officer S.C. Katoch, arrested two Bangalas, members of nomadic tribe of snake charmers, and recovered two live Bengal monitor lizards from their

The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt. Amarinder Singh, affirmed that the International Financial Consortium(IFC) has in principle approved a financial involvement of US $ 1 billion in the State. The

History was being created in the elephant enclosure at Chhat Bir Zoo. Two mahouts, Nippon and Apurva, were witness to the birth of an elephant calf, the first time in captivity. Hema, the mother

The Delhi Health Minister, Dr. A.K. Walia, said that although not a single case of Dengue has been reported in the Capital so far, yet as precautionary measure, prosecution has been launched against

The Yamuna river, in spate, has flooded over 100 villages along its banks in Yamunanagar district of Haryana following heavy rains in its catchment areas in Himachal Pradesh two days ago and

A one day session on "Food security and poison free farming" was held at Palampur in which farmers, development workers, farm scientists from various agencies from Kangra, Chamba, Mandi, Bilaspur and