Residents of Dadu Majra colony demand that the dumping ground in the area be shifted citing respiratory ailments and skin allergies from heaps of garbage dumped daily at the landfill.

Torrential rain last night resulted in flash flood at Gazan village, about 12 km from here, and damaged roads, houses and vehicles.

The district administration has asked the departments of health, rural development and child welfare to work in tandem to check the spread of dengue in the coming season.

A four-year-old girl and a middle-aged woman died of dengue and a man allegedly succumbed to swine flu (A1H1) at the government hospital here, hospital sources said on Thursday.

The Department of Natural Products, NIPER, has started a green window system (GWS) for medicinal plants.

Darlaghat units exempted from being included in eco-sensitive zone of Majathal sanctuary

2,000 buses challaned in past 10 days, illegal horns removed

To protect the environment from degradation and check the blockage of drains and ill-effects on human health, the authorities need to curb the manufacture, sale and rampant use of plastic carry bag

Under the “net-metering” policy of the state government, a solar power plant will soon be installed at Sutlej Club here.

Midnight catastrophe Eight houses, five shops damaged | Bodies retrieved during rescue ops