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With Delhi still talking about the tremors it felt few days ago, the Delhi Development Authority is now planning to redevelop some of the old buildings which are not earthquake-proof.

The Union transport ministry is pushing for a phaseout of polluting vehicles based on their fitness, instead of age.

Earthquakes don’t kill, buildings do. Are the high- rise buildings in the city strong and preventive enough to withstand a possible earthquake?

Experts warned that Indian cities like Delhi could suffer heavy casualties even in case of a moderate earthquake strike.

As the world's biggest consumer of sugar, India would always have been a difficult market to crack for substitute sweeteners.

Houses collapsed in Kyirong county. In this picture, volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed after the earthquake hit Kathmandu.

Poor condition and quality of buildings in India contribute to the large number of deaths and destruction during earthquakes, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has pointed out.

As Nepal reels under devastating earthquake, experts today warned that Indian cities like Delhi could suffer heavy casualties even in case of moderate tremors while pointing out the lapses in the b

For a city that is growing vertically, the killer earthquake in Nepal serves as a reminder of its preparedness to tackle such disasters.

Delhi's environment department has collected about Rs 190 crore from the pollution cess of 25 paise per litre of diesel imposed in 2008, officials told TOI.

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