Residents of this war-weary capital leapt from their beds and ran from their homes on early Saturday as a moderate intensity earthquake shook the city, killing five people and wounding seven others.

A dedicated young mountaineer, involved in the field of adventure for last 12 years, Tarun K. Roy has love and respect for Himalayan nature and environment and intends to promote Himalayan adventure

Everybody knows the quality of air in the capital is deteriorting. But the smog on Friday caused by the "arrival of easterly winds" worsened by the suspended air pollutants was a portend of things to

It was a land mark judgement that catapulted green lawyer M C Mehra to fame and gave Judge Kuldip Singh the reputation of being a "green judge". Three years after the Supreme Court ordered

The Ministry of environment and forests has finalised the rules to regulate the manufacture and use of plastics. The final draft has been sent for gazette notification. It will come into force from

The advancing Padma has swallowed more than 50 metres of the road connecting Behrampore with Akheriganj. Last year a four-km road linking Alaipur to Tekpara had been eroded, but the river is looking

Communities could issue a total of $9.5 billion in zero-cost financing over the next five years for environmental projects under new legislation sponsored by two influential U.S. senators. The bill

Pollution generated by North American manufacturing plants is on the decline, according to a U.S.-Canada trade report released. The report by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, set up

The Forum for Planned Industrialisation of Kutch has written to the Gujarat government expressing serious concern over the rapid destruciton of the environment in the district, particularly its

the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has barred resumption of operations in 80 polluting industrial units in Tamil Nadu until they set up proper effluent treatment plants. Most of the 80