The death toll in devastating floods rose to 130 as receding floodwaters revealed more bodies and government investigators blamed environment officials for a housing tragedy in which 47 people died

As smoke from seasonal forest fires in Indonesia billows this way again, Malaysia is fretting over whether tourists will stay away, as they did two years ago. This time, the government isn't taking

In a departure from the earlier 'go slow' approach, the environment department of the Delhi government has issued a stern warning to industrial units in the Capital to follow the guidelines

In an innovative scheme aimed to protect the Upper and Lower lakes of the State capital from pollution through immersion of tableaux during the festival time, the Environmental Plannning and

The safety of water pumped into Hong Kong was questioned again yesterday after thousands of dead fish were found floating on the surface of a Shenzhen reservoir which supplies the

UN: Fighting, population displacement, drought and disease have wrought "exceptional food emergencies" in 16 African countries, the United Nations said on

The Calcutta High Court green bench imposed a Rs 1000 fine each on 11 puja committees of the city for violating the loudspeaker ban during Durga Puja and Kali

Scientists say that this year's record-setting El Nino demonstrates that the cost of natural disasters is rising, both in terms of financial costs and human lives, despite improvements in risk

Sterlite Industries' Rs 1000 crore copper smelter plant at Tuticorin should not be re-opened without an "overall environmental impact assessment", said the counsel for the MDMK general secretary, V

Close on the heels of a major tiff between the Shiv Sena and BJP over the proposed flyover at Dadar T.T the project now seems to be heading for more trouble with hundreds of local residents coming