An earthquake that struck southern Turkey killed 108 people and injured about 1,000, news reports and witnesses said. About 41 people were killed in Ceyhan, where at least 200 were injured, said

The four subsidiaries of the General Insurance Corporation-- New Delhi Assurance, United India, Oriental Insurance and National Insurance--have received Rs 537 crore worth of claims for losses

Union Human Resource Development, Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today justified the Centre's decision to refuse Rs 12 million Japanese aid for cyclone victims of Gujarat amidst trade sanctions

At least 21 people have been killed and more than 100,000 stranded as torrential rains flooded many parts of southern China's Guangdong province, the state media reported on Saturday.The deaths

In order to check the growing menace of coal-ash flying into people's faces and adding to air pollution, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has brought out a notification which bars

The Subandiri river breached its embankment and submerged over 60 villages in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts, forcing thousands to take shelter in the highlands and roads .

At least 16 people, including women and children, have die of gastroenteritis in Panighata Tea Estate since Tuesday, the West Bengal Minister for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development, Mr Ashok

The UK government is to scale back its attempts to stop Britain falling into the sea, by switching resources form rebuilding sea walls to creating "natural defences" like shingle beaches and salt

India's tourist paradise of Kashmir, recovering from a decade of militancy, today faces a new battle on another front--environmental degradation. Air and vehicular pollution levels are rising ,

"Antiquated power plants are releasing three times as much pollution into the air as they would if they'd been built under current standards," according to a new report by the US PublicInterest