A Kerala State Assembly Committee on Environment has expressed concern over the extent to which the immediate environs of Grasim Industries, Mavoor, near Kozhikode, have come to be polluted by it and

Heavy storms in Bangladesh killed at least 14 people on Wednesday, including seven who died when a cinema partly collapsed, the police and officials

Expert : For some victims who survived the Dasnagar warehouse fire on Monday but inhaled the toxic gas, aniline, in substantial amounts, the ordeal might not yet be over. A medical expert predicted

The Tamil Nadu High Court has directed the Pondicherry Distilleries Ltd, an undertaking of the Government of Pondicherry, not to proceed with construction of its proposed distillery unit in the

The Delhi Vidyut Board's move to install sprinklers to control fly ash haze has been termed as a temporary measure by the Central Pollution Control Board. The Delhi Vidyut Board is planning to

Goa has approached Japan for a grant of nearly Rs 200 crores, for urban and rural sanitation projects, stating that it was needed for environmental upgradation linked to growing tourism in the

The Madras High Court has ordered closure of 434 dyeing and bleaching units in Karur, Tamil Nadu, for their failure to check effluent discharge from their

Dr. Madhav Gadgil, who has been selected to head the scientific and technical advisory panel of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), will be donning his new mantle on July 1. The Bangalore-based

Use of plastic bags has been banned within Heauda muncipality area after April 28. This is the first town to make it free from the menance of plastics and

The Assam State Government has allotted an amount of Rs 29 lakh to clean up the Bharalu river, which is the main dicharge channel of the