The government on Wednesday announced launching a new scheme named Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) which will focus on safeguarding health, environment and economic conditions

MANGALURU: Even as the Karnataka Cabinet on Monday decided to conduct Social Impact Assessment (SIA) study through revenue department, activist Niranjan Rai slammed the decision as "a bogus one".

A sapling was gifted to every speaker on the dias at the inaugural function of state-level observation of International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

The Kolkata bench of national green tribunal (NGT) headed by Justice Pratap Kumar Roy rejected the proposal to set up a thermal power station in Nayachar island as it violated the coastal regulatio

The concept of clay idols is increasingly finding acceptance and around three lakh idols are being sold in the city, says an activist Shiva Karan.

A first-year Faculty of Law student of Delhi University has filed a petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the gross misuse of paper, used to make posters, pamphlets and cards, b

NGOs and schools teaming up to promote useof clay idols

The bauxite mine of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Ltd, situated at Panchpatmali Hill in Odisha's Koraput district, has bagged the prestigious Pollution Control Excellence Award -2015.

State-run Oil India Ltd has got environment clearance for drilling 20 wells in three blocks in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan for production of 1 mmscmd gas at an estimated cost of Rs 96 crore.

The execution of Renuka Dam project in Sirmaur district to quench the thirst of Delhi, already delayed by over a decade, is now facing another hurdle.