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It is virtually the problem of getting caught between the devil and the deep sea for the villagers of Elangamanipuram located close to the Kanyakumari - Thiruvananthapuram National Highway near

The green hills in Himachal Pradesh have been indiscriminately stripped of its forest cover in the past 10 years, resulting in flash floods, devastating landslides and complete change in the pattern

The Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Babu Lal Marandi, today declared the intention of the Government to put a stop to the environmental problems being caused by the use of

Goa pays a price for unchecked mining, says a study

The United Nations Security Council moved closer to placing an embargo on rough diamond exports that fuel the war in Sierra Leone. The UN has already placed an embargo on diamonds from areas held by

Scientists, trade unionists and priests joined farmers from a northeast Sri Lanka vilalge on Thursday in a massive protest in the capital against government plans to hand over phosphate mines to a

Ineptness of the authorities responsible for ensuring the security of government property and its sources of income has led major financial loss to State Government. The State Government has been

The death of two persons in the Khaniyara slate quarries has once again exposed the illegal mining being undertaken there in violation of the Supreme Court's orders. A complete ban had been imposed

Centre will soon grant full freedom to state governments to approve mining plans for 29 non-metallic minerals, which have been opened up for foreign participation. The Centre's decision to empower

A gas explosion in a coal mine in southern China killed 151 miners, a local mine official said on Thursday.A blast occurred at about 8 pm on Wednesday at the Muchonggou coal mine in Shuicheng, a city

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