With armies of rodents ravaging paddy fields in hilly areas, villagers in the eastern and north-eastern parts of Mizoram are facing an acute famine and officials fear the situation may worsen next

Calcutta and its surrounding areas, the state government has decided to run a ground reality check. As Step I to combat calamities, a comprehensive study

Thousands of rats have been poisoned to death in Mizoram after armies of rodents rampaged rice fields, fuelling fears of a famine in the region. "Countless number of rodents got killed in the past

Which is the most dreaded disease today: cancer, AIDS? There could be an endless debate on this. But, by all accounts, hunger in its different manifestations is the biggest killer of all. A UN report

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said his organisation, Jimmy Carter Work Project, a partner of the Habitat for Humanity's Programme to build houses for the needy, is committed to construct houses

The cyclonic storm in the west central Bay of Bengal crossed the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh between Bapatla in Guntur and Ongole in Prakasham district battering the coastal belt of the two

Just how wellequipped is Gurgaon, a city that houses 450 highrises, to handle natural or manmade disasters? The District Disaster Management Authority has decided to carry out a mock exercise at DLF

Torrential rains lashed Chennai last night, leaving several parts of the city, mostly slum colonies, inundated. With the northeast monsoons getting active last week, several low-lying areas in the

About 25,000 farmers formed an 18 km-long human chain around Burla town near Sambalpur, Orissa to protest against the Orissa government's decision to provide water from the Hirakud reservoir to the

Orissa faces the possibility of being deprived of funds under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) for quite some time. The Centre is looking into allegations of