VELLORE: Residents of the Veerankuppam panchayat on Monday staged a demonstration on the Palar Riverbed demanding the closure of a government-approved sand quarry for bullock carts.

It has also resolved to direct all coastal village panchayats, municipalities and block development officers (BDO) to identify such structures and submit a compliance report as soon as possible.

Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) is likely to continue to be defunct for some time, as the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) rejected the state government's

Solid Waste Management Corporation Bill has been put up for approval of cabinet, told minister for science and technology Alina Saldanha to Goa Legislative Assembly on Tuesday while replying to a q

GURGAON: The Haryana government will no more give subsidy for constructing toilets but would provide incentives to village panchayats and municipal corporations for maintaining cleanliness, officia

Putting a step forward towards ensuring supply of piped drinking water to every households in Bihar as promised in his pre-election 'Seven Resolves', Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated

While increasing wildlife attack is posing a serious threat to the life and property of the public, especially farmers living on the forest fringes, Wayanad district panchayat has urged the State g

Solar panels can supply 7-8 kW power to KSEB grid

Chennai: The corporation might make tall claims that nowhere in the city garbage is being burnt in the open, but for the past three days, smouldering dumps of rubbish have been giving residents of

The West Bengal government has set a target to construct toilets across all villages of the state by March 2019 to enable open defecation free (ODF) rural Bengal, an official said.