An year after the Supreme Court order on hazardous waste management, the situation on the ground in the Capital is much the same. According to a survey of 10 industrial areas conducted by Dilli

In a first for the Capital, the MCD will chalk out heritage itineraries, working with the Indian National Trust of Art and Culture Heritage, as part of

The bright red sandstone face of this 14th century monument in Malviya Nagar shows no signs of vandalism. Flanked by manicured lawns, the tomb, despite the outgrowth on the dome, looks

The underground water table is drying up. After the failure of monsoon this year, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has identified 33 such tubewell where the water table has gone down by 7 to 10

After Delhi, it's time for Uttar Pradesh to shift to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Four cities, Lucknow, Kanpur, Bareilly including Agra, will shift to the CNG-fuelled public transport system in the

In an underwater survey carried out in the gulf, NIOT scientist discovered a civilisation where people of the early Holocene Age, about 9,500 years before the present era, mixed clay with straw to

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) today announced that it would consider three more Indian cultural sites for the World Heritage Site (WHS) status at a

The Galle Fort Heritage Protection Society (GFHPS) (Sri Lanka) has submitted an appeal to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and Cultural Affairs and National Heritage Minister Vijitha Herath to

A recently discovered layer of glassy fragments could only have been made by a meteor slamming into Earth and helps prove such an impact nearly wiped out life on the planet 250 million years ago,

Some car buyers are taking diesel-powered Volkswagens for a test drive; others are trading in their sport utility vehicles for family sedans, or opting for a model with a smaller engine. The recent