AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Anandiben Patel's call for a "total ban on plastics" in her Independence Day speech at Lunavada has thrown the civic bodies across the state in a tizzy.

KOLHAPUR: Six industrial units that faced closure notice in May for failing to start the common effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the five-star Kagal-Hatkanangale MIDC claimed that they have fulfi

Bengaluru is a city in which it's hard to breathe. Yet, the pollution control board has only 13 monitors across the 700-odd sqkm of the city.

Project will encourage tourism infrastructure, he says; Will generate employment for up to 450 people

Left parties opposed the project saying it would affect livelihood of fishermen and farm workers in the area due to discharge of ash contaminating groundwater and causing ocean pollution.

The National Green Tribunal today constituted a committee to inspect the glass industries of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh and collect samples of ambient air quality in the area.

CHENNAI: After raising protests with various fora to shift the sprawling, stinking dumpyard from their neighbourhood, residents of Kodungaiyur are now set to move the Southern Bench of the National