Concerned over the large number of child deaths due to measles every year, the Centre has launched a massive anti-measles vaccination drive.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to meet 10 chief ministers this month to finalise a strategy to deal with agrarian and land reforms, an official said here Sunday.

A National Council for Land Reforms (NCLR), under the chairmanship of the prime minister, was set up earlier this year with the chief ministers of 10 states, the official told IANS.

Aizawl/Agartala, Sep 23 (IANS): Authorities in Mizoram and Tripura, given the high vulnerability of India's mountainous northeast to earthquakes, are becoming stricter in enforcing official guideli

The conflict between development and protection of forests makes forestry as one of the most challenging sectors in the world, P.J. Dilip Kumar, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests said here on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday took a serious view of Tamil Nadu's failure to file a compliance report and directed it to provide drinking water facility in all its schools on or before October 11.

In the wake of Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked large parts of north, east and northeastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal, the northeastern States are reviewing their pre

Two killed in Bihar, three in West Bengal; tremors felt in 10 States; Manmohan monitoring developments

The northern and eastern parts of the country were jolted on Sunday after a powerful earthquake hit the Sikkim-Nepal border with a magnitude of 6.8 at 6.10 p.m., leaving at least 17 persons dead and more than 100 injured, besides causing extensive damage to buildings and roads.

Bangladesh might get 100 megawatt of electricity from Tripura if it can negotiate properly with the central government of India with support from that of Tripura, its chief minister Manik Sarkar sa

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves on Tuesday for a much-awaited visit to Bangladesh during which the two countries are expected to sign a clutch of agreements to add a new dimension to bilateral

India and Bangladesh are set to make history when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Dhaka on September 5 and signs a land boundary agreement with Bangladeshi counterpart Hasina that finally fulfills the vision laid down by the Indira-Mujib accord of 1974.