POLLUTING industrial units in Cuncolim Industrial Estate, located about 10 km from Madgaon town in Goa, are beginning to feel the heat. On September 11, 2006, the Goa State Pollution Control Board

Visitors to Digha, the popular sea resort in West Bengal that plays host to around 16 lakh tourists every year, are in for a nasty surprise - the shimmering sea water there has been considered by

Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal on Saturday unveiled a state-of-the art mathematical model that would make the Coast Guard, the ports and other authorities more effective in handling

The Supreme Court issued notice to the Kerala Government and the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation on a special leave petition filed by the Association for Environment Protection challenging

A sample survey conducted by the State Government on the quality of groundwater in all districts of the State has revealed high content of nitrate and fluoride in drinking water obtained from

Nations must make plans to help tens of millions of "sea level refugees' if climate change continues to ravage the world's oceans, German researchers said on Thursday. Waters are rising and warming,

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit admitted in the Delhi assembly that the Yamuna continued to remain dirty but once again blamed the multiplicity of agencies for the mess. She said that a Delhi

The Brihanmumbai Municipal (BMC) gave a go-ahead to the Standing Committee to appoint the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Bombay as project consultants for the 11 km-long wall to be constructed

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has assured the Jammu and Kashmir government that a cushion will be created to absorb the enormous costs involved in the preservation and conservation of the Dal

Concerned over the death of fish due to contamination in the Sirsa river in the Baddi area, the Himachal Pradesh Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board has laid down guidelines to control