Hours after announcing that the Mir space station would start a descent this week in preparation for being destroyed in Earth re-entry, Russian space officials said they lacked the money to complete

The Nameri wildlife sanctuary in Assam has been declared a national park, state forest minister Nagen Sharma said on Monday. There are two other national parks in the state, Kaziranga and

The Bangladesh government has said that it hopes to end the problem of power shortage in the country by the middle of next

A batch of 12 Indian surgeons recruited by the World Health organisation (WHO) would shortly be arrive here (Colombo) to supplement the government medical services in rural areas, official sources

Laboratory analyses of water taken from a creek passing through Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary showed "startling and scary"levels of lead contamination, said the Pollution Control Department

Successive govts spent over Rs1.2bn on initial studies : Successive governments from 1975-76 to 1997-98 spent more than Rs1.2 billion on initial studies for the construction of what has now

The bane of Kerala rivers : If estimates are reliable, sand-mining is a Rs 20-crore annual business in Kerala, providing livelihood to nearly 25,000 people, financing development projects in at least

The town of manville, New Jersey, is where the Johns-Manville Company manufactures the largest amount of asbestos products. Its profits have been ploughed back for the people's welfare. The

The official protest launched by the ruling Left Front in Kerala to a the Central government against the pressure tactics of the AIADMK chief, Miss J Jayalalitha, on the disputed Mullapperiyar dam

The salt workers working in the vicinity of the Kandla Port Trust area bore the brunt of the cyclone which hit the Gujarat coast a week ago. The maximum deaths, more than 800 , with many more