It's only the sure-footed who can get across Gandhi Nagar Main Street on a narrow concrete paving along the roadside. The rest, including the elderly and children, slip and fall trying to avoid the
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will start its awareness campaign against burning of harmful waste during the time of Pongal. Announcing this to this website's newspaper here, VN
Things have gone from bad to worse in Idukki district in Kerala. Unless bold and immediate steps are taken, the region will soon become a range of barren and denuded hills. The active cultivation of
The French Government should have been more cautious before allowing Clemenceau to set sail for India, said Mr Claude Elvares, a member of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on Hazardous
The Irrigation Minister, Punjab, Mr Lal Singh, inaugurated the 6.8 km Gadhrian canal, in the Kanuwan area of the district. Mr Bajwa,said the canal was a long-standing demand of the area. The area in
The Vice-Chancellor of Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) , Ms Asha Sharma, has appealed to the soil scientists to redirect their research efforts towards the solution of problems originating due
Rotary International has identified global water resources management as a major focus area in the days ahead. The global service organisation that has believed in "service above self" for more than
The Centre is so keen to re-do the urban infrastructure that it is holding workshops on the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission at seven state headquarters instead of waiting for state
The Karnataka government will rope in three irrigation corporations in the state to implement the Ganga Kalyana project for SC/ST farmers. The scheme facilitates drilling of borewells apart form
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa accused the Centre of stalling the 100 MLD desalination plant project for Chennai. "It is amazing how queries relating to the impact of the project on biological
One always knew this was happening but the statistics still alarm: data compiled by the State Environment Department has revealed that of all the river basins in Chennai, the Vaigai and Palar have
Filtered surface water may finally flow to the areas along EM Bypass and the fringe areas of Behala, Tollygunge and Jadavpur, now dependent solely on deep tubewells. To achieve this, the Calcutta
The Government will come out with the new hydroelectric power policy within a month, the Union Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, said today. "The Cabinet note for the new hydro policy has been
More than a dozen animals, mostly buffaloes, have reportedly died due to rabies in village Bhatgaon, Sonepat district, Haryana during the past week. According to villagers, some of these animals were
Sound pollution is touching a new high in Noida due to the use of audiocassettes in buses and cars besides public address system in the nook and corner of almost every park. All this happens in
A land slide unleashed by heavy rains in Indonesia's mountainous Central Java on Wednesday has killed 12 people but up to 200 were feared dead, the police said, as rescuers scrambled to find
The Rajasthan government requested the Central government to delist Blue Bull from India's Wild Life Protection Act. The government says the animal is causing a huge loss to agriculture and has
China confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu in its southwest province of Sichuan, but the agriculture ministry said the situation there was under control. More than 1,800 birds were found dead on
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a research project to come up with an effective drug for
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana and the Archaeological Survey of India on a petition seeking to curb illegal mining in the Braj region. A Bench
