Forest Minister K Sudhakaran has said that the Government will do its best to get more forest land for providing facilities to Sabarimala pilgrims in Kerala. The Government would implement projects
Here is the story of a group of students from Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, who are working overtime, in fulfillment of a pledge to transform this drought prone district into a lush and green
The Assam State Forest Department has faced the wrath of wildlife conservation groups and animal lovers as they accuse the former of being inefficient in handling a case against two circus troupes -
The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) has unveiled an indigenous Turtle Excluder Device (TED) for the shrimp trawling industry to undertake fishing operations without the problem of
Some 1500 people, mostly women and children, working in bidi factories in Kishoreganj district (Bangladesh) are exposed to various chest diseases including TB.
Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward has been attracting attention at home and abroad since an ordinance that forbids smoking on the street took effect on Oct 1. The ward began fining offenders at the beginning of
The Madhya Pradesh Minister for Tourism, Culture and Rural Development, Ajay Singh is highly optimistic about prospects of Madhya Pradesh emerging as a major attraction for those interested in
European Union subsidies totalling 1.4 billion euros (dollars) a year will doom the fishing industry unless halted soon, the conservation body WWF-International said. The Geneva-based pressure group
After the severest drought of the decade, it is the closure of the mining sector of the Rajasthan that would hit the state badly rendering, over 10 lakh people unemployed directly or indirectly. The
The Supreme Court mandated ban on mining in the Aravalli ranges (Rajasthan) has industry in the affected area - which stretches across Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan - crying foul. Rajasthan, in
The Haryana Government has been forced to issue an order imposing a blanket ban on mining being carried out in the Aravali ranges in the state following the Supreme Court taking umbrage at the state
Mining operations in Saral, Dadum, Nigana and Kanak were stopped in the light of directions from the Supreme Court to this effect, rendering thousands of labourers jobless. The District Magistrate
The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has asked the Department of Mines and Geology to compulsorily encourage private participation in exploration and exploitation of the available 48 major and
Illegal quarrying of sand from the bed of river Vaigal in Madurai district continues unabated causing extensive environment and ecological problems. Lorries carrying loads of illicit mined sands are
Gov Khalid Maqbool visited the recently completed 'Environmental Law Centre' at the Punjab University Law College, (Pakistan) which would be formally inaugurated in February. Dr Pervez Hassan has
With the Spanish government under mounting criticism at home and abroad for its role in the "Prestige" oil spill disaster, Justice Minister Jos
China's Sinochem International Oil Co said reports of an explosion on a supertanker unloading 280,000 tonnes of crude oil at a Chinese port were inaccurate and it was a burst pipe which brought work
The sunken tanker Prestige could go on leaking fuel oil until 2006, causing long-lasting damage to the devastated coastline of north west Spain, experts say. Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said
Over 20,000 people living in the Khanmoh belt of Pulwama, Srinagar, will be on a day long strike on Wednesday to protest against the state government for not disciplining the cement plants which are
Going ahead with vigorous drive against polythene the Jammu Municipality today seized 160 kgs of coloured and re-cycled polythene bags from various city markets. The drive has been launched since
