Officials kill tiger in Wayanad
Man-animal conflict has led to the killing of a male tiger near the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in north Kerala on Sunday. The forest officials shot dead the beast which apparently had been attacking domestic
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Pollution at Civil Lines a worry, govt calls IIT-Kanpur
Levels of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide are under control across city, but very high in civil lines area. The Civil Lines air quality monitoring station has shown an unexplained rise in the level of
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Collector orders immediate removal of waste from Pampa
Collector V.N. Jithendran, who is also the Executive Magistrate, has ordered the immediate removal and safe disposal of the waste accumulated on the banks of the Pampa in the downstream reaches of Arattu-kadavu
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Uncertainty over policy, poor supply slow down wind power industry
Chennai: Despite the demand for harnessing non-conventional energy resources, the wind power industry appears to be slowing down. In the absence of a uniform tariff regime, uncertain regulatory and policy
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Filthy lake forces turtles to flee
The highly-contaminated Subramanyapura Lake in the City is forcing flat-shelled turtles onto the roads, but the authorities do not seem to be bothered. Prasanna Kumar, a wildlife volunteer, with the
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13,360 ha forest land encroached in J&K
NEW DELHI, Dec 2: India’s forests are not only facing threat from mining, they are also being ravaged due to illegal human encroachment. According to a new Government document, nearly 1.25 million hectares
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MP stuck with toxic waste even after 28 yrs of Bhopal Gas tragedy
The 28th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial tragedy falls on December 3, but the toxic chemical waste at the Union Carbide plant premises here has not been disposed off and is unlikely to be done
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Double take on mining
PANJIM: The Manohar Parrikar government has on the one hand reiterated its stand that it won't permit resumption of mining even if approved by Supreme Court till the Goa government itself is satisfied
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Mining firms hasten rejuvenation
Bellary, Dec 2, 2012, DHNS : Many mining companies in the district, which faced the wrath of the Supreme Court for indulging in illegal mining, have started implementing reclamation and rehabilitation
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78 jumbos electrocuted in State since ’08
Power utilities accused of not adhering to electricity rules. Even as elephants dying after coming in contact with electric wires has become common in the State, agencies concerned have not taken concrete
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Govt accepts challenge on zero new HIV cases by 2015
MARGAO: Health Minister, Laxmikant Parsekar has said the government has accepted the challenge to achieve by 2015 zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination of HIV patients and zero AIDS-related deaths
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Mormugao topped HIV cases in 2011
MARGAO: The coastal talukas of Mormugao (18.1%) and Salcete (13.7%) in South and Bardez (14.6%) and Tiswadi (9.4%) in North reported majority of the cases of HIV infection in the year 2011. The trend has
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Total Nirmal ward’ in Alappuzha
Kidagamparambu ward in Alappuzha municipality will be declared a ‘total Nirmal ward’ under a project for waste management with biogas generation under the slogan ‘Nirmal Bhavanam — Nirmal Nagaram,’ (Clean
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Remove brick kilns from 100m of public places: HC
UJJAIN: The Madhya Pradesh high court has issued a fresh direction for the removal of those brick kilns which operate within 100m from highways, canals, nullahs and public places in Ujjain. Earlier, administration
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UP govt sanctions Rs 89 crore for Etawah's Lion Safari project
LUCKNOW: Taking a step forward, the Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned Rs 89 crore for the 10-year-long Lion Safari in Etawah. The government has also appointed UP Awas Vikas Parishad as the construction
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Solar energy reduces government electricity bill by Rs 7.42 lakh
LUCKNOW: Use of solar appliances has helped in reducing government's electricity bills by Rs 7.42 lakhs. This became possible after solar appliances helped in generating an average of 1.83 lakh units of
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Tigers to get more space
JAIPUR: In a major boost to tiger conservation, the expert committee has defined the core and buffer zones of the Mukundra sanctuary. An erstwhile royal hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Kota, a thickly
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1 in every 200 pregnant women HIV+ in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: On World Aids Day, Rajasthan got a jolt when it was ranked sixth among states with high HIV prevalence. One out of every 200 pregnant women in the state tested positive for HIV in 2010-11. Further,
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Hi-tech scheme to study groundwater status
JAISALMER: For the first time in India, groundwater surveys using heliborne transient electromagnetic technique will be tried for aquifer mapping. This will be a pilot project carried out in five States,
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Rajasthan prepares Rs60 cr action plan for GIB conservation
JAIPUR: Anticipating the critical situation and high probability of extinction of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the state forest department is ready with an action plan to revive the population of the