A Haryana-based forensic scientist has developed a statistical method that offers greater precision in identifying a dead person from a photograph. The technique can be used along with the existing
The environment-friendly electric sub-compact has finally arrived in India. Two prototype models of a zero-emission electric car called Reva, to be eventually produced in India, were flagged off on
The Maharashtra Government's 'failure' to provide adequate compensation to the hail-storm affected farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions, has proved to be a major bone of contention between the
The 9,500 villagers and longhouse residents in Bakun, involved in a resettlement exercise this July, have appealed for their relocation to be postponed indefinitely. Bakun Region People's Committe
The Karnataka High Court today directed the Karnataka Pollution Control Board to constitute an expert committee to go into the alleged environment pollution caused by the Vikranth Tyres Limited,
Anti-nuclear activists repeatedly delayed a train transporting 60 tonnes of atomic waste as it trundled north through Germany with about 30,000 police guarding the
The Mullai Periyar dam controversy between Tamil Nadu and Kerala is threatening to develop into a legal battle. A clear indication to this effect was given today in the Tamil Nadu Assembly by Mr.
The annual budget for 1998-1999 presented in the House by finance minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Friday remained silent on the much-talked-about Krishna water supply project to
Report: The Union Territory of Pondicherry has become one of the most serious victims of air pollution. This was revealed in the latest study on ambient air quality published by the CPCB. The report,
The delay of the endangered Oliver Ridley turtles to reach Gahimatha Beach for mass nesting, and their continued killing has environmentalists worried. Last year the turtles skipped the Gahimatha, a
