Crores of rupees are going down the drain as the Sewerage Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation appoints foreign consultants to oversee its projects and follows it up with apointing
In a major policy statement in the Gujarat assembly during the debate on the Governor's address, Narmada and major irrigation projects minister Jainarayan Vyas declared on Gandhinagar Tuesday that
The Maharashtra government has declared 217.30 hectares of reserve forest at Rehekuri in Ahmednagar district as a san ctuary for the small Indian gazelle, a species of black buck locally known as
The Sahara group gave an undertaking before the Supreme Court yesterday that it would not raise any building or cut trees or bushes in the 4,000 acres planned to be developed as a private hill
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has framed a set of guidelines to promote "scientific management" of municipal solid wastes (MSWs). The guidelines have been circulated to the state
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to furnish details about the funds being made available for the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) and also asked the CPCB to submit an affidavit on thr
At least 105 people, 16 of them school-chidlren, were killed, 1,100 injured and thousands rendered homeless when a tornado swept through several villages in the adjoining districts of West Bengal and
The Delhi Government would soon adopt the latest technology to reduce the increasing pollution levels and accident rates in the city. The government plans to tackle the twin problems with the help of
It is a virtual jungle rule in Bundelkhand. The timber mafia operating in and around the forests of Lalitpur are daring enough to smuggle out entire trains full of wood. While in Terai, the smugglers
The effluents being discharged by the Phoolpur unit of the Indian Farmers Fertilizers company (IFFCO) about 50 km from Allahabad, has forced the residents of 64 surrounding villages search for
