New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The first-ever conclave of Himalayan states will be held in Uttarakhand on July 28 where the focus will be on environmental protection, Himalayan culture and economic development. It will be…
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) With flood waters entering most of the state’s national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, Assam Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Shuklabaidya on Saturday appealed to all the staff of the department to…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Minister of State for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria on Saturday launched an advisory document on ODF Plus, and Swachh Gram Darpan mobile app, which are aimed at managing solid…
Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) To improve the groundwater level in Haryana, the state government will develop big lakes in Gurugram district, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Saturday. In this direction, the new lakes…
Patna, July 13 (IANS) Rising water levels in many rivers due to continuous rain had created flood-like situation in as many as six districts of Bihar and had affected rail services, officials said on Saturday….
Shimla, July 13 (IANS) Massive mudslides hit the Chandigarh-Shimla national highway between Parwanoo and Solan towns in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday owing to heavy overnight rains, that led to traffic snarls and posed a serious…
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) The flood situation in Assam continued to worsen with new areas flooding every day even as the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Saturday said that 25 districts of the…
Patna, July 13 (IANS) After drought-like situation till last week, Bihar now fears floods as the water levels of several rivers have been rising following heavy rains in the past six days. According to a…
Bareilly, July 13 (IANS) Two wild tuskers, who crossed over into Uttar Pradesh from Nepal last month, were continuing to roam there, sending forest and wildlife experts on a wild goose chase. All efforts to…
Panaji, July 13 (IANS) A Group of Ministers (GoM) has been formed to examine vexed issue of mining in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told reporters late on Friday. The GoM includes Union Ministers for…
Patna, July 13 (IANS) As many as 1.87 lakh families in rural Patna are still awaiting to get the reimbursement promised under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin scheme for constructing toilets in their houses. Poverty-stricken Dinanath…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday marched on the streets of Kolkata with her Cabinet colleagues, school students, civil society representatives and sportspersons to spread awareness about water conservation….
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with Union Ministers and Members of Parliament will participate in the Swachhata Abhiyan (cleanliness drive) in Parliament House Estate on Saturday, a Lok Sabha…
Adelaide, July 12 (IANS) Dozens of corellas were believed to have been poisoned after animal Australian rescuers found more than 60 of the birds “falling out of the sky” near an Adelaide primary school, the…
Chennai, July 12 (IANS) In an effort to meet the water requirements of a parched Chennai, a special 50 wagon train carrying water from Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district reached the state capital on Friday, a…
Guwahati, July 12 (IANS) Trains services to Assam’s Barak Valley and Tripura were hampered on Friday due to incessant rains that have affected the railway tracks in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of the Northeast Frontier…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Despite the cloud cover over Delhi-NCR, the much awaited monsoon rains are unlikely for at least another three days. The dry spell is likely to continue without any significant precipitation…
Canberra, July 12 (IANS) Tourists trying to scale the peak of Australia’s sacred indigenous site of Uluru, and the trash and waste they leave behind, has caused a sustainability crisis in the popular tourist spot….
By Anjana Das and Subhash Narayan New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Governments much publicised Swachh Bharat Mission aiming to enhance the level of sanitation in India and make the country open defecation free (ODF) seems…
Patna, July 12 (IANS) The foundation stone of India’s first dolphin research centre will be laid here on October 5, after an eight-year delay since it was first mooted, an officer confirmed. D.K. Shukla, the…