Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Weeks after voting for the Lok Sabha elections and with months to go for the Assembly elections, Maharashtra’s ruling and opposition politicians have started taking stock of the drought stituation, billed…
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday voiced strong opposition to the granting of permission to companies like Vedanta and the ONGC to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)…
Bhubaneswar, May 13 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction 5 lakh pucca houses for the cyclone-affected people in the state. In a letter to the Prime…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, May 13 (IANS) The controversial Taj Heritage Corridor, which brought down the Mayawati government in 2003, has now been resurrected in a new “green” avatar along the Yamuna river bank. A…
Agra, May 12 (IANS) Environment activists here on Sunday symbolically poured glucose and milk into the “dying and sick” Yamuna river to raise awareness about the chronic pollution plaguing the river. Several members of the…
Guwahati, May 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday inspected the 33 highlands created in the Kaziranga National Park for sheltering wildlife during floods and asked the authorities to ensure safe shelter, adequate…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, May 12 (IANS) When Akhilesh Yadav was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, he set a Guinness world record for planting 50 million saplings in a day. Not to be outdone, last…
Wellington, May 12 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in New Zealand’s city of Auckland on Sunday for a three-day visit with a focus on climate change. Guterres is visiting New Zealand for the first…
Thrissur (Kerala), May 12 (IANS) The opening of the famed Thrissur Pooram festival here on Sunday was attended by more than 10,000 people after an order disallowing a 54-year-old tusker from taking part in the…
London, May 12 (IANS) Researchers have said that plans to create octopus farms in coastal waters around the world are ethically inexcusable and environmentally dangerous and called on private companies, academic institutions and governments to…
Hyderabad/Amaravati, May 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana continued to be in the grip of a heat wave on Saturday with few places sizzling at over 45 degrees Celsius, officials said. Khammam in Telangana was…
Bhubaneswar, May 11 (IANS) A total of 14 lakh trees and eight lakh saplings were damaged as cyclone Fani devastated coastal Odisha, an official said on Saturday. The Forest and Environment Department is the worst-affected…
Jammu, May 11 (IANS) Vehicles, stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar highway for two days due to a landslide in Ramban district, were allowed to move on Saturday, while no new traffic was allowed for now, officials…
Thrissur (Kerala), May 11 (IANS) It had all the ingredients of a suspense thriller with even the Kerala High Court intervening. Finally, after an early morning medical check-up, ‘Thechikottukavu Ramachandran’, 54-year-old tusker, on Saturday was…
Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) Security staff at former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s residence here had some anxious moments on Saturday as a viper, a poisonous species of snake, was found slithering in…
Puri, May 10 (IANS) A team of senior officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday reported no “large” structural damage to the Konark Sun Temple in the cyclone-ravaged Odisha, and that it…
Mumbai, May 10 (IANS) United Nations on Friday appointed Indian actress-producer Dia Mirza as an advocate of Sustainable Development Goals alongside internationally popular individuals like actor Forest Whitaker, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and Norwegian Prime…
Kathmandu, May 10 (IANS) The body of a Peruvian climber who was found dead earlier this week on Mount Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain, was on Friday airlifted to Kathmandu for his last rites in…
Puri, May 10 (IANS) A team of senior officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday reached cyclone-ravaged Odisha to assess the quantum of structural damages to the Jagannath Temple in Puri and…
Bangkok, May 10 (IANS) A Thai bay that was made iconic by its appearance in the 2000 Hollywood film “The Beach” will remain closed until 2021 since a sharp rise in visitors had severely damaged…