Also opposes DJB’s pleas regarding water shortage in Capital The Haryana government has claimed that the Delhi High Court does not have the jurisdiction to decide on the Yamuna water-sharing dispute
Nandigram-II block in East Medinipur district of West Bengal has achieved a unique distinction of total sanitation. All 18,000 households in the block now have toilets. The use of latrines has not
Delhi is turning greener. Several years of extensive tree plantation drives across the Capital seem finally to have paid off with the forest cover increasing from 5.9 per cent in 1999 to 7.5 per cent
The Municipal Commissioner, Rakesh Mehta, claimed that the civic body was "well and fully prepared' to meet the threat of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Delhi and approval has been given
The controversy over the genetically modified Bt Cotton has taken a new turn with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture debunking the claims about its efficacy. It has asked the
Thousands of baby Olive Ridley sea turtles crawled to the Bay of Bengal, as mass hatching began at the Rusikulya beach on the Orissa coast. An estimated two lakh Olive Ridleys had laid eggs on this
China, in its latest effort to contain the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), entrusted the Vice-Premier, Wu Yi, with the concurrent charge of the Health portfolio, it was officially announced
The Centre today announced that two more persons had tested positive for the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. With this, the total number of confirmed cases in the country has gone up to
The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 "grimly forces us to think about effective implementation of mechanisms linked with technology transfer, research and development, location policy and fatory laws,
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials will meet in Bangalore this weeked to finalise the launch date of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D2).The event is
The Haryana government has decided to despatch 23 railway racks of fodder to the drought affected areas of Rajasthan to save the livestock there. The Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, disclosed
