Bhubaneswar : Seventeen years after Parliament passed the PESA Act that empowers tribal society to take control of their own resources, the Orissa government has finally decided to make necessary c

Dehradun : Cloudbursts, floods and landslides brought on by incessant rain over the past 48 hours have left a trail of destruction across north India, killing at least 60 people, injuring scores an

In an indication of poor planning and performance, only four of 28 states were able to meet their labour budget projections for the rural job guarantee scheme in 2012-13.

New Delhi : In an article printed this week, British Medical Journal has raised questions about the safety of a class of “new-age” drugs touted not only as a wonder cure for type 2 diabetes but als

In a setback to Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Wednesday turned down its demand for release of water from Karnataka as of now citing deficit in inflows and low storage levels in r

Tiger poaching in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra seems to be on unabated going by the statements of two young poachers who were nabbed on June 6.

Even the impressive agriculture growth by Madhya Pradesh over the last few years can't ignore this reality: more than a million cultivators have withdrawn from farming activity and there's a simult

As many as 17 states are expected to witness significant power supply shortages this fiscal, with Tamil Nadu projected to receive less than three-fourth of its total electricity requirements.

The Ghaziabad Development Authority plans to introduce a project that will enable the agency to track all construction activity in the city through satellite imagery.

China has extended technological help to build the first of its kind waste-to-energy plant in Narela Bawana, North Municipal Corporation announced on Tuesday.

Private concessionaire Ramky, which is investing hundreds of crores into the plant, claimed that the new technology would help them keep the landfill sites from overflowing.