Ghaziabad, Nov 20 (IANS) The Hindon river can literally breathe easy now. Civic authorities here Friday launched a huge 'prayer chamber' along the river banks especially designed to immerse puja ritual materials ...

Manali, Nov 20 (IANS) Eight people were killed Friday as they were caught in high velocity winds near the snow-capped Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, an official said. Seven of the victims ...

Manali, Nov 20 (IANS) At least eight people were killed Friday as high velocity icy winds lashed Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, an official said. Over 75 people were caught in strong icy winds ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea to ban idol immersions in water bodies across the country, saying restrictions would militate against the fundamental right of a ...

Manali, Nov 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Friday deployed a private chopper to rescue people who have been marooned in the cold desert for the past 11 days in tribal Lahaul and ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee Jamshedpur, Nov 20 (IANS) Every evening, as dusk gathers on the smoking chimneys of this iron and steel township, an army of giant vampires creeps out of lairs on a ...

By Asit Srivastava Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Imagine riding through a lush green forest, soaking in lessons on the environment. That's what many school students in Uttar Pradesh are about to experience, thanks ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Women, particularly those in poor countries, are among the most vulnerable to climate change, said a United Nations report released here Thursday. "They (women) are among the most ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) It was a photo exhibition on climate change, but instead of the negative impact of the phenomenon, it showcased how people in rural India are coping with ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) The release of zoo elephants into wildlife parks should be closely monitored as they could end up creating difficulties for their peers in the wild, say experts in ...

Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to set up a Ground Water Regulatory Authority to conserve and ensure proper usage of groundwater, said Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) ...

Hong Kong, Nov 19 (DPA) Hong Kong recorded its coldest Nov 18 in 120 years as a winter monsoon continued to send temperatures falling, authorities said Thursday. Temperatures fell to 9.7 degrees Celsius ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) A spell of rainfall has pushed the mercury down across Orissa -- a state which witnessed unusually high temperature a few days ago. Bhubaneswar and Talcher, which recorded a ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) A notorious tiger poacher was arrested in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand by a joint team of the police and forest department, an NGO which helped in ...

Stockholm, Nov 19 (RIA Novosti) Russia aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below the 1990 level by 2020, President Dmitry Medvedev told an EU-Russia summit here Thursday. Speaking after ...

Lima, Nov 19 (EFE) The Peruvian Police have rescued hundreds of rare animals, including squirrel monkeys, yellow-foot tortoises, iguanas and diminutive brotogeris parakeet that were being sold illegally in downtown Lima. The sellers ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) With pollution levels rising across the country, India Wednesday revised the national ambient air quality standards after 15 years, bringing about uniform standards for residential and industrial ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) India for the first time will now have a uniform health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), discontinuing the old practice of setting air quality standards for ...

Shillong, Nov 18 (IANS) Mild tremors were felt in several parts of northeast India late Tuesday, met officials said here Wednesday. "The quake, measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 11.10 p.m. ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) With pollution level rising across the country, India Wednesday revised the national ambient air quality standards after 15 years. "We have notified the ambient air quality standards in ...

Chandigarh, Nov 18 (IANS) To protect the national bird and increase its population, the Haryana government has chalked out a plan to set up a sanctuary and breeding centres for peacocks in ...

By Joydeep Gupta New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Munni Rawat, a 50-year-old homemaker in Uttarakhand state in the Himalayas, does not know about the climate summit in Copenhagen next month. But she does ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) A day after the national capital witnessed heavy showers, the temperature in Delhi dipped Wednesday. The met department has ruled out any further possibility of rain in ...

By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, Nov 18 (IANS) A silent "green revolution" is in the making in India's tech hub Bangalore as citizens come together to sponsor trees to save the city's "green heritage" ...

Los Angeles, Nov 18 (DPA) A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo will be named Yun Zi, Chinese for Son of Cloud, the zoo announced Tuesday. The name was selected from ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) A tiger poacher who was absconding since last year was arrested Tuesday from a Haryana town, officials said. Bheema, who was nabbed by the Wildlife Crime Control ...

Sandspit, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Canada was rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on Tuesday morning. It happened at 15:30 UTC and at 7:30 am at the epicenter ...

Panaji, Nov 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded that the top weather department official in Goa be booked for murder for not issuing timely warnings to fishermen, 68 ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Ecologist Vandana Shiva Tuesday criticised a discussion paper on Himalayan glaciers released by the environment ministry last week, as its conclusions contradict the data mentioned in the ...

Bhopal, Nov 17 (IANS) A Forest Crime Information Centre has been set up in Madhya Pradesh to check crimes related to forests and wildlife, officials said Tuesday. The centre has been ...