Sadhus and farmers march to Delhi to liberate Yamuna from pollution

Yamuna Muktikaran Padayatra protests waste water discharge into the river from Delhi; police prevent them from proceeding to Jantar Mantar 

Sharad Pawar introduces Agricultural Biosecurity Bill

Proposed legislation seeks to bring plant, animal and marine protection under one authority

Supreme Court clears way for Maharashtra’s Babli irrigation project

Rejects Andhra's plea to demolish barrage; sets up a panel to ensure equitable utilisation of Godavari waters

In water-stressed Gujarat, government proposes to punish farmers who draw groundwater

Bill introduced in Assembly says errant farmers can be imprisoned up to six months or fined up to Rs 10,000

NHRC orders relief payment to seven children who suffered fluorosis after drinking water

Human rights commission rules that children's basic right to clean drinking water had been violated

MoEF spells out parameters for identifying inviolate forest areas

Mining would be barred in such pristine forests; 178 forest types graded on a scale of 0 to 100

India's infant mortality rate is down

44 infant deaths per 1,000 live births is still higher than the 11th Plan target of reducing it to 30

Supreme Court lifts ban on 16 Bellary mines

Resumption of operations subject to statutory clearances and implementation of relief and rehabilitation plans

MoEF panel says no to Kameng hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh

Proposed project site too close to Pakke Tiger Reserve and Nameri National Park, say appraisal committee experts

Haryana ignores Centre's direction to protect Aravalli forests in Faridabad

Mangar development plan proposes universities, mega tourism projects and quarries in one of the last patches of forests having trees native to …

Mobile tower risks: Rajasthan High Court issues notice to telecom operators

Petition filed by two senior citizens dwells on harmful and hazardous radiation from towers

Policy draft backs new, expensive vaccines

Health experts say they are not essential enough to be part of national immunisation programme

28 years of Earth’s surface changes on Google

Watch a city expand or a glacier shrink through a series of satellite images; see the altering landscape at four spots in India  

Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants

It is the first ever census of its kind in the country

Parties to Stockholm Convention endorse agroecology as the best alternative to endosulfan

Pesticide’s use restricted to limited number of crops

Concern for Ganga crosses religious barriers

Religious leaders pledge to work together to save river from increasing pollution

One national, eight regional paramedic institutes to open soon

Around 6.6 million allied health professionals short in India, finds a report

Patna's lone KFC outlet sealed

Franchisee never applied for licence, says food safety department

Pitroda holds Twitter conference to announce high-speed Internet connectivity to universities

PM's advisor fields questions from journalists and citizens on microblogging site

MoEF says no to radar installation in Narcondam hornbill habitat

The island in Andaman Nicobar is the only abode for the highly endangered bird

US attempts to shift focus of climate negotiations

Pushes countries to address the problem of short-lived climate pollutants

Power grid FAQ

Make Gujarat a CNG state: high court

Bring natrual gas rate at par with that in Delhi, Mumbai

Goa to cancel licences of 40 illegal mines

Mines were operating for over two decades without renewal of mining lease

Suspected cholera outbreak in Gujarat

Five deaths and over 200 cases of diarrhoea reported in five days