Scientists solve mystery of milky rain

Dust plume from dry lake in Oregon behind the rare phenomenon

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Oxford University Press ban over mention of pigs

GreenPHABLET developed to help small holder farmers

It provides farmers with services to improve productivity and find better prices

Another 5,700 villages on Maharashtra’s drought list

Twice as many villages as in 2012 affected this time

Loss of Arctic ice forcing walruses to take shelter on shores

35,000 walruses were seen resting on a sea shore in northwest Alaska

Latin America in grip of chikungunya

Around a million people are reported to have been infected with disease in 34 countries

Electoral power of women

Founder of Sri Lanka's sarvodaya movement turns 80

A T Ariyaratne: conscience keeper of a bruised nation

Cabinet approves new mining bill

Share prices of metal and coal companies nosedive

Apex court allows NMDC to operate mines in Bellary

Private mining to remain suspended

Residents protest Tata Power’s modernisation plans for Trombay plant

Modernisation will increase pollution, say residents

Chemists in Delhi to go on strike on March 15

Proposed drug pricing policy lowers their commission

Coal country politics in Surguja: people forsaken by the fine print

Massive forest fire breaks out in Goregaon Film City, Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Cause of fire yet to be established

Agricultural labourers do not get even two square meals a day, reveals NSSO survey

About one per cent rural households do not get enough food throughout the year

Nilam lands at Mahabalipuram on Tamil Nadu coast

Over 4,000 people evacuated to relief camps

One killed as protest against tribal displacement turns violent

Assembly adjourned as a MLA tears off his shirt

Nagpur municipality notice to women corporators: keep interfering husbands at bay

These men have been attending meetings and issuing instructions in place of their wives

Scientists map microbes in healthy humans

Will help in diagnosis and treatment of diseases

Siang goes dry, says Arunachal Pradesh minister

Official, activists counter, say the statement is to allow dams on the river

New draft rules for RTI draws flak

Activists say the rules undermine the spirit of the law

Green light to buffer zones

Centre approves buffer zone around two tiger reserves in Maharashtra

POSCO to halt work on Orissa steel plant

South Korean company's steel project has violated rights of forest dwellers

Stiffer penalty for wildlife crimes

Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants

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