'If businessmen should be included in the political process -- which is essential in my opinion -- they need to have the freedom to express themselves and to take stands against the government of......
The National Green Tribunal slapped an interim penalty of Rs 50 crore on LG Polymers India and sought response from the Centre and others on Friday in the gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam, Andhra......
Mercury hovered around 40 degrees Celsius in large parts of the country on Monday as the Indian meteorological department predicted heat wave conditions in parts of east India over the next four......
The major fire which broke out at the Biomax Fuels Limited's bio-diesel manufacturing plant in Visakhapatnam Tuesday was extinguished completely by Tuesday evening by some 40 fire engines. No......
More than 100 protestors were baton-charged and driven away by the police when they tried to prevent a public hearing on uranium mining in Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy's......
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is set to undertake exploratory drilling work in three offshore oil and gas Blocks in Krishna-Godavari basin soon, according to sources close to the......
The Ministry of Environment and Forests, under attack for being allegedly rigid in clearing projects, has lifted the moratorium on developmental projects in eight more 'critically polluted'......
Maharashtra has the maximum polluting industries in the country followed by Uttar Pradesh, Environment and Forest Minister T R Baalu informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. In a written reply, Baalu said......
Over seven million cubic m of water is consumed by 1,952 licenced mineral and packaged drinking water plants in the country annually. According to figures available with the Central Ground Water......
The Central Pollution Control Board has declared Gujarat as the most polluted state in India. The conclusion has been based on the increasing levels of pollution and toxic wastes. There are seven......