Tiger count rises in Shivalik-Gangetic region, dips in Western Ghats: Report

The tiger population has gone up in the Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains landscape, central India and the Sundarbans but their numbers have dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra......

7 new frog species found in Western Ghats

Seven new miniature frog species, which can comfortably sit even on a child's thumbnail, have been discovered by Indian scientists in the Western Ghats after five years of extensive exploration.......

Kerala floods put focus back on worsening situation in Western Ghats

"Things are getting worse in Western Ghats", says eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil as he urged the people on the "grassroots" to "sufficiently pressure" the elected representatives to take measures......

How climate change triggered Wayanad landslides

The deadly landslides in Kerala's ecologically fragile Wayanad district were triggered by a heavy burst of rainfall, made 10 per cent heavier by climate change, according to a new rapid attribution......

Implement Kasturirangan report to conserve Western Ghats: Govt

  A glimpse of the Western Ghats. Photograph: Reuben NV/Rediff.com   The Centre on Wednesday told the National Green Tribunal it would pursue the implementation of the Kasturirangan......

CIC orders report on Western Ghats be made public

In response to a RTI application seeking to make public a report by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel under the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi......

HPCL's Rs 30k-cr plant stuck on Western Ghat moratorium

The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report, submitted by ecologist Madhav Gadgil last year, was further delaying the Rs 30,000-crore (Rs 300-billion) refinery project of Hindustan Petroleum Corp......

In a first, Kerala adopts water budget to tackle shortage

Kerala on Monday became the first state to adopt a water budget in a bid to come up with a solution to water scarcity in certain regions there. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters The first phase of......

Former Maharashtra Ranji player Gawli dies

Former Maharashtra Ranji player Shekhar Gawli died after falling in a 250-feet deep gorge in Nashik district, police said on Wednesday.   Gawli, 45, who played two first class matches for......

Wish Virat on his birthday!

The cricket superstar turns 29 on Sunday, November 5. IMAGE: Virat Kohli, batsman extraordinaire. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli sets new benchmarks every game.   A few days ago, he went past......

Pune wicket was not poor, it was a challenging wicket: Vijay

'As cricketers, we need to play on such wickets sometimes rather than playing on flat tracks. Actually it is a good thing to play on wickets which test your character and technique.' India's......

Team India go trekking after Pune stumble

IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin and Abhinav Mukund pose for a selfie. Photograph: R Ashwin/Instagram The 333-run loss against to Australia in......