Chak-hao (black rice pudding or kheer)

Mongolia holds rare text message vote on mining

Facing the heat of slowed economy and protests from environmentalists, PM has called for a public mandate on whether to allow investment in …

CAG picks holes in coal auctions

The report highlights that there are inaccuracies and inconsistencies in valuation of auctioned mines

Chak-hao rice kheer

'We must be ready to face big earthquakes in prone areas'

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducted mega mock drills in prone areas to assess our preparedness in the event of large …

Won’t grant NOCs to uranium mining projects in Meghalaya: Khasi District Council

After the Centre reiterated its move to open up uranium mining in the state, the highest council of the Khasi community says it will not grant an NOC

Railway budget focuses on capacity creation

With no increase in fare, the rail budget calls for generating Rs 1.84 lakh crores with an operating ratio of 92 per cent

Six environmental laws to be amended soon

An ongoing conference in the capital to decide on changes in crucial environmental laws, as proposed by the Centre

Himachal villages claim community forest rights for the first time

Threatened by an eviction notice, villages come forward to claim their community rights

‘We know where earthquakes can strike, but never when’

Mike Searle, lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University and senior research fellow in Worcester College, Oxford, tells …

Uttar Pradesh police arrest national forest union chief for protesting against Kanhar dam project

In April, the police had opened fire on villagers peacefully protesting at the dam site

Lake made by landslide debris bursts, causes flash floods in Kargil

Six bridges have been washed away by the floods; remote mountainous villages in Ladakh at risk

Climate change in India: Cuisine, culture take a hit in Assam

Flood amid drought triggers heavy siltation in the rivers in the state, fragments communities

खनन से बसा, खनन में फंसा

जिन खदानों की वजह से मोरवा फला-फूला वही खदानें इसे निगल जाएंगी। खनन के कारण पूरी तरह विस्थापित होने वाला मोरवा संभवत: देश का ...

Budget 2017: corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for railway safety

With increasing number of incidents recorded last year, finance ministry creates corpus to deal with accidents

Cabinet clears Road Safety Bill, proposes heavy penalties

It is a major step towards bringing down fatalities on roads by 50 per cent in next five years

Three feared dead as dam bursts in Himachal Pradesh

Two securities guards were reportedly buried in the muck while a local resident was washed away

Himachal flash floods: Met warns of more events in mountains of north India

Flash floods and cloudburts have been reported in districts of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, including the Ladakh region

Shared ride

Mobile apps that help car owners to offer rides to strangers are a big hit

Did backward castes and adivasis really benefit from the Budget?

As Jaitley announces Rs 500 crores for dalit and adivasi entrepreneurs, activists say that funds rarely reach targeted population and are used to …

Let the Sangai dance

A critically endangered brow-antlered deer found in the world's only floating wildlife park in Manipur may soon lose its habitat

Manipur: the bejewelled land shrouded in conflicts, resource scarcity

Sense of deprivation, lack of basic necessities and fear of falling out of government's favour perpetuate ethnic clashes

Bhopal court issues direct summons to Dow Chemical in 1984 gas leak case

Following allegations of non-cooperation from US Department of Justice, a summon has been issued directly to Dow Chemical to appear in the court

Fall of the poplar

In the backyard of Asia's largest poplar market, farmers are being forced to quit growing the soft wood as its price crashes because of overproduction

Economic Survey tells government to utilise public finance to combat climate change

Green finance from private sources is not available so the government must leverage public finance to stop global warming