Private firms show no interest in Chhattigarh's invite to set up diagnostic facilities in tribal and remote areas
Government invites fresh bids after modifying request for proposal
US proposes healthy menu for school canteens to curb childhood obesity
Fried chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks among prohibited food items
People demand food security at protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
Inflation making food out of reach for many, say demonstrators
Antelope attack
Farmers and government are at wit’s end in Bihar as neelgais' rampage continues
SC questions coal ministry’s power to allocate coal blocks
CBI opposes probe by a special investigation team
Odisha follows in the footsteps of states that have banned gutkha
More than 43 per cent people in the state consume tobacco in one form or other
Differences emerge at climate talks over counting emissions from agriculture
Least developed countries oppose developing countries
CoP 11: No consensus on resource mobilisation
Jayanthi Natarajan hopeful of Parties agreeing on a final document
Chemistry Nobel for discovery of receptors that help cells respond
American scientists Robert J Lefkowitz and Brian K Kobilka get recognition
Bihar launches agriculture roadmap
Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production
Supreme Court dismisses plea to review order expediting interlinking of rivers
Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach
Gorakhpur nuclear power plant makes headway
Protesters melt away after Haryana announces hefty compensation
Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastic carry bags
Earlier ban was only partial and had little effect on manufacturers
Proposal to airlift Bhopal waste to Germany in jeopardy
GIZ says its reputation at stake after details of proposal were leaked in German media
Goa tightens monitoring of mining business
New rules for mineral ore transportation come into force from August 15
2012 a drought year, accepts government
Met department delayed fresh monsoon forecast for a fortnight. El Nino is active
Five arrested in connection with tiger poaching in Tadoba Andhari reserve
Forest officials employed known poachers to guard waterholes
No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC
Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2
Planning Commission to SC: Rs 26 a person a day the 'adequate' poverty line
This has been arrived at by applying the price level in June 2011
96 dams put on high alert in Gujarat
Torrential rains damage dam, inundate eight villages
Access to justice still elusive for women
A UN report says 35 per cent women in India face physical violence
Mumbai oil spill: threat to marine life, coast
Authorities shrug off questions about liability
Jairam Ramesh says no to Vedanta project in Orissa
Environment ministry rejects mining project saying it violated laws
Mining ban around Sasthamkotta lake
Conservation plan in the works for Kerala's biggest freshwater lake
Policy vacuum
In the absence of norms, political expediency becomes the norm for water transfers