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
17 fishers injured in firing by forest guards
They were fishing in reservoir inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, where fishing has been banned by high court
Signs of the God particle found: CERN
Final findings either confirming or denying the existence of the Higgs boson expected by end of 2012
Attenborough film calls for saving gorillas of Congo’s Virunga
A recent report by non-profit Global Witness showed how secret payments and local violence helped a multinational company open Virunga national …
Illegal GM cotton spreads across India
In a replay of Bt cotton saga, Monsanto's Roundup Ready Flex is being grown in at least three states without clearance
Healthy local menu for moms-to-be in Bihar
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme starts new initiative to fight malnutrition
Pawar's daughter on panel that will examine biotechnology Bill
Supriya Sule joins Parliament panel on science and technology; panel to submit report on Bill that gives easy access to GM crops in three months
30 health clinics in East Champaran face action for performing illegal hysterectomies
District authorities suspend their registration under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana; raids revealed some nursing homes had engaged unqualified …
High Court gives Centre four weeks to decide forestland allocation to Essar
Directs demolition of company buildings on forestland near Hazira in case Centre denies approval