Bihar to 'name and shame' farmers who burn crop residue

Amid rising air pollution caused by the burning of crop residue, the Bihar government has decided to identify farmers who are indulging in this practice and put up their names at the block offices,......

11 dead after gas leak in Punjab's Ludhiana; magisterial probe ordered

Eleven people, including three children, died allegedly after inhaling toxic gas in the city's thickly populated Giaspura locality on Sunday, with high levels Hydrogen Sulphide detected in the air......

India sizzles at 40 degrees, IMD predicts heatwave in northwest and east

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......

Row erupts over Lalu's son-in-law joining official meeting

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was on Friday embarrassed as video footages surfaced wherein a son-in-law of Lalu Prasad Yadav, founding president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal that helms the......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Maharashtra has maximum polluting industries

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......