India’s 'water man', Magsaysay award-winner Rajendra Singh, has resigned from the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to express solidarity with Prof. G.D. Agarwal who decided on Friday to fa

A final decision on the fuel efficiency norms for cars has been laid at the doorstep of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. This fructuous issue has seen much wrangling between the automobile industry, the

Will the real killers of young IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh who are perpetuating illegal mining in Madhya Pradesh be taken to task? It seems unlikely given the lackadaisical record of the Central and the state government’s in arresting the political mafia behind these crimes

On this International Women’s Day, women can take heart from the fact that a large number of women candidates have won in the recent Assembly polls. But despite a historic 60 per cent turnout of women voters, numbers of winning candidates continue to remain small in proportion to the overall strength of the Assembly.

The Assembly elections in five states saw an 18 per cent increase in the vote share of women. Significantly, the woman voter turnout was 60 per cent as against 58 per cent male voter turnout .

Monday’s earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale with Bahadurgarh in Haryana as its epicentre is the third tremor India has experienced in the last five days.

Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s much-favoured Project Cheetah is in doldrums.

The budget for the ministry of science and technology in the 12th Five-Year Plan is set to witness a three-fold increase.

The budget for the ministry of science and technology in the 12th Five Year Plan is set to witness a three-fold increase.

The budget for the ministry of science and technology in the 12th Five Year Plan is set to witness a three-fold increase. The minister of state for science and technology Ashwani Kumar pointed out tha