Chennai,  Tiruvallur district administration has issued a red alert in 11 villages after water was released from Red Hills lake.

500 cusecs of water were released as heavy rains continued in the catchment area.

District Collector, Alby George in a statement said that 500 cusecs water was r

Visakhapatnam,  Police in Visakhapatnam on Saturday took leaders and members of the Visakhapatnam Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee (VUPPC) and the Left parties into preventive custody in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city.

VUPCC, which is spearheading the movement against the

Bengaluru,  Karnataka, which is recognised as one of the 35 biodiversity hotspots in the world and one of the four in India, is headed towards climate catastrophe, warn environmentalists.

Environmentalist and founding member of the Foundation for Ecological Security Dr A.N. Yallappa Reddy stated that Karnatak

Lucknow,  In Uttar Pradesh, there is politics in the air but no air in politics.

Even as the world struggles with issues related to climate change and its impact, the most populous state of the country remains completely cold to rising temperatures, melting glaciers in neighbouring Uttarakhand that will

Kolkata,  West Bengal has witnessed a peculiar climate change impact this year where the granary belts of the state have witnessed a non-conventional rainfall pattern.

First during June and July this year, considered the peak seasons for sowing of Aus and Aman paddy, the granary belts, especially in sout

Jaipur,  Call it a weather shift or the effect of global climate change but its a fact that Rajasthan no more matches to its name �desert state as it received 270 mm of rainfall in July this year. This was the highest for the month in nearly seven decades, according to official data.

The 270 mm rainfall is

Bhopal,  With the largest forest cover in the country, Madhya Pradesh where all three seasons -- summer, monsoon and winter -- complete their full circle, is going to hold centrestage in dealing with the challenges of climate change once the newly established 'Atmospheric Laboratory Centre becomes fully operational

Shimla,  BJP leader and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, his wife and two daughters cast their votes for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls on Saturday.

They cast their votes at a polling booth in Seraj in Mandi district. From Seraj, four-time lawmaker Thakur is in fray again.

After casting

Guwahati/Agartala,  While the effects of climate change are far-reaching across the world, Indias northeast region comprising eight states, would also bear the brunt in the near future despite 65 per cent of the regions 2,62,179 sq km geographical area being under forest cover, experts said.

However, acc

Ahmedabad,  Climate change is going to have a serious impact on the urban areas, hot days will increase, while rainfall will amplify in Gujarat. To address these issues, municipal corporations need to increase forestation in cities like Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Surat, while chemical usage also needs to be controlled, acco