Chennai,  Aimed at strengthening the government response at grassroots level, the Tamil Nadu government has set up District Climate Change Missions, a move welcomed by experts with a word of caution.

Earlier in March, the state government had issued orders for constitution of the "Tamil Nadu Climate

Amaravati,  In a shocking incident, a madrasa student in Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district died and 11 others were taken ill due to food poisoning on Saturday.

The incident occurred at a madrasa at Gurzala town in the district.

The students got ill after they ate lunch served at madars

Bengaluru, Spiritual leader and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been honoured with South American nation Suriname's highest civilian honour for his humanitarian work.

The spiritual leader was decorated with the Grand Cordon - honorary order of the yellow star (Ere-Orde van de Gele Ster) by Presi

Chennai,  Tamil Nadu Water Resources officials are expecting the Kerala side will allow the Siruvani dam to touch the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 50 feet as incessant rains in its catchment area have led to increase in its water levels.

The dam is situated in Palakkad in deep forests between Kalladikod

Panaji,  Goa government has formulated two schemes to preserve the fertile cultivable soil in the state for agricultural purposes, Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik informed the Assembly.

In a written reply, Naik said that "Promotion of Organic farming" and "development of manures and fertili

Kolkata,  As the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) go deeper in the probe into the coal smuggling case in West Bengal, the probe officials are coming across massive unauthorised financial transactions involving the seven past and present officials of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), who are currentl

Thiruvananthapuram,  Seven months have passed since a high-ranking IAS official submitted a report which contained adverse comments on the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW) for flouting adoption norms, but no action has been taken in the matter so far.

Many feel the reason no action has been

Srinagar,   Eight CRPF troopers were injured on Saturday in a road accident in J&K's Pulwama district.

Police sources said a CRPF vehicle collided with a truck on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Goripora (Awantipora) crossing in Pulwama district today.

"Eight CRPF

Aurangabad,  In a shocking incident, a 16-month-old child fell into a vessel filled with boiling water and succumbed to the burn injuries after a week, an official of Sillod Police Station said here on Saturday.

According to the investigating officer Tukaram Mhetre of Sillod, the incident occurred on the

Chandigarh,  Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi and Congress leader and former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu are in the same barrack in the Patiala Central Jail in Punjab.

The other high-profile politician in the jail is Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of MP S