The pro-dam and anti-dam agitation on the Ganga river is hotting up. Activists, along with leading Hindu seers, staged a protest march from Rajghat demanding the Centre to take strong steps to stop the construction of new dams on the upper reaches of the Ganga river.

The pro-dam and anti-dam agitation on the Ganga river is hotting up. Activists, along with leading Hindu seers, staged a protest march from Rajghat demanding the Centre to take strong steps to stop the construction of new dams on the upper reaches of the Ganga river.

Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand) Security in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) was recently breached by gangs of poachers belonging to five different communities.

India is going to the Rio+Earth Summit determined to ensure the conference does not result in restrictive trade practices in the name of the green economy.

Corbett Tiger Reserve may boast of the world’s highest density of tigers but it is beset by a host of problems that may soon see it lose its premier status.

India’s tiger fatalities are rising steadily. The country has lost 48 tigers in the last 22 weeks. The largest number of tigers have been killed in the premier Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand and in the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.

An old-time fisherman, Ahmed Kaka, 63, from Luni village off the Kutch coast of Gujarat, complains that several species of fish have disappeared.

With only 10 per cent of Patna’s population connected to a sewage network system, some NGOs claim 90 per cent of the city’s excreta is flowing directly or indirectly into the Ganga river.

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With only 10 per cent of Patna’s population connected to a sewage network system, some NGOs claim 90 per cent of the city’s excreta is flowing directly or indirectly into the Ganga river.

More than 130 world leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Jiabao, will be attending the Rio+ Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro later this month.