There are reports that GM mustard has already been planted in seven places — Delhi, Bharatpur, Ganganagar, Ludhiana, Jhansi,Varanasi and Kanpur. This approval and planting of GM mustard is in contempt of the orders of the Supreme Court, which will be hearing the case today, November 29.

On Oct 6, the dyke of a fly ash pond at a power plant of the NTPC in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh breached, causing spillage in several acres of land

A single family has been the custodian of a unique craft from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, that requires them to carve figurines out of betel nuts. But the craft is in danger of disappearing altogether.

Dhanbad, Bokaro, Singrauli ... the coal mines are mining miseries for people living close to them

Recently, a 16-year-old girl from Dumka, was set on fire by her stalker and killed. A couple of days later, a minor girl who was four months pregnant was found dead and hanging from a tree in Dumka. The Jharkhand Police had launched a mobile application Shakti to help women in distress, but the app is not functioning and few even know of its existence.

Worldwide, there are 422 trees per person, but India has only 28 trees per person. On one side, the tree population isn't strong and on other side, trees are constantly being chopped off in the name of urban development

The death knell of radio is being sounded — first was television and now the wave of digital offerings — but radio continues to find new ways to be relevant to people's everyday lives.

Women in rural Kashmir gather the leaves and twigs that are shed from the trees during autumn, and turn them into pun tseni (charcoal) for kangri that not just keeps them warm during the winters, but also earns them some money.

Composing, singing, producing, writing screenplays, directing, making ads ... to even being an ace cricketer, Vishal Bhardwaj excelled at everything he dabbled in. In a freewheeling chat, he talked about life, struggles, insecurities, films and much more