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New Delhi: 'Human–animal conflict in the densely forested Northeast India is nothing new. But the conflict has taken a very serious turn with the four-footed turning more and more violent at times beyond imagination,' said a renowned wildlife film coming soon.

New Delhi: India and Turkey are likely to renew their cultural cooperation and finalise a new programme for the year 2012-13 during the ongoing visit of the Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari to that country.

Have the Chhattisgarh police lost all elementary sense of decency, legality, and even sanity? Has the Supreme Court judgment ordering the disbanding of the Salwa Judum militia had no effect on the state government’s obsession with crushing the Maoist movement by all means, fair or foul?

It is a quirk of fate that just when Narendra Modi geared himself up to play a larger role by emphasizing his concern for “social harmony”, perhaps for the first time in his life, he is facing a kind of police “revolt” because of the ill-treatment of Sanjiv Bhatt, the IPS officer who had engaged him in a head-on confrontation.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $97 million to help fund a new private sector hydroelectricity plant in Pakistan, which will ease power shortages and create thousands of new jobs.

New York: Scientific and financial resources are needed to counter the growing risks of droughts that all too frequently lead to famine and poverty, the United Nations said today as a conference opened in the Republic of Korea on desertification.

New York: Amid growing concerns about drought crises in some small island States of the Pacific, the United Nations today called for comprehensive risk reduction steps to be put in place to protect vulnerable populations living in delicate ecosystems.

New York: The United Nations today reiterated that the Cambodian genocide tribunal must be permitted to carry out its work without any outside hindrance, after one of the judges resigned, citing attempted interference by Government officials in the court’s proceedings.

New York: More than 30 cities in seven provinces across Pakistan have joined a United-Nations-led disaster preparedness campaign intended to make urban areas resilient and ready to cope with catastrophic events to reduce losses and damage.

New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert told the General Assembly today that violence against women across the world continues to be pervasive and widespread and reminded States of their obligation under international law to protect women.