It is that time of the year again at the beautiful Velas beach in the Konkan region's Ratnagiri district. Welcome to the annual Turtle Festival, which kicks off Feb 19, says Quaid Najmi

The Kerala government is considering tax concession on ayurveda medicines and other steps to promote the traditional system of medicine, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy has announced.

With several big-time poachers behind bars, and effective patrolling strategies in place, tiger poaching has dropped in India by nearly 60 percent in 2011, says Sanjeeb Baruah

Farmers have woken up to the threats from modern agricultural techniques and are developing, preserving and sharing seeds that hold the key to their future. Manu Moudgil checks out the trend

When nature lover Anand Deval was told he can’t cut the trees he had planted in his backyard, he went to court. Pragya Krishna talks to his daughter, a forest official, about the curious case