- Global concern for Sunderbans
The World Heritage Committee has expressed alarm over a massive oil spill in the Bangladeshi side of the Sunderbans — a world heritage site...
06 Jun, 2015, 04.14 AM IST
- Now, dolphins flee polluted waters of Kochi
It's a sighting that has become increasingly rare as one takes a boat to Fort Kochi, Mattancherry or Vypeen — the shimmering hump and dorsa...
05 Jun, 2015, 04.31 AM IST
AeroIndia: Metal birds dazzles skies with aerial acrobaticsSarang profile began with entry in an inverted wine glass formation and followed by various close formations in 'Line Astern' and 'Diamond'...
18 Feb, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
UN joins cleanup efforts as oil spill endangers Bangladesh' mangrove forest SundarbansGreen activists criticised the government decision to use local people in removing the spilled oil without considering their health hazards.
19 Dec, 2014, 06.20 PM IST
Indian side not affected by Bangladesh oil spill: OfficialsIndia has not been affected by a massive oil spill in the waters of Sundarbans delta on the Bangladesh side, forest department officials sa...
17 Dec, 2014, 01.46 PM IST
Bangladesh launches manual campaign to clean up oil spill"The workers were loading the boats with the oil they were collecting manually using the traditional equipment and depositing those in tank...
13 Dec, 2014, 04.51 PM IST
Oil spill taking its toll in Bangladesh Sundarbans, say activistsAn oil tanker carrying 350 tonnes of oil crashed on Tuesday, spilling its cargo over an 80sq-km area along Shela river in Bangladesh and th...
13 Dec, 2014, 12.21 PM IST
Sunderbans oil spill: Dolphins will be first to take a hit, say environmentalistsEnvironmentalists said the Irrawaddy and Gangetic dolphins would be the first to take a hit. The thick layer of oil on the river surface wi...
12 Dec, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
Oil spill alarm in Sundarban mangrovesBiswajit Roy Chowdhury, state wildlife advisory board member, is also worried about Olive Ridley turtles that migrate around this time and ...
12 Dec, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
350-tonne oil spill by Bangladeshi ship threatens SunderbansThe site, near Mongla port, is about 100 km from the Kolkata port and Indian officials are on alert over the possibility of the oil slick s...
12 Dec, 2014, 12.22 PM IST
- 350-tonne oil spill by Bangladeshi ship threatens Sunderbans
The fragile Sundarbans region stared at an ecological nightmare after a vessel carrying 350 tonnes of oil crashed, spilling the toxic liqui...
12 Dec, 2014, 10.46 AM IST
- Sunderbans oil spill: Dolphins will be first to take a hit, say greens
The tanker crash that caused the oil spill in the protected Sunderbans, the first disaster on this scale in the area, was an accident "wait...
12 Dec, 2014, 06.38 AM IST
- Oil spill alarm in Sundarban mangroves
Marine scientists, wildlife activists and forest officers from Indian Sunderbans have gone on alert following the oil spill in Bangladesh.
12 Dec, 2014, 02.01 AM IST
- 3.5 lakh liters furnace oil spills in fragile Sunderbans as tankers collide in fog
An oil tanker carrying around 350,000 litres of oil capsized on the Shele River in the Sundarbans early Tuesday morning, threatening the wo...
11 Dec, 2014, 02.46 PM IST
- SC seeks Italian government's stand on release of Enrica Lexie ship
SC sought the Italian government's stand on a plea for release of its vessel Enrica Lexie whose two marines allegedly had shot dead two Ind...
30 Apr, 2012, 05.22 PM IST
- BP oil collection ramps up; so do claims questions
BP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico...
10 Jun, 2010, 02.45 AM IST
BP oil collection ramps up; so do claims questionsBP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing.
10 Jun, 2010, 02.45 AM IST