To facilitate investors in obtaining time-bound permissions and making the procedures less cumbersome, Himachal Government will now only accept online common application forms (CAF) for investment proposals
The Himachal government has decided to amend the Panchayati Raj Act to make it comprehensive and an effective instrument for poverty alleviation and employment generation. Stating this, Mr Sat
As many as 64 lakh people become "physically and mentally challenged" due to polluted water and 25 lakh people as a result of air pollution every year in Uttar Pradesh. These alarming figures were
A major row has erupted over the rampant mining in the hillocks of Ferozpur Rajput village in Hathin subdivision of the Faridabad district. Certain villagers have alleged damage to the ecology and
A Public Works Department worker was killed on the spot when a boulder hit him at Sanaogi village, near Kumarsen in Shimla district, as heavy rains pounded Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and
Seventy diarrhoea cases have been reported in a village of Yamunanagar district, Haryana. Dr Naresh Sharma, Civil Surgeon, Yamunanagar, said that the situation was under control and proper care was
Efforts are on to find sustainable alternatives to wheat and rice in Punjab. There are two alternatives: diversification from wheat and rice to say pulses and oilseeds; and contract farming. These
One person died and 25 were down with gastroenteritis in Panol village of Barswan panchayat at Balh valley, Himachal Pradesh, while the medical authorities were claiming that the epidemic was under
The indiscriminate discharge of waste water from slums and few sewage treatment plants are responsible for the pollution of the Yamuna in NCT of Delhi. Replying to a question, the union Minister of
The recent Supreme Court judgement upholding the validity of Haryana's law disqualifying people with more than two children from contesting panchayat elections will certainly give a boost to the
Lt-Governor Vijai Kapoor directed the Delhi Government to select five landfill sites in different parts of the Capital, as the present sites would be overflowing in few months. He also directed the
