Chikkaballapur, DHNS: Manchanabele Kere canal and Vapasandra region farmers began an indefinite strike on Tuesday demanding CMC rates for the agriculture land acquired for NH7 road widening and constructing bypass road.

Tanushree Roy Chowdhury Posted: Mar 24, 2009 at 0218 hrs IST

Gurgaon: Though the next hearing on the issue of mining in Aravallis is scheduled in the Supreme Court for today, the Forest department has not yet filed a reply to the three pending interlocutory applications (IA).

CHHARODI: As Ratan Tata announced the launch of world

LAND VALUE
The ecological services of land such as soil formation, pollution control and nutrient recycling are only beginning to be counted, says Rabindranath Majumdar

Singur: Santosh Singh travelled all the way from Supavali village in Bihar

Shimla: With the model code of conduct in place, the Himachal Pradesh government

At a mahapanchayat held in Ronija village, farmers from about 30 villages have served one-week notice to Yamuna Expressway Authority on their seven-point demands. The farmers said if their demands were not met within a week, they would not allow the construction work on Yamuna Expressway to proceed.

A project larger than the Nano that Bengal lost to Gujarat is going waste because the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government is bungling in Bantala after slipping in Singur.

At 1,200 acres, the Calcutta Leather Complex

Chandigarh: In a rally held at Khuda Alisher village today, the farmers of the region demanded that they be allowed to set up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) of non-polluting and IT-enabled industries in the villages. Various other resolutions were also passed during the rally.

March 15: The progress of the 4,000 MW proposed power project at Krishnapatnam is behind schedule by over eight months because of delay in handing over land.

As per the letter of intent, the project should be on stream by September 2013, when the first 800 MW becomes operational.