Pachyderm police to help guard Uttaranchal forests
TO check the increased threat of poachers and for better supervision of the forests in the state, the Uttaranchal government has decided to take help from trained elephants from Assam. The state
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Govt to keep a tab on slum development through GPS
In order to put slum development across the country on fast track the Union Housing and Urban Poor Development Ministry headed by Kumari Selja is all set to use the global positioning system (GPS).
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Raman seeks Central aid for irrigation
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has pleaded for more central assistance in order to address the irrigation need in the State. He was addressing the National Development Council meeting on
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Battle over Singur
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has done well to invite Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to discuss the issues raised by the acquisition of farmland for the Tata Motors
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Periyar action plan fails to take off
The much-touted Periyar action plan, expected to have been announced by the Chief Minister at the end of Sunday's 'Save Periyar' seminar here, failed to take off. The Chief Minister, who flew down
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Nod for report on environment
The Rajasthan Government's high-level committee on environment has approved a State of the Environment Report, prepared jointly by the State Pollution Control Board and the Administrative Staff
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Mining row may snowball into a bigger problem
The agitation led by a group of sadhus demanding a ban on mining in areas associated with the Lord Krishna legend in Kaman tehsil of Bharatpur is likely to linger on with the Administration taking a
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Mining row may snowball into a bigger problem
The State Committee of CPI (M) has strongly condemned the use of force on peaceful protesters of tribal Kinnaur area by the Himachal police on Saturday in Wangtoo. The natives of various villages of
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Bid to spread message against female foeticide
To spread the message against female foeticide and to stress the equality of man and woman, Jain Shwetamber Terapanth Mahila Mandal on Sunday organised a rally from Town Hall to Raj Ghat. The rally,
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Muhammed Yunus unveils bold vision for ending global poverty
Micro-credit pioneer Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, founder of Grameen Bank, unveild a bold vision for ending global poverty as he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on
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Meet on veg, legumes in Hyderabad
For the first time an Internaltional Conference on Indigenous vegetables and Legumes would be held in Hyderabad during December 12-15. The event is being jointly organised by AVRDC- The World
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Project to develop 1,000 villages
The Karnataka Government on Sunday announced a Rs 3,000-crore investment in the State's Suvarna Gramodaya project, which will seek to uplift 1,000 villages in the State every
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Revealed: mining on in GFIL land
In violation of Supreme Court orders annulling all property settlements done illegally by the Golden Forest India Limited (GFIL) management, illegal mining is being done on agricultural land owned by
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State-level drive to create job opportunities for women
The Haryana Government has decided to launch a state-level campaign from January 3 to help over 75,000 women to get employment
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Hooda calls for war against foeticide
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda called upon the people of the state, especially the women, to wage a war against the social evil of female foeticide so that the stigma could be
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Wangtoo: Protesters lift blockade on NH
After braving the biting chill on the banks of Satluj river throughout the night, protesting tribals today finally relented and agreed to lift their 15-hour blockade on NH 22. However, they refused
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Garbage clearance starts on Marina
The sea shore near Napier Bridge, littered with domestic garbage for a stretch of over 1.5km, is now being cleaned by the Chennai Corporation and the
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Gas guzzlers' set to win Brussels reprieve
Plans to close a legal loopholes that allows so called gas guzzling cars to avoid strict pollution controls are set to be knocked off course by European lawmakers. The European commission
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Child-friendly hotels: a new approach to tackle child labour
A child friendly hotel that is how Vaishali Hotel on Fergusson College Road describes itself. It is first among the first to respond positively to a novel approach to tackle the problem of child
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Government refuses to take note of hazards of e-waste
A flood always comes with its own detritus. India IT explosion may have fuelled economic growth but it has also resulted in an increase in a hazardous activity e- waste dumping and