Rs 1 L car: Tatas may withdraw from WB
Tata Motors managing director Ravi Kant said the company would have no alternative but to relocate its small car project to another state if West Bengal government failed to hand over the committed
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Punjab too records case
A two-year-old boy in Dana Mandi locality of Dasuya in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab has been found to be polio-positive. The boy belongs to a family of migrant labourers from
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Ice Age proof confirms ominous signs of global warming
Ice Age evidence confirms that a doubling of greenhouse gases could drive up world temperatures by about 3 degrees Celsius, causing havoc with the climate, a study said. The researchers made a
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US govt blocked hurricane report'
A US government agency blocked the release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported on Tuesday. The National
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Plan to bring 90,000 hectares under irrigation
Bharat Nirman initiative to expand the irrigation facility and revision of the outdated "Relief Manual' will go a long way in mitigating the miseries inflicted on farmers by recurring droughts.
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Rainwater harvesting made compulsory
As the "Queen of Hills' remains plagued with a perennial water shortage, adversely affecting tourism, fresh directions have been issued to make rainwater harvesting mandatory, failing which water and
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High Court refuses to stop demolitions
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to put off the ongoing demolition of unauthorised constructions being carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) across the city since December 17.
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A.P. deputes engineers' team to Babli project
The Babli project is back in focus. The Andhra Pradesh Government on Monday deputed an engineers' team to Maharashtra to verify whether construction work on the project across the Godavari has
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Plan panel identifies six stretches for expressway
The Planning Commission has identified six stretches for expressways at an estimated cost of Rs 15,000 crore
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Govt to form panel on demolition
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will soon constitute a core committee comprising officials of MCD, DDA and Delhi Government to look into demolition and building bylaws to come out from the present
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A washing machine that doesn't need water
It could be a godsend for millions of households
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China's 2nd toxic spill under control
A spill of toxic cadmium that sparked China's second major environment scare of the winter should be safely diluted before the fouled river water reaches major cities in the south, the China Daily
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Pvt bus owners in Bengal defer strike plan
Private bus owners in West Bengal deferred their indefinite strike from January 1 as the Government has decided not to take immediate action in phasing out pre-1990 vehicles following the Calcutta
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Entrepreneurs develop low-cost device to extract bio-diesel from jatropha
Even as several giants in the public and private sector are grappling with extracting bio-diesel from
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Bus strike deferred
The West Bengal state government has extended the 31 December deadline for the withdrawal of pre-1990 buses and mini buses by a week following the Calcutta High Court's order, the state transport
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New water project brings hope, health to cancer belt
Future generations at Jajjal , Giana and Malkana villges, infamous for high incidence of cancer and other diseases, might lead healthier lives. They will no longer have to consumer water with high
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Desalination plant to be set up at Edavanakkad
A desalination plant with a daily purification capacity of one lakh litres will be constructed at Edavanakkad to solve the drinking water problem at Vypeen in Kerala. This was announced by Sports and
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Building in harmony with Nature
Nature is always a great inspiration for artists and architects. It is the basis of creativity. The analogy is extended to building structures that are visually appealing and look in sync with the
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Unjustified ban
Several states including Kerala have banned the production and sales of cola drinks after the Delhi-based Centre for Sceince and Environment (CSE) announced that the widely popular soft drinks
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Cola firms have reneged on promise, says Ramdev
Taking his campaign against the carbonated drinks to the West, renowned yoga exponent Swami Ramdev said that juice of bottle-gourd, cucumber, tomato and other vegetables and plants found useful in