'Education top priority for HP Govt.'
Stressing upon the need to bring qualitative improvement in education, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has said that the State Government has given top priority to education during
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Run your wheels on auto-LPG now
Two more months, and the Chandigarh city residents are likely to have another option to run vehicles on: Auto-LPG. Being cheap fuel costing around Rs 17.65 a litre, as per highly placed sources in
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Rs340 million earmarked for water supply plan
An allocation of Rs340 million has been made for supplying water to the residents of Rawalpindi from Khanpur Dam under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). According to the budget 2002-3,
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Water crisis leads to attacks on civic offices
Even though the Gujarat state government and the water supply board have proudly proclaimed that the water woes in Saurashtra region have been solved with the supply of Narmada and Mahi waters, women
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Satyagraha for Krishna water project
Numerous Congress leaders and workers led by former CLP leader P Janardhan Reddy held a satyagraha at the Basheerbagh Ambedkar Statue in Hyderabad on Monday demanding diversion of Krishna waters to
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Draft plan for better management of ground water mooted
Geologists, hydrologists and subject experts who assembled in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh for a two day national workshop on ground water conservation held an extensive parley to shape up a draft plan for
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State to impose green levy
Owners of 15-year-old vehicles should get ready to dispose them or pay a hefty fee for mandatory re-registration of such vehicles. The fee will be as good as the cost of a new vehicle. In a major
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Punjab seeks Irsa probe into Sindh's water losses
About 58 per cent of the water flowing between Sukkur and Kotri barrages during the early Kharif - from April 1 to June 10 simply disappears every year, the Punjab (Pakistan) has alleged in a letter
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Mithi urges Power Finance Corporation to help set up Arunachal power grid
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi today urged the Power Finance Corporation of India (PFC) to help the state by constructing the State Power Grid within the tenth five year plan period so
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In Alaska, hotter weather provokes startling changes
In Alaska, rising temperatures, whether caused by greenhouse gas emissions or nature in a prolonged mood swing, are not a topic of debate or an abstraction. Mean temperatures have risen by 5 degrees
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Canada to help AP's biotech industry
In response to Andhra Pradesh's high-level delegation to Toronto to woo CEOs of leading biotech companies in Canada, Mr Allan Rock, minister of Industries, and Canadian authorites have committed to
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Baroda corp in talks with Gail to retail CNG
The Baroda Municipal Corporation (BMC), Gujarat, is in talks with Gas Authority of India Limited (Gail) for a joint venture to enter the retail distribution of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) through
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Arundhati counters CM's rehabilitation claims
Booker Prize winner, Arundhati Roy has accused Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh of presenting "incorrect and misleading" facts in respect of rehabilitation of the Maan dam
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CM prefers plan for ground water conservation
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has stressed need for improving inter-departmental co-ordination for making ground water conservation more effective. He asserted that a comprehensive
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MTC to get 200 new buses
The Metropolitan Transport Corporation(MTC) will get 200 new buses in a phased manner. Already 50 chassis have been purchased and sent to the Chromepet Unit for body building and the buses are
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M.P. Government failed to honour commitment : Patkar
The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Medha Patkar, has alleged that the Madhya Pradesh Chief minister, Digvijay Singh, does not want to rehabilitate those affected by the Man project in the Narmada
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Saraswati's source traced to Haryana
Dr. S. Kalayanaraman, Director of the Bangalore based Saraswati Nadi Shodh Prakalap, said today that the 16 year old search for the vedic Saraswati had traced the origin of the river to Haryana.
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Low water levels raise visions of an uncertain future in Tamil Nadu
Come June, with or without water, river Cauvery hits the headlines. With the water level at Mettur touching an abysmal low of 36 feet, the news usually turns negative, raising plenty of problems for
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NBA: Roy refuses to buy Digvijay's rehab assurance
The Indian Peoples Tribunal on Environmental and Human Rights, a civil fact-finding body, has said that Madhya Pradesh should halt construction of the Maan dam pending resettlement of the oustees
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Kerala's rice bowl thirsts for water
Kuttanad, Kerala's granary which lies below sea level and is surrounded by water throughout the year, is facing acute shortage of potable water. Water supply project implemented under Central