It was a brithday bash with a difference for state minister of urban development Lalji Tandon, who chose to cruise to Kuriaghat with his admirers on Wednesday: a Gomti clean-up mission. The entourage
A road to revival is being charted out for the Capital's 3.75 MW Incinerator Garbage Power Plant at Timarpur with the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources now shortlisting nine companies to
The Rajasthan Pradesh Congress has suspended all its activities for two months to concentrate on drought relief operations.The State Sewa dal has been asekd to participate actively in the efforts of
"Almost 30 per cent of the villagers in the Shahgarh Bulge of Rajasthan suffer from genetic disorders," Brigadier V K Khanna, DIG, BSF tells at
A high-power committee has been constituted with the Chief Minister, Mr. Ashok Gehlot, as its chairman to effectively tackle the drought situation in
A novel project promoting cultivation on wasteland changes the fortunes of Gujarat's tribals -- a
Mining laws are allegedly being flouted in Himachal Pradesh, apparently with the connivance of the authorities and without prior permission of the ofrest department.Widespread indiscriminate mining
The parliamentary standing committee on communications has unanimously recommended a full review of the Rs 1,300-crore Sankhya Vahini project - joint sector project from high-speed data transmission
The Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) project has been framed to prevent pollution of the Yamuna. In Haryana, 12 towns have been identified as contributors to the pollution of the river. The project aided by
It is a virtual war-like situation. There is panic all around. Residents have been asked to remain indorrs. Loudspeakers keep blaring the dos and don'ts. Even telling people what to eat, what to
Malaria may be treated with magnetic fields in future, according to latest research findings which say the parasite appears to lose vigour and dies when exposed to oscillating magnetic fields
The US government has reversed decades of denial and proposed paying at least $400 million to thousands of ailing workers who were exposed to radiatio while builing the nation's nuclear arsena.
Researchers studying Hepatitis C-which affects some 170 million people worldwide--have found a clue that may help them predict which patients will recover and which will develop the chronic form of
The World Bank appears unsure of achieving its goal of cutting global poverty by half in 15 years, saying the target can still be reached if economic growth resumes and inequality does not
A parliamentary committee has flayed the "undue delay" in finalising the proposed Food Development Fund (FDF), which has been hanging fire for over a year, and asked the government to make the fund
With construction industry giant Larsen & Tubro (EEC group) joining its peers like the DLF, Ansals, Unitech and Malibu along with the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), New Gurgaon is well
Nature is coming to the rescue of apple growers of Himachal Pradesh. A second successive failure of Himachal apple crop appeared imminent three months ago, has not only been warded off a bumper crop
Agriculture Minister T B Jayachandra today said that the Karnataka government was keen to set up a bio-technology park with all facilities in the
Japan, never one to shy away from a trade fight, is again at war with conservationists over proposals to resume trading in whales, elephant ivory and marine turtles. Japan is leading the drive for a
Tata Engineering is working towards introducing two new petrol-driven variants of its small car Indica, powered by a multi-point fuel injection engine, by the end of this month. The new cars would
