India uproots most people for ‘progress’
Between 60 and 65 million people are estimated to have been displaced in India since Independence, the highest number of people uprooted for development projects in the world. “This amounts to around one
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Projects worth 1,337 crore inaugurated in Haryana
Including new railway line, four-laning of highway and bridge Union Road Transport and Highways Minister C. P. Joshi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday laid the foundation stones
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Japan clears world’s first healthy cola
Tokyo: It’s being called the world’s first “healthy cola”. Japan, which boasts of the world’s most stringent food regulatory laws, has approved the world’s first cola for being “beneficial to health”.
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Jharkhand boost to cultivate medicinal plants, herbs
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has decidedto undertake a detailed survey on cultivation of medicinal plants inJharkhand. ICFRE director general V K Bahuguna said there has beenconsiderable scope for production of medicinal plants in Jharkhand inview of their use by tribals in their daily lives. He said ICFRE scientists will identify 7-8 species of medicinal herbsand plants used by the tribals of Jharkhand to develop them further.
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Rights of farmers, adivasis on agenda
New Delhi: A number of farmer leaders were present at the one-day fast at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, where speakers took up the issue of land acquisition. Both Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare spoke about the
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IGL gets boost from favourable HC ruling
A Delhi High Court order on Friday, stating that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) does not have the power to fix gas rates, gave a big relief to city gas distribution company Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL). Following the favourable ruling, IGL shares surged 28.7 per cent, or Rs 55.60, to close at Rs 249.35 on Friday. The order ends two months of uncertainty over the company’s profitability and prospects.
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Govt won’t relent on 5% VAT on CNG, says Sheila
New Delhi: The Delhi chief minister on Sunday ruled out any rollback of the 5% VAT on CNG proposed in this year’s budget. CM Sheila Dikshit, while speaking to media persons, reiterated that the government
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Comittees formed to check limestone mining in War-Jaintia
JOWAI: In a bid to check unscientific limestone mining in War-Jaintia, the Dolloi, Nongtalang Elaka on Saturday constituted a coordination committee headed by the Dolloi, Chui Pohlynjar and representatives from other villages as members of the committee. The meeting was held at Unitarian Upper Primary School, Nongtalang and was attended by the Rangbah shnongs of five villages including New Nonglamin, Amsohmahalen, Shnong-Thmai and Nongtalang Mission besides the Tylli I Hun ka Nongtalang Organisation (TIHNO) and representatives of the War Jaintia Limestone- Boulder Stone Exporters Miners Association (WJLBEMA).
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City’s water woes: CM to meet Hooda on June 9
New Delhi: There seems to be no immediate solution to Delhi’s water problems with chief minister Sheila Dikshitslatedto meether Haryana counterpartonly on June9. However, having already tried to put pressure
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Dwarka residents team up to revive dying pond
Villagers Say 200-Year-Old Water Body Gradually Dried Up As Apartments Sprang Up In The Vicinity New Delhi: It was camaraderie at its best. Neighbours who never knew one another joined hands for Mother
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Rising sea to engulf parts of Maha, Kerala?
New Delhi: Kerala’s tranquil stretches of emerald green backwaters and Mumbai are among several locales on the western and eastern coasts facing threat from the rising sea level due to climate change.
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Mining resumes in Harmara area
JAIPUR: Just five days after a labourer was killed and several others had a narrow escape in Harmara area, villagers alleged that unsafe mining practices have resumed in over 50 licensed stone mines in
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Funds dry up for highway projects
New Delhi: Poor economic conditions and volatile markets are now taking a toll on the highway sector, which had so far been an outlier in an economy where activity had slowed down considerably over the
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Cell towers: Rajasthan to send proposal to Centre
JAIPUR: The state government will send a proposal to the Centre to formulate a policy on "possible" health hazards due to mobile towers without affecting mobile coverage, principal secretary, urban development and housing (UDH) GS Sandhu said on Saturday. Sandhu was addressing a gathering of telecom experts, telecommunication officials, doctors and NGO activists during a seminar on 'Ensuring Public health & Safety in the Mobile Industry' organized by ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry) at Officers Training School.
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Govt allows ITC to flout WHO norms on donations from tobacco firms
“Tobacco industry interference”, this year’s theme for the World No-Tobacco Day (May 31), brought with it a strong reminder to India to evolve mechanisms that would ensure complete insulation of its public
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Bathinda’s locality faces cancer wrath
Out of 10 families in a street, 8 hit by the disease. The high concentration of cancer cases was earlier reported in villages of Talwandi Sabo block of Bathinda district. Now, city's Nai Basti area has
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Pollutants, encroachments suffocating Pazhayar river
Pazhayar, the lifeline of Kanyakumari district, has lost its pristine glory owing to renovation work not having been carried out in the river for the past several years. The river is polluted and encroached, and the check-dams along with sluices are damaged in many parts owing to negligence by the authorities concerned. The early Kings of Venad were conscious of the potential of Pazhayar which originates from the forested area of Surulacode, carries small streams from Mahendragiri peak and flows through Thovalai and Agastheeswaram taluks.
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Vanadeepthi to enhance forest cover in rural areas
Minister for Forests K.B. Ganesh Kumar will formally launch on Monday the Vanadeepthi scheme of the Forest Department at Pathupara under the Pathanapuram forest range. The scheme envisages rural afforestation by reviving natural forests. Vanadeepthi will be launched on a five-hectare spread at Pathupara. It was earlier a social forestry spread where acacia and eucalyptus were grown.
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Over 15% children left out of full immunization
JAIPUR: The medical, health and family welfare department managed to achieve only 85.09% of target set for full immunization of infants against various diseases in the financial year 2011-12. The latest figures released by the health department shows that nine districts have failed to touch even 80% of the set target.It shows that there are nearly 15% of children left out from fully being vaccinated against various diseases. The vaccination targets were fixed on the basis of birth rate of the district.
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ANERT told to set up 500 solar power plants in Pathanamthitta
The District Panchayat president, Babu George, said the district-level advisory committee of the Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) has decided to request the ANERT director to set up 500 off-the-grid solar energy plants of 1 kw capacity each in the district, by including the same in its annual plan project. In a statement issued here on Saturday, Mr George said the district-level advisory committee meeting held here on Saturday has decided to ask the ANERT director to set up bio-gas plants as part of the ongoing waste disposal mission in the district.