Toxic red sludge from a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube on Thursday and crews struggled to dilute it to protect the river from what the prime minister called an "unprecedented ecological catastrophe." Experts said damage beyond the borders of Hungary was unlikely to be great but the threat had to be monitored closely. Tibor Dobson, a spokesman for Hungarian disaster crews, told Re
The state has set a target of connecting all villages having a population of 250 by roads as Rs 250 crore is being spent under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) during the current financial year. This was stated by Public Works Minister Gulab Singh while presiding over the review meeting of the Public Works Department here today.
MUMBAI: BEST is likely to come out with a "deficit" budget on Friday with the transport undertaking, incurring losses to the tune of Rs 505 crore in 2009-'10. The budget will be presented by general manager Om Prakash Gupta before the BEST committee. The BEST runs India's largest fleet of buses, ferrying 4.5 million passengers daily.
LUCKNOW: Principal secretary forest Chanchal Kumar Tiwari has directed forest department officials to speed up plantation work under MNREGS so that the set targets can be achieved.
Hungary: A toxic red sludge spill from an alumina plant in western Hungary reached the Danube river on Thursday and crews were trying to dilute it to protect the major European waterway. Tibor Dobson, a spokesman for Hungarian disaster crews, said there were no reports of fish death in the Raba and Mosoni-Danube rivers affected by the spill earlier, but all fish had died in the smaller Marc
New Delhi: If the Union urban development ministry has its way, you can commute soon by bus, metro and local train, thanks to a single smart card.
In its curative petition in the apex court, the govt will argue how the actual aftermath of the gas tragedy far exceeds the $470m compensation agreed to in 1989.
BY BIRAJ PATNAIK A recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, provides a damning indictment of the role of speculation in food commodities in fuelling the global food crisis.
Mumbai: A Union health ministry committee on Thursday decided to ban widely prescribed diabetes pill, rosiglitazone (marketed as Avandia), with immediate effect all over India.
New Delhi: Known best for its dark association with vampires, the nocturnal bat finally found itself a saviour in the form of a children
KUMUD JENAMANI Drivers and contractors of the city bus service protest at Baridih depot in Jamshedpur on Thursday. (Bhola Prasad) Jamshedpur, Oct.
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At a time when the state is reeling under acute water scarcity, the government is yet to formulate a water policy, even after eight years since the National Water Policy came into being. The National Water Policy 2002, had made the formulation of State Water Policy mandatory, backed by an operational action plan
Ravish Tiwari New Delhi: In unprecedented distancing from the government by a key minister and questioning its development works in the strategic North-East and Bhutan, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demands for a review of all hydel projects in the region and a
Bhubaneswar: Steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty on Thursday said that show-cause notices would be served to Indrani Patnaik Mines Limited (IPML) and SN Das Mohapatra Mines Limited (SNDML) seeking explanation from them as to why their mines leases not be cancelled. Basing on the recommendations of the State Vigilance wing which is probing into the mining scam, the steel and mines separtm
Where there is consumption, there is likely to be some waste. From a purely business perspective, no one would like waste. Businesses spend time and money to ensure that operations are efficient with the most optimum consumption of material resources and time.
BERHAMPUR: Panic gripped the locals, as traffic on NH 5 near IRE chowk was disrupted for sometime today following leakage of hydrochloric acid from a tanker. The tanker loaded with the acid left Jayashree Chemicals at Ganjam this evening for Andhra Pradesh. The leakage was spotted at IRE chowk when locals seeing the fumes ran for their lives.
KENDRAPARA: Panic gripped seaside villages in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts with tidal waves lashing the villages from Wednesday causing extensive damage to agricultural land in a couple of blocks. In Keruapala village under Rangani gram panchayat in Rajnagar block a sluice gate collapsed on Thursday, as a result about 4,000 acres were inundated with saline water.
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Government should better take note. State
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with National Thermal Power Corporation to establish 2,640-mw coal-based thermal power project at Gidderbaha at a cost of about Rs 15,000 crore. This will be the biggest thermal power project in Punjab which will help develop ancillary industries and provide employment to thousands.
