Jalan optimistic about achieving 8 pc growth
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expressed optimism about achieving the 8 per cent growth targeted by the National Development Council for the Tenth Plan period. Inaugurating the 24th Bank
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Board for rural welfare set up
To make integrated rural development possible in the city, the Delhi government has constituted the Delhi Rural Development Board. Speaking on the plans of the Delhi government to bridge the rural
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Panchayats succumb to Naxals' diktats
Panchayati Raj institutions are collapsing in Chhattisgarh, thanks to the outlawed People's War Group's thirst for power and the non-compliance of the two-child norm stipulated by the government.
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Amendment to Forest Ordinance demanded
The Sarhad Awami Forest Assembly (Safa) (Pakistan) unanimously rejected the NWFP Forest Ordinance 2002 and demanded that it be tabled in the provincial assembly so that it could be amended. The
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Seminar on the importance of green cover
A seminar on the topic "Why there should be at least 1/3 tree cover on the earth" was organised by the Social Forestry Division, Udhampur, Jammu, in government High School, Barda, the other day.
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Poaching of ibex, deer on the rise
Poaching of endangered species in and around Kirthar National Park (Pakistan) as well as other protected areas is on the rise with at least three such incidents having come to light. It is learnt on
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Drive to nab wild tuskers launched
Chhattisgarh government, led by Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, has prepared a Rs 40-lakh-plan to nab four wild elephants who had migrated from the neighbouring States of Orissa and Jharkhand. Almost 38
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Forest guards cite rules to fleece tourists at Kudremukh National Park
Looting is in full swing in the Kudremukh National Park, Karnataka. Not the type in which smugglers and poachers bare the forest of its wealth but the one in which forest guards fleece the innocent
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'Save tiger, save Kolkata'
They travel deep into the woods, in search of honey and firewood. Stepping into a world where the options often are to kill or be killed. In an effort to check the escalating man-animal conflict in
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UP fishermen trapped in debt : Survey
A survey of fishermen of Maryadpur in Mau district (Uttar Pradesh) reveals that most of them have fallen in a debt trap in spite of government projects launched to improve their plight. The survey,
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Centre okays Haryana prawn farming project
The Union government has approved a pilot project for Haryana for the introduction of prawn farming in saline water area under prawn culture. A spokesman for Haryana fisheries department said that
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Cyclone hits Pacific islands
The fate of more than 1,300 people on two remote Pacific islands was unknown after a savage cyclone swept through the area, knocking out communication. Cyclone Zone swept over the Islands of Tikopia
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Britain on flood alert as river levels rise
Rivers across England and Wales continued to rise last night as the environment agency issued more than 250 warnings of potential floods. The worst affected area was the Midlands with 50 flood
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Parasari river polluted
Parasari river that flow in the midst of the area, for which an amount of Rs 18 lakh was spent for the construction of stopdam and deepening works, is severely polluted these days. Despite this there
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Rs 500 crore drainage plan for nine civic bodies
Underground drainage system will be constructed in the surrounding nine municipalities at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore. A plan to this effect had been prepared, said Home Minister T Devender
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Ambattur Estate cries for immediate attention
The Ambattur Industrial Estate of the Chennai city is now in dire straits. What it urgently needs is a proper maintenance of roads and street lights, and a complete garbage clearance. Spread over six
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Panic over pollution board directive
The Punjab Pollution Control Board's directive to the industry regarding installation of pollution control devices by December 31 has taken the smile off the faces of local industrialists. The fear
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Rs 56-cr project for waste management
The Haryana Urban Development Department has prepared a Rs 56.56 crore project to manage solid waste on scientific lines so as to produce compost and of roads in 16 towns which has been sanctioned by
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Tandon to dedicate sewage plant today
On the occasion of the birthday of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Urban Development and Housing Minister Lalji Tandon will dedicate to the public the sewage treatment plant at Daulatganj,
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NBRI scientist joins expedition to Antarctica
Sanjeeva Nayaka, a scientist in lichenology laboratory of the National Botanical Research Institute, (NBRI), has been selected by the Department of Ocean Development, Government of India, as a