State-wide platform to tap solar energy
With severe power crisis continuing to threaten industrial prowess, a group of industrialists from Tirupur region have come together to float ‘Solar Energy Association of Tamil Nadu’ (SEAT) to promote
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Idukki school bags eco-award
Saint Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, Peruvamthanam, in Idukki has been selected as the best school in the State for implementing the energy conservation awareness improvement programme ‘Nalekkithiri
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Olive Ridleys under threat from waste piles
Volunteers of the Theeram Nature Conservation Society, engaged in protecting the endangered Olive Ridley turtles reaching the nesting site on the Kolavipalam-Kotta beach in Kozhikode district for years,
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Ban on minor minerals extraction from Jammu rivers
The District Magistrate today imposed ban on the extraction of minor minerals from the rivers for a period of two months in an order issued here. District Magistrate Jammu Sanjeev Verma in exercise of
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Mangrove forest on 720 hectares to counter cyclones
The State Government has plans to create mangrove forest on 720 hectares to counter cyclones in coastal districts. Replying to a question from Alekh Kumar Jena (BJD) in the State Assembly on Tuesday,
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175 jumbos have died in 10 years
Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray on Tuesday informed members in the Assembly that 175 elephants have died in the State during the last 10 years due to electrocution and other accidents.
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Land Bill amendment passed
The Assembly on Tuesday passed the Odisha Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation of Land (Amendment) Bill, 2012, with members of both Treasury and Opposition benches making a strong
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HIV positive cases rise by 33 percent in a year
HIV positive cases in the district have gone up by about 33 per cent in the last one year. Currently, there are 656 HIV positive persons in Balangir as against 492 last year. Most of them are male and
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Ambattur lake turns stinking open drain
The Ambattur lake located on Thiruverkadu road, Ayappakkam, which once served as an important water resource for the surrounding areas, has now literally turned into an “open drainage.” “The lake was
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Central Water panel planning to review national policy
The Central Water Commission (CWC) has said that a mechanism has been evolved to expand and restructure it to adopt river basins as fundamental blocks for integrated planning, development and management
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Nine rivers found highly polluted
Forest and environment minister Bijayshree Routray today informed the State Assembly that the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has found 43 stations of nine main rivers of the state as highly
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HC asks for action report - Steps to save hills from encroachment
Gauhati High Court today asked the Kamrup (metro) district administration, GMC and the GMDA to submit action-taken reports for solving the city’s hills encroachment problem by April 1 next year. A division
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Hill areas encroachment: High Court seeks report
Gauhati High Court (GHC) Chief Justice AK Goel and Justice NK Singh has asked the Kamrup (metro) Deputy Commissioner, Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and
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Amendment to Forest Bill
The Cabinet approved the proposed Meghalaya Forest Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2012 to have clarity on the definition of the areas which would be considered as Forest. “We have decided to bring this
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Nasa to send new rover to Mars in 2020
Nasa plans to send a new rover to Mars in 2020 as it prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet, said the US space agency. The announcement came yesterday a day after Nasa released the results
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Migratory birds die in Kaziranga, probe ordered
At least 50 Great Cormorant migrant birds (file photo) have been found dead inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a world heritage site, following which a probe has been ordered. The birds were
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Dustbin drive in Dergaon
A traders’ group of Dergaon town in the adjoining Golaghat district has launched a campaign to keep the town clean and has started the same by procuring dustbins from a company at an affordable price to
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Cabinet nod for NTPC project likely
The Union cabinet is likely to allow work on the 1,980MW NTPC power plant at North Karanpura to proceed after years of uncertainty over its fate. Work on the project in Hazaribagh district, first envisaged
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Rs 3,000 crore for roads in rural UP: Jairam Ramesh
After a gap of four years, roads in rural areas of the state will get a facelift under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). Centre has sanctioned more than Rs 3,000 crore for construction of
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No green bench sitting on Friday to hear Goa case
The 3-judge Green Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Aftab Alam is not sitting on Friday to take up the Goa mining matters, notwithstanding its ordering on Monday to list a writ petition of Sesa