Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Naresh Vashisth Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2025. Issue raised in the application is encroachment of land of village Amer which comes under reserved forest and "Vankhand Amer-54 of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary." The Assistant …
To understand people’s perceptions about the functioning of their representatives in the legislature, DAKSH, a civil society organisation in Karnataka, conducted a survey in October and November 2009 across 218 legislative assembly constituencies. The results from the survey reflect a stark gap between people’s expectations and their perceptions of the …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 1:08 IST The tussle over the genetically-modified brinjal, also known as Bt brinjal, between the various lobbies in the government may turn more complicated, as a Parliament Standing Committee representing various political parties is likely to disapprove of the introduction of Bt …
Hyderabad, March 9: Forest officials are under extreme pressure from political leaders who want to lift the ban on hiring of captive elephants for processions. The Nehru Zoological Park officials had turned down the request of the Secunderabad MP, Mr Anjan Kumar Yadav, to make use of elephants in a …
Mumbai The administration in Mumbai lacks the will to execute the proposed Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) that has been stuck in the planning stage for the last four-and-a-half years, said Dario Hidalgo, the man instrumental in the implementation of much acclaimed BRTS in Bogota, Colombia.
Right now, the situation in Lalgarh is grave. The combined military offensive has got a nod from the central and state governments; it means we have to be worried about ghastly horror, concerned about more suffering and loss of lives. Since 18 June 2009, the entire area has been under …
YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI A committee head- ed by former party chief Rajnath Singh will come with an action plan to clean the Ganga : Taking a cue from RSS, the BJP announced it's decision to launch a mas- sive campaign to clean the Ganga, the sacred river of the …
Ravish Tiwari, Manoj CG New Delhi: While the Left parties often claim that the Congress returned to power benefiting from schemes like the NREGA which came about because of the Left parties
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On Sunday, at the Martyrs Square in the city, environmentalists, farmers, political and cultural leaders in the State will go on a fast to stop the Ministry of Environment and Forests from giving permission for commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal. The fast will be inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Mullakkara …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Emphasising that agriculture is a State subject, a group of environmentalists here on Wednesday appealed to the main opposition party in the State to take a stand on introduction of Bt Brinjal for commercial cultivation in India.
Losses by the long ruling Left Front in a series of local and national elections since 2008 cannot be explained without an understanding of the nature of
The BJP on Monday alleged that environment minister Jairam Ramesh "misrepresented" facts before Parliament on the climate change issue after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "admission" that the Copenhagen summit was not satisfactory. The party's national spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said, "The Prime Minister has wittingly or unwittingly admitted that the Copenhagen …
SHILLONG: The United Democratic Party (UDP), a major coalition partner in the Congress-led MUA Government has once again got embroiled in a controversy over the Kynshi State I and II projects. Earlier the UDP which is part of the MUA government was dragged into the pre-project development package linked to …
Allegations and counter-allegations rocked the smooth functioning of Uttarakhand Assembly on Monday. On many occasion Opposition MLAs even argued with the Speaker. MLA Tilak Raj Behad argued with the Speaker over allowing Minister to answer various subsidiary questions. On a question relating to ban on mining in the State and …
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Monday said the Copenhagen Accord on climate change was disappointing, as it was not a legally binding agreement on emission cuts. Mr. Karat alleged that the U.S. and other developed countries adopted tactics to prevent any such …
RASHME SEHGAL CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, a member of the Parliamentary delegation who returned from Copenhagen on Monday, believes the ambiguities that deliberated woven into the Copenhagen Accord will prove a minefield for developing nations. The developed countries wanted a Monitoring Reporting Verification (MRV) to be part of the agreement. …
The Congress will be moving adjornment motions against the State Government for its alleged failure to curb illegal mining, lapses in flood relief work and use of violence on farmers in both Houses of Legislature on Monday. At a Congress Legislature Party meeting on Sunday evening, the party resolved to …
