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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction and non-forest activities within Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 08/04/2025

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 …

Delhi has insufficient waste treatment plants, alleges BJP

NEW DELHI: As against the need to install 15 common effluent treatment plants in Delhi, only 10 have been set up so far for the 51 industrial areas of the Capital at a cost of Rs.256 crore. This information has been provided by the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development …

The India Yet To Be Built

A new government is at our doorstep. Here's a list of things it needs to do in the first 100 days of power. Action 100: Social Sector 1. Set up ministry for skill development 2. Tackle malnutrition 3. Launch national mission for female literacy 4. Beef up NREGA, launch plan …

Ensure water and power: BJP

NEW DELHI: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president O.P. Kohli has urged the Delhi Government to ensure adequate supply of power and drinking water in the Capital this summer.

Congress MPs credit party win in metro cities to JNNURM

RASHME SEHGAL, NEW DELHI If the turnaround in the Congress fortunes in rural India has been attributed to NREGA, then the clean sweep of the Congress and its allies in the metros, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai, has been laid at the door of the Jawaharlal Nehru National …

Power cut, pollution major reasons for Congress defeat in Salem

R. Ilangovan SALEM: Distressing internecine activities and haunting power cuts are the primary factors that inflicted a string of defeats on Congress in this highly industrialised region of western Tamil Nadu, barring the hill constituency of Nilgiris. The caste-based Kongu parties and constituency-specific campaign of Tamil nationalists

Follow the manifesto, don't forget the CMP

Sreelatha Menon & Rituparna Bhuyan / New Delhi May 18, 2009, 1:31 IST The UPA government

Healthy approach

It is past 10 p.m. but the sprawl

BJP demands white paper on encroachments, reward for officials of Social Forestry

Demanding white paper on the land encroachments at Jammu at the behest of politicians, Ashok Khajuria, BJP President, BJP warned of public agitation, if the government land including that of Karnaila Chak encroached by the mafia is not evacuated and punishment given to the guilty. He alleged that instead of …

SAD remains opposed to river-linking: Badal

Jalandhar Reacting to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi advocating linking of rivers at a recent NDA rally, the SAD today said it has always opposed such a proposal and would register its protest at an

BJP: Congress responsible for stalling Narmada scheme

The State Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party Umashankar Gupta said that most of the states of country are facing water crisis. In fact it is the result of remaining neutral for long term, not including basic facts in scheme, exploitation of natural resources, and lacking in control. For this none …

Voters retaliate with boycott

Denied rights, aggrieved citizens abstain from voting having lost their means to earn a living, communities are increasingly using their vote to drive home the message they distrust the State. Tribals who lost their agricultural land in a forest area because of faulty implementation of forest rights laws in Maharashtra …

Angry voters

Politicians warring for votes in South African elections had an unanticipated problem. Posters were defaced by people wielding thick black markers, stencils, duct tape and spray-paint. African National Congress president Jacob Zuma suffered the worst, at least in Johannesburg. His detractors added horns to his visage, a forked tongue, a …

Finally, environment becomes poll issue

Naveen S Garewal During elections, pollution is certainly the last thing on a politician

Poll & politics of environment

A poison-spewing autorickshaw If the state of the environment were to determine the fate of candidates from the city in Election 2009, their political aspirations would surely go up in smoke. None of the environment issues affecting the health and general well-being of the city

Expansion of NREGS on Congress wish list

If the Congress party retains power and leads the next government at the Centre, the provision of 25 kg rice or wheat at highly subsidised rate for the poor will be one of the first decisions on its economic agenda.

CM violated code to favour Posco: BJP

BHUBANESWAR: Accusing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of violating model code of conduct to favour Korean steel major Posco for granting mining lease, the BJP on Monday petitioned the Election Commission demanding penal action against him. The BJP alleged that the Chief Minister cleared the Steel and Mines Department proposal for …

Naidu promises to connect Ganga and Cauvery

SOLUTION: Venkaiah Naidu, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, campaigning for the party

Congress demands to issue white paper on water crisis

The Spokesperson of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee JP Dhanopia said that the whole state is now facing the water crisis and in the capital of state not only human beings but animals also haven't been getting water for three days. Now it is the responsibility of Bharatiya Janata Party government …

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