The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill was passed by voice vote, with the opposition Congress walking out of the House due to insufficient discussion. The bill was introduced …
Roads measuring 104.03 kilometres will be constructed in Jabalpur division. These 16 roads will be constructed at a cost of Rs 5987.32 lakh. Five roads costing Rs 2374.46 lakh will be built in Jabalpur division. They will be 30.27 kilometre long. In Balaghat district, 35.40 kilometre long five roads will …
From the flicker of a lamp in small Bengal village to the chandeliers of Delhi’ — this is how 76-year-old Pranab Mukherjee described his life’s journey after taking oath as the 13th President of the Republic at a grand ceremony at the Central Hall of Parliament on Wednesday. Even on …
Trickle down theories will not address aspirations of poor, says President Pranab Mukherjee, sworn in as the nation’s 13th President on Wednesday, called for eradicating poverty from the country’s dictionary and said ‘trickle-down theories’ will not address aspirations of the poor. At an elaborate ceremony in a packed Central Hall …
Lucknow In a move that could push up up the price of land across Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authorities, land acquisition rates as well as the land development rates in these three areas have been hiked substantially between 20-40% across all categories, including residential, commercial, industrial …
Haryana should wait until new land acquisition law is framed: Farmers A day after a violent clash between farmers protesting against land acquisition and police personnel left several persons on both sides injured, normalcy was restored at Asalwas village, where the clash occurred, and the surrounding areas, including Bawal town. …
Production of kharif crops, mainly paddy has been adversely affected in all 24 districts of the state due to scanty rainfall. The state government has constituted district-level task forces comprising officials of agriculture, water resources and disaster management departments to visit districts to estimate the losses because of poor monsoon …
BixLight to meet long-standing need aiding research in drug discovery, weather forecasting Like many life sciences companies around the world, Bangalore-based Strand Life Sciences needs enormous amounts of gene sequence data to develop its products and services. Researchers in developed countries and China have easy access to such data, but …
Minister for Tourism Vatti Vasanth Kumar has said public-private partnership mode is the answer to developing infrastructure and ensuring connectivity across the State and country. “Only this way, we can have facilities in place to help people access places,” he told the gathering after declaring the 10{+t}{+h}Travel & Tourism Fair …
Chandigarh The Haryana government today announced a new 'Land Pooling Scheme' to make the land owner-farmers partners in the process of planned development of residential and industrial infrastructure. The scheme provides an option to the landowner-farmers to get 'developed land' in return for their acquired land, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh …
PANJIM: The Goa government is working to bring out at the earliest a Land Acquisition Policy that will protect the interests of those losing lands for various projects both for government and non-government. “This policy will protect the interests of those losing substantial land,” Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar explained. In …
Collector distributes ID cards to honour local body chiefs The State government has released a sum of Rs.5.36 crore to all village panchayats in the district to meet basic amenities and infrastructure needs during the first quarter of the current fiscal through the State Finance Commission grant, according to District …
The Annual Plan for Uttar Pradesh for 2012-13 was finalised at Rs.57,800 crore at a meeting here on Wednesday between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. While the outlay for the current fiscal is 23 per cent higher than the Rs.47,000 crore that was …
Chandigarh: Social activist and film and theatre actress Shabana Azmi was conferred today with the Women Empowerment Award by the Dr A S Cheema Foundation Trust, an NGO working for the upliftment of women in agriculture. A seminar on the theme of the Green Revolution and the White Revolution and …
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet today gave the nod to the prestigious Rs 100 crore Anandpur Sahib to Naina Devi ropeway project, approving the memorandum of Understanding to be signed with Himachal Pradesh. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said a joint venture “Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Sri Naina Devi …
Chandigarh: With the UPA government making a Presidential reference on the auction of natural resources, the new mining policy in the state might have to be modified, before it is implemented. According to the new policy, all new stone crushers in the state will be given a licence to operate …
Interacting with a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) delegation, Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi said that the State has tremendous potential for development. He shared with the delegation his thoughts on rejuvenating some of the important tourist destinations in the State including Nainital and Mussoorie. Assuring the delegation of his support, …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is pushing for two more grade separators, being constructed by the BDA, that will involve felling of 200 more trees. Deccan Herald had reported a month ago that at least 500 trees will be axed for building grade separators near Sadashivanagar Police Station and …
SHILLONG: Despite finding itself in a mess in its move to acquire land for the New Shillong Township (NST), the State government has made it clear land acquisition process for the project will continue. A source from the Urban Affairs department on Monday said the survey is still going on …
“It has limited FDI in too many sectors” Noting that India has prohibited foreign investments in too many sectors such as retail, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday cited concerns over the deteriorating investment climate in that country to endorse another “wave” of economic reforms. Still sounding positive about the …
World Bank funded Odisha State Roads Project (OSRP) is suffering a cost escalation of Rs 623.68 crore, marred by delay in work execution by contractors. The total project cost which was initially estimated at Rs 1431.19 crore has now been revised to Rs 1938.6 crore in accordance with a restructuring …
