The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Union Petroleum Ministry and two public sector oil companies, Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum, on Monday on a petition by a voluntary organisation praying for an inquiry into the artificial shortage of cooking gas in the Capital and the National Capital Region …
The latest report of Comptroller and Auditor General has suggested Tripura government to remove the constraints on inputs, need for power generation and utilization of resources besides increasing the efficiency in power generation process to make the state power sufficient. The report stated that Tripura had generation capacity of 142.5 …
Incessant rain claimed five lives and caused an extensive damage to standing crops, mostly paddy, over thousands of hectares in the southern districts on Sunday. People residing along river banks and in low-lying areas were instructed to move to safety as water level in major reservoirs was reaching full capacity. …
Special attention is being given to feeding, safety and treatment of wild animals at Van Vihar National Park. The carnivores kept in Van Vihar National Park including lions, tigers and leopards have crossed their average age. In view of this, constant watch on their health is being kept. One of …
The Budget session of the Meghalaya assembly will begin from tomorrow. On the first day of the session, the Governor will address the House followed by presentation of the supplementary demands and appropriation Bill. The session will continue till March 27 when the Vote on Account will be passed by …
The vehicle population of the city has risen from 13.53 lakh in 2006 to 14.76 lakh in 2007 and now stands at over 16 lakh. With used cars dealers ensuring that vehicle owners have a ready avenue to get rid of their old vehicles and go in for new models, …
Manali: Four people were killed and at least seven injured when a landslide hit them at Nehru Kund on the Manali-Leh highway on Monday. The dead have been identified as Prem Kumar, Tej Ram, Tulsi Ram Sharma and Jeevan Lal. Official sources said two houses, two temples, two shops, 19 …
Unemployment is a common global economic malady, the level of which distinctly varies between developed and underdeveloped nations with Keynesian involuntary and frictional type in respect of developed nation and structural type in regard to an under developed country like India which attributes to maximum growth of population and insignificant …
THE BJP has demanded that the Centre demonstrate that it was serious about ameliorating the condition of farmers by preparing a ten-year action plan for the revival of the sector. The BJP has promised that it would reduce the interest rate for loans to the farm sector to 4%, given …
The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board has informed the High Court at Jabalpur that of the total 4192 mines in the State 2697 mines were operating illegally without obtaining necessary environmental clearances. This was revealed by the State Pollution Control Board through an affidavit submitted before the division bench comprising …
Additional guards have been deployed to protect the one-horned rhinos at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam where poachers have killed 23 of the animals for their horns since last year. Divisional Forest Officer Bangkim Sarma said 100 home guards armed with .303 rifles had arrived. Poachers kill the rhinos …
UNDER R.S. Sharma's stewardship the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has made significant strides on several fronts besides consolidating its stature as an exploration and production (E&P;) company. In the nine-month period ending December 2007, the company made 19 discoveries of hydrocarbon reserves. Sharma took over as the regular …
Poultry traders in the port city receive a ray of hope again with the increased sale of eggs and chickens since early this week after the business facing a severe crisis during the last two months due to avian influenza in the region. But most of the small traders who …
Maharashtra governor SC Jamir on Monday asserted that despite suicides by farmers and burgeoning power deficit, the state continues to attract investments of Rs 1,14,000 crore by steamlining the procedures as well as by offering single window clearance for fast track approvals. Jamir, who took over an additional charge as …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who is also holding the Finance portfolio, today placed before the State Assembly a deficit Budget of Rs 2,819.23 crore. Though the annual deficit for 2008-09 is estimated to be Rs 458.53 crore, it is anticipated to shoot up to Rs 2,819.23 crore by the end …
The recent tripping of power supply lines of the Northern Grid has aggravated the shortage of electricity in Rajasthan, which is facing a paucity of 1.5 crore units a day against the demand for 11.2 crore units. Electric supply to Bhiwadi industrial area in Alwar district has been badly affected …
State's sugar mills owe more than Rs 1,000 crore to farmers. Uttar Pradesh tops the list of sugarcane producing states with outstanding cane arrears payable to growers at Rs 1,106 crore in 2006-07, Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar said today. "The largest outstanding cane arrears are in UP,' he …
Shredded notes in the process of transformation to fine paper at Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute in Jaipur. It may look alchemy working in reverse order. Nevertheless it is alchemy turning waste into wealth once again. Soiled currency notes undergo metamorphosis in Jaipur's Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI) to …
Nearly a month after 3.5 million birds were culled in a bid to control the avian influenza that had affected 14 out of 19 districts, the West Bengal Government is once again gearing up to tackle a fresh outbreak. The administration received confirmation on Saturday night that several samples had …
Asom Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today gave away appointment letters to as many as 3,548 unemployed youths of the State against technical and non-technical posts under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) at a "job fair' at Judges' Field in Guwahati today. Of the 3,548 appointment letters given away today, …
