State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Minister for Panchayats and Rural Development and Social Justice Gopal Bhargava said that Rs 625 crore has been allocated to 26 districts of the State for providing employment. He said that so far, savings accounts of over 66 lakh job card holders have been opened in banks and post offices.
The weather department's forecast of early monsoons in the national Capital this year has raised the concerns of the Delhi Government.
Already in the line of fire from his own UPA Ministerial colleagues, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday faced criticism from the Opposition quarters too. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday took up the suspension of Maheswar Hydro Electric project
With only seven per cent of Gurgaon under green cover, the State of Haryana is far behind the target of 33 per cent green cover according to national forest policy. Rapid growth of the city has transformed it into a concrete jungle. Limited resources and ineffective polices are also damaging the forest policy of the State.
ONGC has added 20 medical mobile units (MMUs) to the existing fleet of HelpAge India. Aimed for the betterment of the old and destitute, ONGC
While the official number of Asiatic lions in the Gir sanctuary will be known on Friday, local people involved in the process of collecting and collating data estimate the figure at around 400. Census of the Asiatic lions in its last natural habitat was conducted between April 25 and April 27 in two phases. In 2005, the number of lions was recorded at 359 as compared to 327 in 2000.
India is expecting a rapid decline in the number of patents claim over its traditional medicinal formulations at the US and UK patents office following TKDL (Traditional Knowledge Digital Library) Access Agreements with these two countries.
With the endangered dolphins proving to be effective indicators to evaluate the success of the ongoing Ganga Action Plan, by virtue of their survivability in the river water, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India is mooting the Dolphin Action Plan.
The Van Vihar National Park, which had failed in mating any of the tigers in the last few years, is once again planning to go in for tiger breeding. For this purpose, the tiger brought to the park from Kanha has been put in the enclosure between two tigresses. A special mating cell has also has been prepared for the purpose in the park.
Hundreds of farmers protested against the land acquisition policies of the UP Government by blocking road and rail traffic. The agitators, under the banner of Zamin Adhigrahan Andolan Samittee, squatted on rail tracks at Bodaki leading to the disruption of rail traffic. Sixteen trains, including four Rajdhani and two Shatabdi Express, were affected due to the blockade.