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
Mohit Kandhari | Jammu A spurt in incidents of militant violence in the recent months seems to have affected implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NREGA) in Jammu & Kashmir. Only 37 per cent work taken up during the current financial year has been completed, incurring expenditure of Rs 99.74 crore till January 2010.
The much-awaited tiger census in the Sunderbans, where DNA sampling would be made for the first time to establish the number of big cats, began on Thursday. Tiger scat will be collected for DNA sampling which is a foolproof method to establish their number, Field Director of Sunderbans Tiger Reserve Subrat Mukherjee said.
Fires are raging on a daily basis in the forests of Kerala as major rivers, freshwater lakes and ponds have begun to dry up at the very start of the summer. Weathermen are warning that the heat could get more intense in the coming days and rains are unlikely immediately.
With an aim to provide better irrigation facilities to the farmers of the State, the Agriculture Department has decided to build 1,00,000 non-concrete check dam and similar number of ponds across the State.
The State Government seems to have developed a new policy for corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditures of the mega industries. It follows the model laid by the Supreme Court in the case of Lanjigarh-based alumina project of Vedanta Resources. The annual CSR expenditure will not be below 5 per cent of the profit or Rs 10 crore, whichever is more.
A high-level Nigerian delegation of parliamentarians met Union Rural Development Minister CP Joshi and evinced interest in the development initiatives of the Government of India for the rural population. The 20-member Nigerian team was led by Chairman of House Committee on Millennium Development Goals of that country Adewale Aribisala.
In an attempt to ameliorate parking woes of traders and buyers, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will construct the city's first multi-level stack parking at Arya Nagar near Sadar Bazaar
The district Collector, Akash Tripathi, has said that minimum two works based on water conservation and greenery must be started in every village panchayat based on public participation under
In its efforts to end the ongoing impasse over the controversial Uranium mining issue in Meghalaya, the State Government on Tuesday said it was open to an independent panel of experts to examine the entire gamut of the problem, particularly the hazards of radiation.
The high tides provided by the Rs 380-crore worth of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission funds will finally see the state-of-the-art Signature Bridge project sail through.