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
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Rs30,000-cr fund for eco reconstruction in mining-hit K’taka dists
A Comprehensive Environment Management Plan (CEMP) for the mining affected areas in the districts of Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur in Karnataka has been prepared to facilitate socio-economic and ecological
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Gurgaon works towards better waste management
The Gurgaon District Administration on Monday started a pilot project for collecting household garbage from villages and posh areas of the city which would be carefully segregated to extract recyclable
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Centre’s plan to expedite road construction in N-E
With development of road infrastructure taking a backseat in North Eastern States due to various reasons, the Centre has formulated a special purpose vehicle for improvement and construction of over 10,000
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Climate change endangers Big Cats in Sundarbans
Increasing human pressures and ecosystem changes are posing combined threat to the population of endangered Royal Bengal tigers, in Sundarbans. This has been stressed in an expert study titled ‘Sharing
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Akhilesh assures clean Ganga during Prayag Kumbh
After meeting the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday, the firebrand BJP leader and party MLA Uma Bharti claimed that the CM has assured her that all efforts would be taken up to ensure pure water
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Pollution control board drive targets malls, five-star hotels
Teams of Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and environment department inspected a number of shopping malls and five star hotels in the city to look for violation of environment norms. Six samples
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Kerala alerted on Bandipur monkey fever scare
The Karnataka Forest and Health authorities have alerted their counterparts in Kerala on a suspected outbreak of Kyasanoor Forest Disease (KFD), commonly known as monkey fever, in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve
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Gaping holes in JNNURM rollout
The CAG has pointed out gaping loopholes in the implementation of the JNNURM, the Centre’s flagship urban infrastructure development scheme, ranging from diversion of funds to the tune of Rs115 crore to
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Cauvery talks fail as Karnataka refuses to release more water
As anticipated, the Supreme Court directed Cauvery water sharing talks between Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa failed to yield any results as both
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Centre mulling law against use of dry toilets: Ramesh
The Centre is planning to formulate a law against the use of dry toilets and the erring persons could even be sent to jail, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday. "The Government will soon formulate