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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Living near the Metro may get hard on pocket
Those living in the vicinity of Metro rail facilities across cities may soon need to shell out additional tax, if the Union Government's latest pitch is accepted by States. The idea is aimed at generating
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EU’s ‘airy’ carbon tax decision draws BASIC flak
The two-day 10th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of Brazil, South Africa, India and China on climate change, which concluded on Tuesday, expressed concern over the European Union’s decision to impose carbon
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India scouting for sites to store nuclear waste
In a first initiative of its kind, India has begun scouting for deep underground sites to store for several decades the nuclear waste generated from its burgeoning atomic power programme. As a first step,
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India may replace China as world's largest Soy oil importer:US
India is expected to replace China as the world's largest soybean oil importer, the US Department of Agriculture said and projected India can become the third largest rice exporter by 2012. "India is projected
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Ministry inks Jharkhand MoU for pending rail projects
Ministry of Railways and the Government of Jharkhand on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the pending Railway projects in the State. According to the agreement, the State will provide
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Elders forum calls on CM, seeks early opening of Maheshar dam
The senior citizens’ forum, a forum of distinguished intellectuals of the city, apparently concerned over delay and denial of complete benefits of Narmada Phase III to the people of Indore and adjoining
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Cabinet nod to restart Nepa Ltd
The State Cabinet decided to restart Nepa Limited, Nepanagar, Burhanpur. It has been decided that the outstanding dues of Rs 28.84 crore payable by the company to various departments/institutions should
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Green programme to pay dividends to communities
The director general of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) believes that programmes like ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus (REDD+)’ can potentially
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Wheat growers take guard against deadly yellow rust
Deteriorating weather conditions seem to have triggered serious concern among farmers with their rabi crop of wheat being highly prone to diseases such as yellow rust that strike during this period. Though
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Villagers keep city garbage dumping at bay
The unity and determination shown by the people of Vilappilsala village near Thiruvananthapuram, in encountering a police force on Monday, defeated the State Government’s plans to resume dumping of wastes