President Bush will make a speech next week outlining a major space initiative, the White House said last night. Administration officials said they expected that Mr. Bush would propose a research and

The Haryana Government will soon give a grant of Rs 62 crore to various municipal committees to complete development works announced under the "Sarkar Aapke Dwar' programme. This was announced by

If there is one vital natural resource that is becoming more scarce despite being available in abundance, it is water. The per capita availability of usable water in India has already dwindled to

After a good response to highway tourism introduced in Haryana a decade ago for the first time in the country, the state now again was trying to focus on farm tourism, which earlier failed to take

The Union Urban Development Ministry has prepared a draft slum policy for rehabilitation of slum dwellers without dislocating them from their present areas. "The draft will be tabled in the Union

The authorities have decidced to ban the entry of buses into Margao city of Goa state from outskirts in phases, beginning form January 10, in a bid to tackle the growing traffic problem facing

It is widely believed that the Implementation of the Rajeev Gandhi Drinking water project on an experimental basis in Mangalore district of Karnataka is likely to create acute water scarcity. Though

The Assam Government is focussing on development of four major spots

The Andhra Pradesh Government would take a proactive role in the revival of sick sugar units by encouraging them to use sweet sorghum for production of ethanol, according to the State Minister for

Delhi government won't need to install sight blocking devices to hide the city's sprawling slums as it is considering a proposal to make most parts of the Capital slum free in preparation for the