Don't monkey around with land for zoo, govt told
The controversy over the Maharashtra government's decision to return to Mafatlal Industries Ltd 15 acres of land reserved to extend the Byculla zoo has taken a new twist. The Brihanmumbai Municipal
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Rajasthan maps out road to progress
A record Rs 1,500 crores would be spent on development of roads in Rajasthan this year to ensure progress of rural areas. the State has already topped in the implementation of the ambitious Pradhan
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Shut down Oswal plant at Paradip, say experts
Oswal Group of Industries is in trouble. A high power committee comprising experts from the Union forest and environment ministry, pollution control boards of the centre and state governments have
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Millennium park gets going
One of the longest parks of Delhi, The Millennium Park, which has bee reclaimed out or a wasteland, was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister, L K Advani, today. Claiming that the development of 50
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Govt. may go slow on eviction, wants Sept 30 deadline extended
The Assam Government will not be able to met the September 30 deadline to clear all reserved forest areas from encroachers as it has decided to review the ongoing eviction drive and slow it down in
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No privatizing of Forests
Assam Forest Minister Pradyupt Bordoloi's proposal to "lease out" denuded forest lands to private parties for their regeneration in lieu of royalty against the sale of timber which the private
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Renewed tree felling inside Upper Dehing RF
Even as the Assam Forest Department is busy evicting encroachers from 'reserved forests', timber smugglers appear to be having a field day in the expansive Upper Dehing Reserved Forest, under the
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Green revolution campaign by govt. agencies, nature bodies
While on the one hand large-scale deforestation along Indo-Bhutan border and on the Asam-Arunachal foothills is going on unabated despite the Supreme Court ban and State government's recently
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Plans for safari park await approval
A layout plan for development of Machiya Safari Park near Kayalana in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan has been sent for approval to the State Government. The Rs 10.5-crore project will be implemented
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More plants in city, but experts doubt their survival
One of the greenest cities of the country, New Delhi will get 735,000 more saplings next month. But environmentalists are not sure how many of them will survive. Come July and authorities will rope
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Arunachal steps against poachers
Extensive efforts are being made in Arunachal Pradesh, which has a forest cover of nearly 68000 sq. km, to check poaching and illegal trade in wildlife. Necessary chargesheets were drawn in a few
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Maneka's animus to hit pharmaceutical R&D
The country's pharmaceutical majors would be watching with keen interest the outcome of the meeting convened on June 24 by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to resolve the deadlock over the use of
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ADBP offers relief package to farmers
The Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan has in compliance with the president's directives offered a special relief package to farmers in the calamity-hit localities.This was stated by ADBP
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Punjab, Agricultural Storage and Supplies Corporation to get Rs 1.5 billion subsidy in 2002-03
The Pakistan government will provide subsidy of Rs 1.5 billion to Punjab and Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Supplies Corporation (Passco) for export of wheat during next fiscal as compared to Rs
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Weeded out
For a long time the wheat fields of northern India have been infected by Phalaris minor, commonly known as gulli-danda or mandoosi, wild oat and broad leaf weeds, which lowered wheat yields by 30 to
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Eicher joins the CNG bandwagon
Even as the Delhi scrabbles to come to terms with the shortage of CNG vehicles, Eicher Motors, one of India's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, has recently launched Skyline-CNG. The new
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Blood thinner isn't worth aspirin
A blood thinner that works slightly better cheap aspirin at preventing repeat heart attacks or strokes is not worth the extra cost when used long term, a study concludes. But heart doctors say the
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Air pollution goes to the heart
Air pollution has a significant impact on heart disease, points out a new study after experimental animals developed a thickening in arteries within a few weeks of being exposed to pollutants. A
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Seeding success
In about 75 villagers in Medak district, Karnataka, there are at least 1,500 farmers, most of them Dalits, who have their own see banks with enough seeds to cultivate more than 20,000 acres. They
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Rs 250 cr. for rural industrialization
To generate employment in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh and to develop entrepreneurial skills among the rural unemployed youth, Rs 250 crore will be invested under the Rural Employment Generation