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• 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

  • 19/07/2019

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Madhya Pradesh
    • Narmada
    • Reservoirs
    • Water Resources

• Is government helping farmers?

  India is conducting a two phased study on the economic status of farmers to gauge the impact of government policies and programmes during the last 50 years. For the first phase, titled - "State of

  • 21/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Agriculture

• JMM delegation meets Kalam on tribal rights

  The main opposition party of Jharkhand met president A P J Abdul Kalam with 14 demands, that include safeguarding the tribal land act. JMM chief Shibu Soren told the The Pioneer over telephone from

  • 22/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • People

• Scores of endangered parrots electrocuted

  Hundreds of endangered parrots have died in the Kaziranga National Park after having sat on a high-power transmission line that passes through the sanctuary. Alarmed park authorities, who have sent

  • 22/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Wildlife

• Army on alert as Yamuna teases Taj

  With the possibility of flash floods in Yamuna in Agra, the district administration has made special preventive measures, which include requesting the Army units stationed at Agra to remain alert

  • 22/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Poison makes monkey of wildlife protection

  Monkey business turned deadly with a vengeance in the Hastinapur Sanctuary area in Haryana last week with more than fifty monkeys being killed by the time-tested expedient of poisoning. While the

  • 25/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Wildlife

• Survey warns of rise in HIV+ cases

  India may not be a ticking time bomb for HIV/AIDS as Western experts would have had us believe a couple of years ago. The latest round of sentinel survey, however, warns of rise in HIV positive cases

  • 25/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Himachal Govt to withdraw notification on forest dept

  The government of Himachal Pradesh is carrying out an exercise to undo yet another decision of the previous Dhumal government by withdrawing the notification concerning forest department, vide which

  • 25/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Forests

• Capital's new treasure trove: Shahtoosh

  The national Capital has discovered a new treasure trove. The Delhi government's scheme for amnesty for those voluntarily declaring possession of shahtoosh shawls and other such banned items has

  • 23/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Wildlife

• Bihar NGO men volunteer for experiments

  Soon after Bihar legislators agreed to break barriers of prejudice by being tested for HIV and AIDS, two activists from the state have volunteered to participate in the test for the first indigenous

  • 26/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Centre raps State Govts

  The Centre blamed the States for lack of development in rural areas and said not much can be done without the State Governments' active role in the process. "The State Governments being the

  • 28/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Economy