The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Karnataka government on Monday decided to spend Rs.4,633 crore on 55 projects and programmes in the districts of north Karnataka for all-round development of the backward region. "To bring about overall development of the Hyderabad-Karnataka region and remove regional imbalances, we have decided to implement 55 projects and programmes …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI Now the Samajwa di Party has joined the race to show concern for the backward Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said this was an attempt by the SP to pick up an issue with both the Congress and the BSP, who are already locked in …
LUCKNOW: With the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) expressing its inability to develop a power plant in the backward Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati Government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with a private developer, Bajaj Hindustan Group, for setting up a 1980-MW thermal power plant in …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi's pet project for the water-starved Bundelkhand region has received its first tranche of additional Central assistance well in time for water-harvesting structures, ponds and dug wells to be in place before the monsoon sets in. Last week, on the Planning Commission's recommendation, the Centre …
Mahim Pratap Singh MoUs disclosed under Right to Information Act Government promised investors continuous power BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Government has promised a free hand to investors to exploit the grossly under-developed Bundelkhand region. RTI documents accessed recently from the Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation (MPTRIFAC) under the …
MUKESH RANJAN Treading the path cut out by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the ministry of water resources intends to seek Cabinet approval for according special category status to districts falling under Bundelkhand region. The districts fall under Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. After announcing special package worth Rs 7,266 …
Mahim Pratap Singh Chhatarpur/Bhopal: While Bundelkhand is usually referred to as a grossly under-developed region of Madhya Pradesh, a village in Chhattarpur district might just qualify as
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a Rs.7,277-crore Drought Mitigation Special Package for the integrated development of the drought-hit Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh from 2009 to 2010. The package covers seven districts of Uttar Pradesh (Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalipur and Mahoba) and …
MUKESH RANJAN Congress general magic appears to have done the trick, as the Centre has worked out a special package of Rs 7,000 crores for Bundelkhand region comprising districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh (MP). The Union Cabinet is likely to clear it in its meeting on Thursday. …
Within two months of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanding a development package for the Bundelkhand region, the Planning Commission has firmed up a proposal to set up a 4,000-Mw power plant there. The panel is working on a Cabinet note with other suggestions …
Amita Verma Sept. 6: Film actor turned politician Raja Bundela will take out a "padyatra" from Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh to Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh in November to press for the demand for creation of a separate Bundelkhand state. Mr Bundela, who has been waging a long-drawn battle for Bundelkhand …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI Aug. 25: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi's social initiative is already transforming the lives of thousands of rural women in the backward Bundelkhand region in UP even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is planning development projects there. The AICC general secretary's vision of organising the poor to unleash …
Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: In a region notorious for its feudal mindset, where remnants of erstwhile aristocracy still rule the roost, an eight-page weekly, Khabar Lahariya is a ray of hope. It has created awareness among the oppressed and deprived sections of the Chitrakoot and the Banda districts in the Bundelkhand …
Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: The proposed Bundelkhand Development Authority of the Centre for integrated development of the backward region of Uttar Pradesh is yet to take shape, but Chief Minister Mayawati has made it known that the move would amount to transgressing the State
If Implemented, It Will Be First To Transcend State Borders Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN New Delhi: Centre is mulling an autonomous authority to channelise funds into Bundelkhand region across UP and MP, in a first-of-its-kind move which treats the historical region above state boundaries. The move comes as a heavyweight …
The Centre is set to roll out the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana this year where the government would adopt 1,000 villages where the population of Scheduled Castes is more than 50 per cent and develop them as model villages. In a statement given in the Rajya Sabha, minister of …
K. Venkateswarlu Andhra Pradesh tribals live in pathetic conditions, with little or no access to health care For decades, democracy remained a distant dream for the aboriginal Chenchu tribes in the Nallamala hill ranges of Andhra Pradesh. They hardly had a chance to vote freely, caught in the crossfire between …
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday claimed that his government was fast implementing its promise to expand education to the remote areas and let the youth benefit from institutions of higher education at their doorsteps. He said both at school and higher education level the State had witnessed unprecedented …
