Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Naresh Vashisth Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2025. Issue raised in the application is encroachment of land of village Amer which comes under reserved forest and "Vankhand Amer-54 of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary." The Assistant …
Union minister for urban development and Parliamentary affairs, M Venkaiah Naidu, today said the Centre would reissue the ordinance pertaining to the land acquisition Bill if it lapses next month. “The Constitution has provided ways to the government in case a particular Bill was not passed by the Parliament. We …
Congress volunteers staged a demonstration opposite the Head Post Office on Anna Road here on Monday. They demanded withdrawal of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill brought by the National Democratic Alliance government in Parliament on the grounds that it did not contain any provision for obtaining prior consent of the …
Criticising the civic administrators of the Kochi Corporation for their “failure” in various sectors of urban governance, the CPI(M)-led Opposition is planning to present an alternative plan for solid waste management in the city. The power-from-waste project proposed at Brahmapuram is not a feasible one considering the high humidity in …
The first full-year budget of the National Democratic Alliance government announced a sharp focus on investment, growth and social security. In addition, Budget 2015-16 claims to have given a boost to cooperative federalism. The budget indeed makes numerous impressive-sounding announcements, but stumbles in the details. This article focuses on the …
The Congress and the Left parties forced the government to defer the mines and minerals Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on the ground that states, key stakeholders in the issue, had not been consulted. They asked the government to send the Bill back to the select committee. The …
PANAJI: Justice MB Shah Commission found illegalities in the case of 90 mining leases in Goa, but the BJP government in Goa and the Congress government at the Centre went overboard and stopped all mining operations in Goa in a game of one-upmanship, retired IAS officer Aravind Bhatikar says in …
The government moved a step closer on Tuesday to clearing the decks for the Bills amending the mines and minerals Act and the coal mines Act, after the two select committees of the Rajya Sabha that were scrutinising the laws adopted their reports. The Congress, Left parties, Janata Dal (United) …
Congress on Monday staged a protest against the NDA government’s move to amend the land acquisition Act, and termed it “anti-farmer”. Raising slogans such as “‘Kisan Virodhi Narendra Modi” against the Prime Minister, the party workers led by senior leaders Jairam Ramesh, Raj Babbar, Randeep Surjewala and Youth Congress leader …
Basic infrastructure issues, including lack of good roads and water supply, continue to top the agenda for Okhla, as it gets ready to vote in the Delhi Assembly elections this Saturday. The South-East Delhi constituency is divided into two parts — the large population that lives in JJ colonies, slums …
BJP promises to transform Delhi into a world class city, focussing on roads and transport and the environment. Click here for the party’s vision document released just four days before Delhi elections. Four days before elections in Delhi, the BJP released its vision document 2015 for Delhi, with big focus …
This 70-point agenda for the betterment of Delhi released by Aam Aadmi Party promises reviving non-functional water plants in Dwarka, Bawana and Okhla & free lifeline of upto 20 kiloliters to every household along with DJB's metered water connection.
The Congress released its manifesto for Delhi Assembly elections, promising reforms in the power and water sectors. It has promised to provide electricity at the rate of Rs 1.50 per unit. Women's security is another key promise made by the party. The manifesto also promises to weave in water reforms …
Taking potshots at corrupt politicians, Prof U.C. Mishra, director of the Health, Safety and Environment Group, BARC, said that one of the problems facing researchers in India was that politicians used research to make money for themselves which resulted in the research remaining only on paper. Prof Mishra was delivering …
Notwithstanding the opposition of its junior partner Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said the 9,900-Mw nuclear power project at Jaitapur in the coastal Ratnagiri district will go ahead as planned. It said the project will be developed by the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) and that …
Politicians may have flashed the `development' card while campaigning, but a recent study reports that 80% farmers in the state are reeling under debt.The study shows how nearly 80% farmers in Haryana are actually living below poverty line if one goes by the World Bank's definition of “moderate poverty“ that …
Nagpur: Even as all major political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters in the region during the last-minute campaigning for the state assembly elections, vital issues pertaining to forest, wildlife and environment have been missing from top leaders' agenda, and even manifestos. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress …
Contrary to its pre-election stance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after assuming power at the Centre, is seemingly in a hurry to get the proposed mega hydel power projects of the NE region executed. The BJP-led Government at the Centre is mounting pressure on the statutory authorities to accord clearances …
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) will cancel the proposed nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. This will be the party’s first decision after coming to power in Haryana. INLD candidate from Fatehabad Balwan Singh Daulatpuria and former MLA Ran Singh Beniwal stated this here today while addressing people …
