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 …
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Monday said the Copenhagen Accord on climate change was disappointing, as it was not a legally binding agreement on emission cuts. Mr. Karat alleged that the U.S. and other developed countries adopted tactics to prevent any such …
RASHME SEHGAL CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, a member of the Parliamentary delegation who returned from Copenhagen on Monday, believes the ambiguities that deliberated woven into the Copenhagen Accord will prove a minefield for developing nations. The developed countries wanted a Monitoring Reporting Verification (MRV) to be part of the agreement. …
The Congress will be moving adjornment motions against the State Government for its alleged failure to curb illegal mining, lapses in flood relief work and use of violence on farmers in both Houses of Legislature on Monday. At a Congress Legislature Party meeting on Sunday evening, the party resolved to …
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday reiterated that the developed countries, including the United States, cannot jettison the accepted approach of common but differentiated responsibility of cuts in emission rate. CPI(M) Parliamentary Party leader Sitaram Yechury, who leaves for Denmark as part of a five-member parliamentary …
Issues such as illegal mining, law and order problem, corruption in government administration and rising prices are on the agenda of the BJP for Assembly Session that begins on December 15. The BJP at a meeting of its legislative wing held on Friday here has decided to question the government …
NEW DELHI: Urging the Centre not to bow under pressure from the developed nations at the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the Bharatiya Janata Party said on Thursday that it would back the government on negotiations that favoured India
Election studies (which are here defined as scholarly work focusing on the major phases of the electoral process, i.e. the campaign, the vote, the announcement of results and subsequent government formation) constitute a distinct sub-genre of studies on democracy, which focuses, so to speak, on the ‘mechanics’ more than on …
HYDERABAD: A delegation of leaders of the TDP, CPI and CPI (M) called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah here on Sunday and submitted a memorandum seeking further action in the iron ore mining issue. The parties accused Obulapuram Mining Company of
Giriraj Kishore Poddar, ruling Bharatiya Janta Party leader, on Tuesday alleged in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly that illegal mining was being carried out in Katni district. Raising the issue during Question Hour, he said, "The mining department has not initiated any action against illegal extraction of bauxite and other valuable …
THE PMK and VCK on Tuesday urged the Centre to withdraw the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill. Strongly condemning the Bill, PMK founder S Ramadoss, in a statement here, said the Centre should give up any move to amend certain clauses and pass it in Parliament. ```s the Bill …
Hyderabad, Nov. 23: The Telugu Desam has demanded the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to make public the report of a state sponsored committee which had visited mines leased to Obulapuram Mining Corporation in the wake of alleged large-scale irregularities. The party also alleged that the government should immediately place …
Bangalore: A day after the Andhra Pradesh Government sought an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations of irregularities in iron ore mining in Anantapur district, the Opposition Congress in the State demanded that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa immediately drop the three Ministers from Bellary
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP will raise four burning issues in the winter session of the Assembly to corner the ruling BJD. The string of suicides by the farmers during the last two months, the multi-crore mining scam and the reluctance of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to order a probe by the …
Members of the Congress, the main opposition, on Tuesday walked out of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly to express dissatisfaction over the Government's reply to a question over the role of the Chief Minister's secretariat in an alleged mining royalty scam. Raising the matter during Question Hour, Chaudhary Rakesh Singh (Congress) …
Nov. 15: The Chief Minister, Mr K Rosaiah, on Sunday made it clear that the government would not succumb to pressure while taking action against Obulapuram mining activities. The Chief Minister gave this assurance to a delegation of six parties led by the Telugu Desam. Later, in a press release, …
There is a clear alliance between the party of right reaction in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress, and the Maoists as they try out a cynical strategy of violence to defeat the state