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 …
HYDERABAD: Communist Party of India general secretary A. B. Bardhan on Monday said a nation-wide joint campaign would be launched soon by like-minded parties including Telugu Desam against the
BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that the ongoing vigilance probe into the multi-crore mining illegal scam was nothing but an eyewash. The party demanded that the Naveen Patnaik government hand over the cases relating to the mining scam to the Central Bureau of Investigation for a fair …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today rejected the demand for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the multi-crore mining scam. It was made by the BJP national team. Naveen said the State Vigilance is very much on the job and the progress of the inquiry is good. Dismissing the …
Rajiv Tikoo : The final round of negotiations before the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen begins in Barcelona today. Apart from the issues of adaptation, mitigation, financing and technology transfer, the agenda lists a discussion on the next phase of commitments of industrialised countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
BHUBANESWAR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Ballav Rath has demanded a CBI probe into the mining scam. Only a CBI probe can reveal the involvement of some Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders in the scam, Rath said in a statement here today. Alleging that Naveen Patnaik is showing leniency …
The resolution passed by Communist Party of India (Marxist)on its position on climate change negotiation to be held at Copenhagen.It states that any deviation from the spirit of Kyoto will compromise India's relationship with rest of the developing world & critiques National action plan on climate change for being silent …
BANGALORE: Leaders of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Council Siddaramaiah and V.S. Ugrappa on Wednesday criticised the State government for its failure to utilise the Central relief of around Rs. 4,000 crore in cash and kind for alleviating the sufferings of the flood-ravaged people in 15 districts …
I cannot get detached from my own people for petty politics, he says BERHAMPUR: While the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is promoting the Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL), a former BJD MLA of Rayagada district Sarangadhar Kadraka has decided to be in the forefront of the agitation against the mining of …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party today accused the State Government of trying to bail out the prime accused in the multi-crore mining scam. While the State Vigilance arrested Shakti Ranjan Das for illegally mining from Ram Bahadur Thakur (RBT) mines on the strength of power of attorney purported to be …
Even as the UPA government has already broad-based the types of jobs to be taken under its flagship rural employment scheme under the NREGA, the representatives of regional parties on Tuesday asked for further expansion of its scope and bringing in more transparency in implementing the programme. The leaders of …
Anita Joshua NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday refused to be drawn into taking a stand on interlinking of rivers as a permanent solution to floods, with party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi maintaining that the
In 2008, four countries of South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Nepal) held significant elections. The paper highlights various pertinent issues in the political economy of these four countries and maps out the broad contours of the reforms they need to embark on. For one, and in the short …
B. Kolappan Tiruvallur: Over a hundred members of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) were arrested on Tuesday when they defied a ban and held a demonstration demanding an inquiry into alleged land-grabbing at Kaverirajapuram in Tiruvallur by politicians, officials and Chief Justice of …
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar Delhi Government sat over the issue of Ganga water supply in the area NEW DELHI: A dispute over supply of Ganga water to Jasola Vihar DDA flats and Shaheen Bagh in the Okhla constituency turned out to be one of the major reasons for the defeat of …
BHUBANESWAR: While the multi-crore mining scam is unfolding everyday, national BJP president Rajnath Singh today deputed a party delegation to visit the mines-rich Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts to assess the illegal mining. A delegation of the State BJP comprising Bijay Mahapatra, Dharmendra Pradhan, Rudranarayan Pani and Jatin Mohanty today met …
Sept. 15: Terming supporters of river-interlinking projects "non-serious," Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal on Tuesday said such a project would be dangerous for the country. In a veiled attack on the NDA, during whose tenure at the Centre river interlinking projects were proposed, Mr Singhal said: "River interlinking …
Ashwin Aghor / DNA There is a general feeling of distaste among the city's environmentalists when it comes to the attitude of politicians to the city environs. The manifestoes of political parties have all the colours except green, they say. "The city is bound to be inundated owing to sea …
COMING out in full support for interlinking rivers at the national level, DMDK president Vijayakanth has termed that it was the need of the hour. Replying to queries from reporters over the remarks made by AICC general secretary, Rahul Gandhi on interlinking of rivers would lead to an ecological disaster, …
Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah on Monday dubbed the State organic farming mission as a programme serving only the BJP party workers. Stating that he was not against the organic farming, he questioned the manner of implementing the mission.
