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 …
G Saravanan Though they are banned from going out to sea when rockets are tested at the ISRO at Sriharikota, their demands for compensation have not been met MORE than 25,000 traditional fishermen living in 17 different fishing hamlets along the Pazhaverkadu (Pulicat lake) stretch near the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh …
The manifestos of political parties have increasingly begun to resemble economic stimulus packages, with the Bharatiya Janata Party today promising tax relief to the salaried and total exemption from income tax for the armed forces and central para-military personnel. The party, if voted to power after the forthcoming general elections, …
GP Sunitha Madurai, The hilltop village has long been denied basic infrastructure like proper roads, provision stores or a post office UNHE A RD VOI C ES THE villagers of Malaiyur in Dindigul district are prepared to cast negative votes in the coming elections over the government
On water issues, the performance of the United Progressive Alliance over the last five years and that of the NDA earlier have been quite poor. And yet, there was little possibility of holding them accountable for that track record in the just concluded elections.
Left and right unite to stall twin bills in Parliament THE land acquisition bill and the resettlement and rehabilitation bill, criticized for harming land rights of people living in rural areas, were turned down in the Rajya Sabha on February 26. This was a day after the twin bills were …
Important bills are better dropped than approved without parliamentary debate THE government failed to push through Rajya Sabha three critical bills that had been cleared by the lower house of Parliament recently. The upper house rejected government bills on land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, and compensatory afforestation. These bills address …
Pune Whether he wins or loses, Pune can hope to be a lot more green if Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency, D S Kulkarni, keeps his word. He has promised a tree for each vote he gets.
Raktima Bose Kolkata The residents of Mousuni Island live in perpetual fear of losing their homes and plots to the hungry tides of the Muri Ganga river. One of the many islands that comprise the Sundarbans, rampant erosion and the lack of a concrete embankment to contain the waters are …
The quality of life is usually measured by three interrelated dimensions such as the human development index, the human freedom index, and the human distress profile. In Kerala, in spite of high HDI, the rates of suicide, crime, drug addiction, unemployment, etc, are high compared to other states. This essay …
CHANDIGARH: The BJP candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Chandigarh, Satya Pal Jain, on Thursday promised that on coming to power at the Centre his party would allow construction of one additional floor in all residential and commercial structures including bay-shops and booths. Addressing media persons here, he …
Main opposition party, that till recently maintained that economic populism is anti-welfare, is going all out on populist announcements in its manifesto SAFFRON PARTY GOES AN EXTRA STEP TO DENT CONGRESS
The Congress manifesto, which was jointly released by party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Tuesday, has asked people to vote for the party promising stability, security and prosperity for all. Claiming that the Congress says what it means and means what its says, the manifesto …
But choose to remain non-committal and refrain from going into specifics Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: They spoke from the same platform, assured of action by their respective party, and yet when it came to listing the exact plan of action, they chose to remain non-committal. At a day-long public meeting …
SAUBHADRC CHATTERJI New Delhi, 6 March With job losses in the wake W of economic downturn emerging as the biggest socio economic crisis ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(M) in its manifesto will highlight the need for employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor; among other things "Job …
NEW DELHI: The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, has hit out at the Delhi Government for not opposing the Haryana Government
