Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal scrap kilns operating in Aravallis, 22/01/2025. The application was registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing in the Tribune dated 28.12.2024. The news item relates to significant environmental challenges …
The Opposition BJP on Wednesday a s s e r t e d that its oldest ally, Shiv Sena, will toe the NDA line on Indo-US nuclear deal in case of voting in Parliament on the issue. The clarification comes in the wake of speculation that the Congress-led UPA would …
THE CPM, which came under heavy sniper fire from the Samajwadi Party for its formulation that all those who support the Indo-US nuclear deal are anti-Muslims, on Wednesday was forced to clarify that it did not agree with such a viewpoint. In a
Samajwadi Party and Congress on Wednesday stepped up their efforts for an early conclusion of their pact on the nuclear deal, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh swiftly complying with SP's demand for a public statement to allay the apprehensions on the controversial India-US agreement. The demand for a public statement …
THE Samajwadi Party on Wednesday demonstrated its clout with the UPA government when it got the PMO to address its apprehensions on the Indo-US nuclear deal. The party's concerns on the issue were conveyed to NSA M K Narayanan when he came calling on the SP leadership here on Wednesday …
May Also Seek Heads Of Deora, RBI Chief, Ronen Diwakar | TNN New Delhi: Samajwadi Party's support for the beleaguered Manmohan Singh government will not come cheap. The party, which virtually holds the key to the government's survival given the imminent withdrawal of the Left's support, is likely to come …
Illustration courtesy: Ajit Ninan (TOI) NEW DELHI: Having left the nuclear deal almost until the eleventh hour, India and its international allies are trying to scrounge for ways to save the nuclear deal
NEW DELHI: As the standoff over the Indo-US nuclear deal between the Left parties and the government continued, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi here. Prasad refused to talk to journalists waiting outside Gandhi's residence after the short meeting. The meeting came in the backdrop …
N-Deal CPM asks UPA partners to stop Govt; Mulayam tells party to get ready for polls, Advani says will press for trust vote on deal NEW DELHI, JUNE 29: Battle lines were formally drawn today over the Indo-US nuclear deal standoff with CPM general secretary Prakash Karat announcing that the …
Deal And Govt Will Survive: Lalu A day after Sonia Gandhi asked the Congress to get ready for elections, CPM announced that it would withdraw support to the UPA government if it took the
US PRESIDENT George W Bush, who has been waiting patiently for progress on the Indo-US deal, is making sure that his administration sends out daily reminders to the UPA government on how time is running out for the deal. The flurry of statements, which underscore the administration's growing impatience with …
Sources have claimed that Sonia fully appreciated the concern of allies, there was no mistaking that the tough anti-early-polls position suits Congress. It is in no better shape to face an election and would not like to risk that for the nuclear deal, but is hamstrung to admit so for …
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party, whose role could be crucial in a trial of strength in the Lok Sabha in case Left parties withdraw support to the UPA government at the Centre, on Monday kept its cards close to the chest on its stand saying a meeting of the UNPA will be …
Bhaskar Roy Facing the prospect of the UPA government's sudden collapse as a consequence of inking the India-US nuclear deal, the allies on Monday brought pressure on the Congress leadership to prevent such a fallout and pointed to more urgent issues like prices and oil market volatility. Three leaders of …
Canberra: India on Monday said its commitment to nonproliferation is "second to none' and the issue of procuring uranium from Australia will come up once it firms up an international arrangement for nuclear commerce. External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, who met his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith here, also said it …
They Are Willing To Assure Left That Govt Won't Operationalize Deal Desperate to stave off polls amid double-digit inflation and with a reinvigorated BJP as their rival, Congress's UPA partners are willing to assure the Left that they would not let the government take steps to operationalize the nuclear deal …
Priscilla Jebaraj and Suresh Nambath India's energy security policy needs to go beyond the imported nuclear power that will be facilitated by the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat said on Sunday. Instead, the country's policy must focus on indigenous measures and energy accessed …
Canberra: India has said it will raise the issue of uranium sale with Australia as external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived here on Sunday to carry forward the momentum in bilateral ties and ink two key treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. "We are going to …
