Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s much-favoured Project Cheetah is in doldrums. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) sanctioned `25 lakhs for a feasibility study conducted by chairman of the Wildlife Trust of India Dr M.K. Ranjisinh and wildlife biologist Dr Y.V. Jhala. Three sites in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan …
Agony, physical and mental pain and monetary problems have become part of lives of hundreds of families living in the villages of Sangrur district. Reason: The number of cancer patients is witnessing a steady increase in the area. From three-year-olds to octogenarians, almost every village now has a cancer patient …
Rajasthan will soon accord the bio-diversity rich Jawai Bandh forests in Pali district the status of a conservation reserve. The rich forests and the water bodies along the Jawai dam in Sumerpur tehsil have a large presence of crocodiles. The wildlife census in 2011 had put their number at 288. …
AJMER: The forest department has on its hands the task of finding the number of remaining Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the state bird, to chalk out a conservation plan for them. The census will be carried out on February 14 to know the area and number of birds in Ajmer, …
Passengers on an unusual train journeying the through the thick of Punjab polls discuss their ailments afflicting an entire generation. Strangely, for the state's politics, which is as much blinded by materialism as the people there, these problems just don't exist.
Concern over decline of Rajasthan's State bird population The critically-endangered grassland species, the Great Indian Bustard, will be counted in the desert terrain of Rajasthan in the second week of February. Rajasthan, specially its desert region, accounts for maximum population of the bird which is globally threatened and listed in …
Bikaner: The state housing board is planning to make houses available to the poorer section of society at cheaper rates in remote rural areas. “An action plan is under consideration for the purpose,” Parasram Mordia, chairman of the Rajasthan Housing Board said here on Friday. Mordia said currently the housing …
Jaipur: The peacocks in the state may soon be on the verge of extinction. Almost 10 peacocks are being poached every day in some part of the state. Even on Tuesday, over 12 peacocks were found dead while two others injured in a village near Pushkar. The animal rights activists …
10 lakh houses to be built in the next three years The Rajasthan Government's ambitious housing programme for the rural poor took off on Monday with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and members of his Council of Ministers giving away the first instalment of grant-in-aid to the beneficiary families simultaneously in …
Rainfall variability and associated remote sensing indices for vegetation are central to the development of early warning systems for epidemic malaria in arid regions. The considerable change in land-use practices resulting from increasing irrigation in recent decades raises important questions on concomitant change in malaria dynamics and its coupling to …
JAIPUR: Preliminary findings of the Rozi Roti Abhiyan Rajasthan, which conducted a state-level survey to assess the PDS functioning, revealed that a majority of people are not satisfied with the quantity of supply. The survey shows that while the average demand of cereals in a family is 50 kg, only …
JAIPUR: Reacting to the farmers' agitation in Bikaner, chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the protest over amendment in the Land Acquisition Act is an ill-timed one as the state government is ready with the New Land Acquisition Policy. Gehlot said keeping interest of the farmers as top priority, …
New land acquisition policy soon: Rajasthan Chief Minister Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has termed the agitation led by BJP MLA and former State Minister Devi Singh Bhati in protest against the terms for land acquisition in Kolayat region of Bikaner district as
BIKANER: Farmers agitation against land acquisition in Kolayat in Bikaner district started on a violent note on Tuesday when thousands of protestors clashed with police and smashed a couple of government vehicles. The farmers led by local MLA and former minister Devi Singh Bhati were demanding better compensation for their …
JAIPUR: A farmers' agitation against forceful land acquisition by the state government appears to be simmering in Rajasthan on the lines similar to the one being witnessed at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The flashpoint in Rajasthan seems to be the villages around Kolayat in Bikaner district where the state …
JAIPUR: The state cabinet on Wednesday took a number of decisons. At a meeting presided by chief minister Asok Gehlot it cleared the Rajasthan State Solar Policy 2011 along with a new policy on land allotment at concessional rates. Apart from making the immovable assets of all the officers of …
The Rajasthan Government has set the target for disbursement of crop loans worth Rs.6,000 crore to farmers through village cooperative societies this year. The Apex Cooperative Bank has released targets for its branches in each of the seven divisions in the State. Cooperative Minister Parsadilal Meena said here on Monday …
Loon Karan Chhajer | TNN Bikaner: Long-billed vultures were seen in Jorbid area of Bikaner after many years. Besides, eurasian griffon, cinereous vulture, himalayan griffon, steppe eagle and king vulture were also sighted. The long-billed vultures have arrived in Bikaner and surrounding areas like Gajner and Sri Kolayat due to …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Harjiram Burdak on Tuesday called for speedy implementation of measures for conservation of water in irrigation activities during the ongoing sowing of rabi crops. He said farmers should be encouraged to adopt water-saving practices. Addressing a review meeting of his department's officers in Bikaner, Mr. Burdak …
