Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 6444/2021 in the matter of Ratiram Ahirwar & Others Vs Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board & Others dated 13/07/2021. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in exercise of his power under Section 22 of the Building and Other Construction …
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today cancelled its much-hyped public meeting scheduled here in the afternoon because of the fresh bout of landslides that struck the hills. The party top brass, however, continues to be tight-lipped on the expulsion of Jaswant Singh, who was elected MP from Darjeeling with Morcha support, …
Stalin meets Manmohan Singh, Sharad Pawar in New Delhi South-west monsoon deficient in 26 out of 31 districts Permission sought to import food grains CHENNAI: The State government has sought financial assistance of Rs.605.06 crore from the Centre to meet the drought-like situation due to the failure of the south-west …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government yesterday demanded interest subvention by the Centre on farm loans extended by commercial banks and regional rural banks (RRBs). Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy made this demand at the meeting of chief secretaries presided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. While the commercial banks …
The Uttar Pradesh Government has sought a special package from Union Government of Rs 7789 crore to fight drought, an official spokesman said here on Thursday. The State Agriculture Minister Chaudhry Laxmi Narain met the Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi and requested him to release the relief …
The Union Cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss a proposal, moved by the Home Ministry, to sanction additional financial assistance to Bihar for Kosi flood relief
The international negotiations on climate change are on and all Parties of UNFCCC are working to reach an agreed outcome at Copenhagen in December 2009. This latest publication encapsulates the major submissions made by India to the UNFCCC during 2008 and 2009. Of particular note are India
The Union health ministry along with US-AID is doing a project in seven districts in the state to identify susceptible areas of Avian Flu and measures that could be taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Dr Suneel Kumar Muttoo, resident advisor of US-AID, said seven vulnerable areas have …
First handmade herbal soaps, now women of Hurlung will learn to make liquid soap. The training will be imparted under Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) in association with New Education and Environment Visions (Neev), a city NGO. The programme aims to …
FINANCE minister and senior West Bengal Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee appears to be undertaking a tight rope walk on aid to mitigate losses suffered on account of cyclone Aila. The senior minister had come under criticism of his Cabinet colleague Mamata Banerjee for extending this financial relief to the state …
A UNICEF-supported project on behaviour change communication and child development and nutrition, implemented by the North East Diocesan Social Forum (NEDSF) and visualised as a situational need, has won the confidence of different communities concentrated in three districts of the State namely Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Goalpara. This project undertaken with …
An externally aided $150 million project for the North East region is in the pipeline for improving the standard of living of the people of the rural areas of the region and if the project comes through, the Department for Development of North East Region (DoNER) will be the implementing …
Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to allocate Rs 1,000 crore for Aila relief to the Bengal government as sought by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a move likely to please the state
Ravik Bhattacharjee Posted: Friday , Jun 05, 2009 at 0145 hrs IST Gosaba (South 24 Parganas): In her address to Parliament on Thursday, President Pratibha Patil promised that the Government would provide
Pranesh Sarkar KOLKATA, 2 JUNE: A report filed by a senior bureaucrat on the supply of relief materials in the cyclone-hit South 24-Parganas has virtually demolished the tall claim of state disaster management minister, Mr Mortaza Hossain, in the matter. Mr Hossain had yesterday claimed that relief materials had reached …
NAMRATA BIJI AHUJA NEW DELHI Mr Dasgupta was lauded by Mr Chidambaram for the quick work done by the state government on submitting the memorandum detailing the summary of damage and the requirement of funds The Centre on Tuesday accepted the West Bengal government
