Chautala announces new schemes
The Haryana Cabinet, which met in Chandigarh, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, decided that in-case of a large number of landowners executing an agreement with a private land-developer for setting up a colony, full payment of external development charges, service charges and 100 per cent bank …
Cooperation among trans-regional nations to boost tourism stressed
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin called for greater cooperation among the trans regional countries for overcoming the crises faced by the tourism sectors in this region. Explaining the importance for formation of the Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) the minister …
Privatisation making govt landless in Gurgaon
Swanky malls, apartments and playing home to some of the biggest MNCs may have made Gurgaon one of the hottest destinations near Delhi. Never mind that for this to happen, the Haryana government seems to have virtually sold off almost half the available land to private parties. The Haryana Urban …
City set to become fourth angle of tourism triangle
Hyderabad is set to become the fourth angle of the Golden Tourist Triangle of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. The city is all set to make a dent in the tourist inflow to other places with some innovative tourism projects.
Training on water conservation
With aim of ensuring successful execution of the work plan related to water conservation and management by adopting 'Self execution system' a training programme was organised the other day. Various significatn information regarding the place selection and construction of different infra-structure related to water, were provided by the District-level Master …
DPSC chief accused of land grabbing
Thatta District (Pakistan) Public Safety Commission chairman Syed Dilshad Shah has bulldozed some five huts belonging to members of the Brohi tribe with police help to grab the land on which the tribe has resided since generations. This was alleged by Lakhano, Ibrahim, Amu, Biroo and others of Faqiro Brohi …
Steps needed to preserve natural heritage
Participants of the two-day national consultation on 'Protected Areas in Pakistan - Towards Effectiveness' have called for effective measures for the preservation of natural heritage of Pakistan.The national consultation has been organized by the IUCN, The World Conservative Union. Terming national consultation as a timely initiative, the federal environment secretary, …
Higher outlay for small, medium towns likely
The urban development ministry is seriously deliberating modification of the existing guidelines for the integrated development of small and medium towns (IDSMT). According to sources, a proposal to provide higher outlays for more sophisticated urban infrastructure is also under active consideration.The present guidelines cover towns with a population of up …
Kannada footprints in Chattisgarh
Evidences show that some of the tribal groups in Bastar bear connections with Karnataka. Chhattisgarh is one of the three states of the Indian Union formed in 2000. It was sliced out of Madhya Pradesh. One of the prime attractions in Chhattisgarh is Bastar, the south-eastern
South Delhi`s `urban villagers` in pitiable state
Unemployed, uneducated and surviving on earnings from rent colelcted from tenants, the "urban villagers" of south Delhi evoke pity for the reasons that have led to their such sorry state of affairs. The youths are beginning to get desperate. Many among the boys are not educated as they see no …
Soya: Fuelling you and your aircraft
According to a New Scientist report, biochemist Bernard Tao of Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, and his graduate student Shailendra Bist claim that aircraft fuel based on soya oil and traditional jet fuel will slash the consumption of fossil fuel, and help slow rise in greenhouse gas levels by using …
Schwarzenegger hits gas pedal on Hydrogen Highways plan
Arnorld Schwarzenegger this week set Californian drivers on the road to an emissions free future by topping up a Toyota Highlander with hydrogen at one of the state's first filling stations to serve fuel cell- powered vehicles. The governor
NGOs can ensure sustainable urban development
A strong bond between NGOs and the stakeholders at the grassroot level could ensure a sustainable urban growth, an expert said. NGOs can play a crucial role by involving people to be a part of the decision making process at the grassroot level for making urban development sustainable, said Mr …
No rehabilitation for post-95 slum dwellers in city
The Maharashtra government will not rehabilitate the post-1995 slum dwellers within Mumbai. Those who came to Mumbai after January 1, 1996, will be rehabilitated outside the metropolis as it is unable to take any more people, deputy chief minister R R Patil said.
Dwarka gets alternative technology to set development rolling
Moving beyond constructing houses and roads, the DDA is now, in an environment-friendly move, working on reviving all defunct drains in the Capital. Vice-Chairman Madhukar Gupta says they have handed over the first pilot project in Dwarka to TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute)
12 villages have twice the fun these polls, courtesy geography
They live on a borderline tha probably has no parallel. In course of a dispute in which Maharashtra claims them but Andhra Pradesh has not quite relinquished them, they belong to two states, have two gram panchayats, two p[hoto-identity cards, two ration cards, two schools and separate health and water …
MCD may lose hold over food, factory licences
The factory licensing and food licenses for eating establishment departments of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi may go to the Delhi government, as proposed by the second Delhi finance commission. In its report tabled recently before the Delhi Assembly, the finance panel has suggested transfer of various MCD departments to …
India, others ask for WTO roadmap on implementation and s&d issues
India and a number of other developing and least developed countries (LDCs) have asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to establish a clear roadmap with specific benchmarks to fulfill the mandate on outstanding implementation and special & differential (S&D;) issues in a time-bound manner. Countries co-sponsoring the paper include Bangladesh …
