- MCD plans rehabilitation of slum dwellers
The municipal corporation is planning to take up the rehabilitaiton of slum dwellers in a big way in the coming financial year. Presenting budget proposals for 1998-99 on Friday, commissioner V K Duggal said MCD has already initiated action for relocation of about 3,500 families living in jhuggi-jhonpri colonies from …
- Penguin prostitutes
Some of Antarctica's female penguins practice prostitution in order to obtain stones for their nests, a scientists has discovered. University of Otago zoologist Lioyd Davis made the finding after nine visits to the ice to study penguin behaviour, Television New Zealand reported on Friday.
- Dinosaur species
Argentine paleontologist Jorge Calvo confirmed that fossils of at least three previously unknown species of dinosaurs were found in the southwestern province of Neuquen. The 35 large pieces found in the oil-producing town of Rincon De Los Sauces raise questions about the characteristics of the long-extinct creatures, Calvo told the …
- Coordination critical to success of projects
Coordination and timely action are critical to the success of the Nepal Irrigation Sector Project, the country's largest investment to date in a single irrigation, said a press release issued by the World Bank.
- World tourism meet at Kochi this summer
For the first time in its history, the World Tourism Organisation (WHO) will be having its annual conference in South India this summmer, at Kochi in Kerala. The meeting will be attended by 60 top policy-makers from all over the world.
- New technology for laying underground utilities
The National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) is all set to usher in an era where laying of new underground utilities and rehabilitation of the old ones would no more mean disruption of normal life and inconvenience to the people in the form of closure of highways and roads, piling up …
PATA meet on eco-tourism ends
Ideas took the shape of business language at the 10th annual conference and mart of Pacific Asia Travel Association(PATA), which concluded here today with a majority of the 300 delegates from across the world underlining the need to utilise modern technology for promotion of adventure travel and ecotourism. The conference, …
Rajasthan tourism bags 4 awards
The Rajasthan tourism department has bagged four national tourism awards this year, including the prestigious Golden Jubilee awards . State tourism secretary Sunil Arora said the Golden Jubilee award , instituted this year to commemorate the golden jubilee year of the country's Independence , was being conferred on the state …
SC notice to UP on Yanni funds for Taj
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government asking why it should not hand over part of the money collected during the Yanni concert in March 1997 to the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC). They will help the AMC to take up preservation work.
Bechtel consortium rejects Delhi MRTS project
The US-based infrastructure engineering group, Bechtel Corporation-led consortium, has walked out of the consultancy contract for the Rs 6,000-crore Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) project.
New Housing scheme to be launched in Madhya Pradesh
A new scheme to provide housing plots to the homeless in nagar panchayats and panchayats in rural areas, declared as non-nazul areas, will be launched in Madhya Pradesh to co-incide with the golden jubilee year of the country's Independence.
HC stays MCD ban
The Delhi High Court has stayed till 12 February, the Municipal Corporation ban on carrying out "commerical activities" imcluding marriage parties and get-tegether at farmhouses situated in the outskirts of the Capital.
Delhi HC stays ban on farm houses
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed a notificaiton by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) banning weddings/functions at farm houses with effect from the new year. A vacation bench while staying the MCD notification ex-perte, issued notices to the MCD and its commissioner.
Come September, tourism may get infrastructure status
The Government is all set to accord tourism the status it deserves as an instrument of economic development with a cabinet committee and a panel of secretaries working on an incentive package for the sector. In addition, the ministry's consultative committee is also busy giving finishing touches to its recommendations.
Escorts ropes in IDBI to fund 2-wheeler project
Escorts Yamaha Motor Ltd has tied up with Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and a consortium of other banks to raise funds for its Rs 525 crore two-wheeler project. The vehicle YBX 125 is equipped with a 11 bhp engine and offers mileage of about 75kms per litre and …
Delhi master plan
The master plan for Delhi has been modified with immediate effect through a notification issued by the Urban Affairs Ministry, officials said today. Through the notification, issued under the Delhi Development Act, 1957, the zonal development plan of the national capital also stands modified, the sources said.
M'shtra to form co for slums project
The Maharashtra Cabinet has finalised an action plan to establish a limited company to implement its ambitious and equally controversial project 'Shivshai Punervasan Prakalp' aimed at providing free or economically-priced houses to two lakh slum-dwellers by the year 2000 AD in Mumbai, according to the State Chief Minister, Mr Manohar …
