Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction and non-forest activities within Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 08/04/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Naresh Vashisth Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2025. Issue raised in the application is encroachment of land of village Amer which comes under reserved forest and "Vankhand Amer-54 of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary." The Assistant …

Green talk by our leaders - what environment means to them

What does environment mean to the political parties and their leaders in Delhi. Check out this interactive to find out promises made by the parties to win Delhi Assembly Elections 2013 and the quotable quotes of our leaders Arvind Kejriwal on Water Supply "40 percent of Delhiites dont get potable …

BJP manifesto 2019: Sankalpit Bharat Sashakt Bharat

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha elections which will start later this week, on April 11. Titled 'Sankalp Bharat Sashakt Bharat' the BJP manifesto is what the the party promises to implement if voted back to power. Listing 75 milestones that India will achieve …

Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath govt does away with scheme for farmers started by Chouhan regime

The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to do away with the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY) scheme, started by the previous BJP regime to provide a cushion to farmers against falling prices of certain agriculture commodities. The scheme, implemented after unrest among farmers over falling prices, was criticised by …

Govt cancelled allocation of all mines, says Parnami

JAIPUR: The state government on Monday claimed that all mine allocations have been cancelled. It said that all allocations are being scrutinised by the Lokayuta. In a press conference called to counter the allegations made by state PCC president Sachin Pilot, state BJP president Ashok Parnami said the government has …

‘Right to silence’ order affects our right to profess religion, Mumbai BJP tells HC

Court had earlier cited an apex court judgment explaining that fundamental right did not extend to profess religion to worshiping at any and every public place. Even as the BJP-led state government confirmed to the Bombay High Court Thursday that rules relating to noise pollution had to be followed during …

Govt lax, e-rick drivers pay heavy price

Being Charged Extra To Modify, Register Vehicle Both BJP and AAP , who played politics over the erickshaw issue a few months ago, have left their drivers in the urch. Four months and 19 regis rations later, the transport department is sitting over issuance of driver's licences, permits and registration …

Vision document 2015 for Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP promises to transform Delhi into a world class city, focussing on roads and transport and the environment. Click here for the party’s vision document released just four days before Delhi elections. Four days before elections in Delhi, the BJP released its vision document 2015 for Delhi, with big focus …

BJP reiterates support for Jaitapur nuclear power plant, despite Sena objections

Notwithstanding the opposition of its junior partner Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said the 9,900-Mw nuclear power project at Jaitapur in the coastal Ratnagiri district will go ahead as planned. It said the project will be developed by the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) and that …

All eyes on Modi's Ganga project

One of the initial tasks in hand for the Modi government should be to restore the ecological flow of the Ganga, environmentalists say “Mujhe Ma Ganga ne bulaya hai (Mother Ganga has summoned me)” was a slogan that worked magic for the would-be prime minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi. A …

Team Modi proposes 60 flyovers to decongest Varanasi

Even before he enters parliament as MP of Varanasi and India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has already started development plans for his parliamentary constituency as well as the rest of the country. Sources in the government told TOI, Team Modi has reached out to the bureaucracy and sounded the bugle …

Ken-Betwa linking project on priority once Modi takes over: Shivraj

UPA-II had dumped the project Buoyed up with BJP’s victory in general elections, state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said he will expedite his demand for Ken-Betwa river linking project. The UPA-II had dumped the project. The project will be on top priority once Narendra Modi takes the saddle …

Uttarakhand to emulate Vajpayee's river-linking project

Last year, the government had decided to set up a water regulatory commission to decide the tariffs of water Inter-linking of rivers, the dream project of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has been taken up in Congress-ruled Uttarakhand by Chief Minister Harish Rawat. Chairing a meeting on the …

Water crisis stays while govts come and go

The previous BJP government’s much-hyped “Har Ghar Ko Nal” ended as a political slogan with its term in 2012. The present Congress government has not come out with a pragmatic drinking water policy for as many as 23,693 habitations. About 45 per cent habitations in the state have yet to …

Insecurity, unemployment, illegal mining poll issues

With there being few employment avenues in this border industrial belt of Paonta Sahib, illegal mining has emerged as an employment avenue for hundreds of jobless youth. Officials admit this fact and, according to an estimate, there are hundreds of families which thrive on this illegal trade along the Yamuna …

उत्तराखंड : 5 में से 4 सीटों पर आपदा राहत है मेन इश्यू

यात्रा शुरू होने के साथ और गरमा गया है मसला उत्तराखंड में लोकसभा की पांच सीटों को अपने पक्ष में करने के लिए बीजेपी और कांग्रेस के नेता तूफानी दौरा कर रहे हैं। यहां 4 सीटों पर आपदा राहत बड़ा मुद्दा है। यह मुद्दा किसी के लिए आफत ला सकता …

Issue white paper on water supply: BJP to L-G

For this 44 per cent residents, a scheme has been drawn up by the DJB for supplying water through private and government tankers. The BJP has asked Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung to issue a white paper on the status of water supply by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) along with the …

BJP Blueprint Promises to Start a Renewable Energy Revolution

Document for energy sector includes Coal India rejig and adopting a satisfying gas pricing formula The BJP’s blueprint for the energy sector includes restructuring coal India by creating new companies to handle problematic mines with world-class technology and management; adopting a gas pricing formula that satisfies both producers and consumers; …

No party addressed forest rights issue seriously

Both mainstream and fringe political outfits who contested in the recently held general and Assembly elections showed any seriousness in implementation of historic acts such as Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA), Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and protection of Land Rights in tribal areas, said Campaign for …

BJP wants continuance of battery rickshaws

Delhi BJP demanded continuance of battery-operated rickshaws and appealed to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung that he should present the case of Delhi government before the High Court for continuance of service of lakhs of rickshaws so that the attempt of some vested interest might be foiled. In …

Five Haryana villages may boycott elections

Even as the curtains were drawn on campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Haryana slated for April 10 on Tuesday, the residents of five villages whose several hundred acres were acquired for setting up of a Special Economic Zone by Reliance India Limited are yet to make up …

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