State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Food drive
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has intesified it's drive of challaning food establishments for not keeping green receptacles to avoid littering. Said Mr Ram Bhaj, MLA and NDMC
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Hunger scams
By announcing the revival of the State Government's welfare programme for the endemically poverty-stricken region of Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi (KBK) in western Orissa, the Biju Janata Dal
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Mystery blasts rock quake zone
For two months now, mysterious blasts emanating from the Earth in Saurashtra have fuelled fears of another earthquake. "Rumours of another quake have been racing from one end of Saurashtra to
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Freedom from hunger a fundamental right: NHRC
In a recent directive to the State Governments and the Union Government, theThe NHRC is thus of the view that starvation constitutes a gross denial and violation of the fundamental right to be free
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Regular review of rural schemes must: Vajpayee
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has stressed on the need for a comprehensive and regular review of the implementation of all rural development programmes, saying the failures are less due to
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Orissa coast a graveyard for turtles
The outcry of environmentalists against the wanton massacre of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles on the Orissa coast seems to have fallen on deaf ears with fresh reports of mass turtle casualties
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It's monkey business at Wildlife Department
The Delhi City Government's Wildlife Department has no plans to catch the stray monkeys roaming across the Capital, as there is no shelter to keep them. The department has only one shelter for the
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No more delayed eco justice
Finally, some good news for environmentalists in India. The Law Ministry has decided to introduce environment courts, which will only deal with legal battles and Public Interest Litigations (PILs)
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Digvijay seeks ban on cow slaughter
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh chose Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary to make a strong plea to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to clamp a nationwide ban on cow slaughter. Such a demand by
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Angry BKU calls Mahapanchayat
Enraged by the Government attitude over sugarcane prices, the agitated farmers under its organisation Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), have called a Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar on February 01, 2003.