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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Congress, Left oppose ap Nalgonda uranium project
Political parties in Andhra Pradesh have thrown their weight behind the movement against the proposed Uranium mining and processing plant in the Nalgonda district. They have urged the government to
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WTO states at loggerheads over widening of trade talks
World Trade Organisation (WTO) states are at loggerheads over whether to widen global free trade talks to include issues such as investment and competition policy at the Cancun ministerial
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Uttaranchal for pvt cos in agri business
The Uttaranchal Government is seeking active participation from private enterprises, NGOs and research institutes in agribusiness to boost the state's economy. To help business in the region, the
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Conjunctivitis affects 60% Faridabad residents
Eye Flu (Conjunctivitis) has spread in Faridabad district. More than 60 percent of the people appear to have been affected by the infectious disease. People can be seen wearing dark goggles and have
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12 Jharkhand districts declared drought-affected
Jharkhand is in the grip of an acute drought for the third successive year due to scanty rain. While other parts of the country received good rainfall, prompting Prime Minister Atal Behari Vaypayee
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Kites prove lethal for migratory birds
With the kites flying high in the Capital, the migratory birds have reasons to shed tears! Two adult painted storks met an accident when they came in contact with the thread of a kite. One of them
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How deer antlers arrive in market
Deer antlers grow from the upright basis which are part of the skull. In young deer, the antler is a simple spike, and it branches out with growth. Newly grown antlers are encased in a thick skin
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Orissa offiicals deny starvation deaths
The Bahujan Samaj Party's allegation about nine starvation deaths in Astia village under the Nilgiri sub-division of Balasore district have kicked up a major row with the district administration
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Swirling Ganga fails to drown people's cry for help
Catastrophe is a trivial word to qualify the impact of a berserk Ganga eating away villages in the Malda district. The swirling river is playing havoc in Kaliachak II block inundating vast tracts of
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Gandhi's broom for sanitation
Nearly half the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water or a private place to defecate and urinate, notes WASH, a United Nations organisation promoting the idea of "Water,