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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Mahauts face an elephantine problem
The Government has issued a law that bans the sale of elephants and also bans it from going outside the State for commercial use. And this might make this 'big' animal a problem for their owners.
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Spurious drug racket busted; 2 arrested
Delhi Police has busted a well organised gang, which was involved in manufacturing and selling of spurious life-saving allopathic medicines in the Capital and adjoining areas. Two members of the gang
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Emergency contraceptive pill launched
In a bid to prevent unwanted pregnancy, a emergency contraceptive pill 'No-Preg' has been launched in the Capital by Parivar Sewa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). The pill can be used to
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WHO official
Assistant Director of WHO, Dr Kerstin Leitner visited the headquarters of the Sulabh International in the Capital. Appreciating the efforts of Sulabh, he urged the NGOs to adopt the same techniques
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'Save walled city'
The first ever concerted and serious effort after independence is being done to save fast deteriorating walled city. Chandni Chowk MP and Union Minister of State Vijay Goel has taken an initiative to
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US troops stumped by pneumonia?
The US Army said that it did not know what had caused an outbreak of a severe type of pneumonia that killed two soldiers serving in Iraq and caused 17 on duty in the Middle East, Central Asia and the
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Go green to avoid seeing red
The thick green cover of the upland forests - said to be the water towers - of the North-Eastern states is disappearing at a faster pace than ever before, a phenomenon that has stirred global
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Bengal district faces deluge threat
The West Bengal State Government stood a helpless spectator even as vast tracts of land in Malda continued to slip into the swirling waters of a turbulent Ganga and its branch Padma. A panicky
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Krishna holds key conclave on farmers' suicides
Even as Chief Minister S M Krishna on Monday chaired a conclave to find a solution to the unending saga of suicides by farmers, a 22-year-old woman in Kolar district allegedly committed suicide due
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Flood damage: Orissa Govt demands Rs 1,714 crore
The Orissa Government is learnt to have submitted a memorandum to the Centre demanding assistance to the tune of Rs 1,714 crore to offset the damages caused by floods. The memorandum was submitted to