Govt. to promulgate fresh ordinance on Land Bill
Even as the opposition to the Land Acquisition Bill continues in different quarters, the NDA government is determined to bring to Parliament its amended Bill through a fresh Ordinance. The amended NDA
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Rs.6,210-crore Annual Plan for Punjab
Punjab calling: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal calling on Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi on Tuesday. NEW DELHI: The Annual Plan of Punjab for 2008-09 was on Tuesday finalised at Rs.6,210 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. The Plan outlay includes an additional Central assistance component of Rs. 200 crore for the priority projects of the State.
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Yet another meningitis death
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has recorded yet another death in the Capital due to meningococcemia, taking to ten the toll since the beginning of this year. The total number of meningococcemia cases has gone up to 56. According to a senior official of the civic body, 31 of the cases are from Delhi and 25 from neighbouring States. The meningococcemia symptoms include fever, rashes on the body, severe headache, stiff neck and nausea.
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Court reserves verdict on Games Village
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a bunch of public interest litigation petitions challenging the construction of concrete structures, including the Commonwealth Games Village, on the Yamuna riverbed here. A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice A. K. Sikri and Justice Rekha Sharma reserved the judgment at the conclusion of arguments by counsel for the Delhi Development Authority, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the petitioners.
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Power projects in Punjab elicit interest
Leading power companies, including Larsen & Turbo, Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Nagarjuna Construction, GVK Infrastructure and Sterlite Industries have expressed interest in taking up the construction of Rajpura thermal and Talwandi Sabo mega power projects in Punjab. The projects are proposed to be awarded to developers on build, own and operate (BOO) basis, through tariff-based international competitive bidding (ICB). For both the projects, Power Finance Corporation has been appointed as the consultant resulting in such a tremendous response.
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Tigress faces villagers' ire
A tigress that strayed into Deulbari village of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on the outskirts of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve (STR), was pelted with stones and beaten by local residents as it lay in a sedated state in a pond after being darted by forest personnel with tranquillisers and forced down a palm tree atop which it had taken shelter on Monday morning. The frightened animal was rescued from the pond and taken by forest staff for examination by veterinarians. It was to be released into the forests, N. Singhal, Field Director, STR, said.
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India must tap natural resources: Kakodkar
India is still an energy deficit country and it will need 1,370 GWs of energy by the middle of the present century. At present the country had only one-tenth of that figure, said Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar. Delivering the keynote address at the six-day National Training Programme on the theme
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Counting real tigers
The first attempt at estimating India's tiger population using statistically valid techniques shows that the numbers of the big cat are depressingly low. The recently released report of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Institute of India, titled "Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India,' estimates that there are 1,411 tigers in six landscape complexes. These are the Shivalik-Gangetic Plains; the Central Indian Landscape Comp lex; the Eastern Ghats; the Western Ghats; the North-Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Plains; and the Sunderbans.
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Devadula pipeline damage triggers controversy
A technical snag encountered during the trial run of the prestigious Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme near the project site late Sunday night led to a major controversy with leaders of the Telugu Desam, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Communists flaying the Andhra Pradesh government for negligence.
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Battery buses for JNU soon
At a time when experts are struggling to find a solution to mitigate the perceived damage to the planet in the wake of climate change, Jawaharlal Nehru University here is trying to do its bit to save the environment. The authorities are discussing a proposal to start battery-operated buses for internal commuting on the sprawling campus.
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A star-gaze party in the lap of nature
Astronomers to go to Manora Peak in Nainital to have a glimpse of the Milky Way Astronomers will catch 149 deep star objects including galaxies, nebulae and globular clusters.