Bishnois : The Punjab state government has issued final notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1994, for acquiring 53.3 acres of land of Ramasara, Dutaranwali and Shaban Kokrian
Apparently worried over the reports of suicides by farmers and farm workers, the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal has asked the Deputy Commissioners to report about the tragedies. He has
The Maharashtra cabinet has cleared the irrigation department's proposal to set up the Godavari Irrigation Development Corporation (GIDC). It will cater to completion of 250 irrigation projects with
The Three Gorges Dam project is a collossal engineering project involving logistics and financing ($24billion by one estimate) on a corresponding scale. It also raises troubling questions about
More than eight units, located close to the burnt Chemicals godown at Dasnagar in Howrah Industrial Estate, are closed because the workers have refused to work till the foul smelling chemical waste
Nearly 56.8 per cent children - below the age of four - are underweight and 70 per cent pregnant women anaemic in West Bengal, according to the Unicef' State of the World's Children's Report for
Switzerland will need to build two new waste incineration plants immediately, the Swiss environment ministry has said, to ensure sufficient capacity when landfilling of combustible wastes becomes
Following reports of jaundice deaths in city colonies, the Kalyan-Dombivili Municipal Council yesterday began a survey in its 96 wards. According to reports, 118 cases of Hepatitis B virus infection
The production of food crops like rice, maize, wheat, millet and barely has almost doubled in twenty five years, according to Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC). Food production and
