The Chief Minister, Mr. Om Prakash Chautala, said that the state had demanded Rs 616 crore from the Centre for drought relief measures. Addressing Media persons after inaugurating a Farmer

India today committed to contribute $ 2.5 million for funding of Indo-ASEAN cooperation programmes. Making this announcement at the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting, External Affairs Minister Yashwant

Recommending nearly 1000 trees for felling under the rights of villagers by a panchayat in a year is a matter of serious concern. A panchayat has decided to start a sapling plantation drive making it

Negotiators at the Earth Summit struck a deal on the issue of protecting the planet's depleting animal and plant diversity, even as talks on increasing the percentage of global renewable energy use

After hiking the power tariff, the state government has started contemplating to increase the drinking water charges also. While giving an indication to this effect, Punjab Public Health Minister

As much as 1.05 lakh acres out of total of 7.54 lakh acres of area under paddy in the Patiala district has been affected due to drought. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Tejvir Singh, said that Rajpura

Hours after five states in western India were plunged into darkness on Tuesday night the officers at the western power grid were reportedly indulging in the exercise of passing the buck rather than

The Himachal Pradesh Agriculture Minister, Mr Vidya Sagar, has said the State government has earmarked Rs 11.82 crore for soil conservation during the current year. The Centre has introduced a policy

Haryana has one of the highest child and women malnutrition rate in the country. About 84 per cent of the children in the state are anaemic, which is about 2 per cent more than the national average.

Several Congress and Samajwadi Party members expressed concern in the Lok Sabha over two alleged starvation deaths in a village in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh former UP Chief Minister Mulayam

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