Lucknow: The forest department has come up with plantation targets for the year 2010-11. The department will plant saplings covering over an area of 55,000 hectares in the coming year. The plantation exercise will begin this month with the advent of monsoon.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to submit details of the investigations on the illegal mining in the State.

The Division Bench comprising Justice V G Sabhahit and Justice A S Bopanna, hearing a Public Interest Litigation on Tuesday, directed the Government to inform the Court about the status of investigations into the issue.

Driving down the parched Bundelkhand areas in the scorching heat of June, one sees nothing but dark brown land devoid of greenery with people struggling for water everywhere. The long rows of coloured jerry cans near hand pumps testify how scarce water is here and the pains people take in getting it.

Chief Minister Mayawati has directed officials to take all necessary steps to ensure drinking water during the summer, besides speeding up the implementation of various developmental schemes. This includes Manywar Sri Kanshiramji Shahrai Gareeb Awas Yojna.

The Madhya Pradesh government is undertaking all out efforts to promote organic farming in the state. in the series, a two-day training camp will be organised at Deendayal Research Institute, Chitrakoot, Satna, with a view to apprising state

The Madhya Pradesh government is undertaking all out efforts to promote organic farming in the state. in the series, a two-day training camp will be organised at Deendayal Research Institute, Chitrakoot, Satna, with a view to apprising state's agriculture officers of various dimensions of organic farming.

The school in the hamlet of Bagraha in Chitrakoot district has three rooms, but these are built only in name. There is dried mud in place of a floor, the walls are unplastered, and there are no windowpanes. A fan hangs in one room and some electrical fittings were put in place about a year ago. But the electricity line never came to Bagraha.

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Mayawati has requested prime minister Manmohan Singh to classify Jhansi, Chitrakoot and Mirzapur revenue divisions as special category divisions under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) for ensuring rapid development of backwards areas like Bundelkhand and Vindhyachal.

At the sleepy office of the Bundelkhand Vikas Nigam in Jhansi, senior assistant O P Gupta, lone member of the staff apart from a chaprasi and the newly appointed chairman, is clearly unaccustomed to visitors. He recalls the time when the Nigam