With there being few employment avenues in this border industrial belt of Paonta Sahib, illegal mining has emerged as an employment avenue for hundreds of jobless youth.

Officials admit this fact and, according to an estimate, there are hundreds of families which thrive on this illegal trade along the Yamuna bridge in areas like Rampur Ghat and Devi Nagar.

CAG has castigated the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) for widespread mismanagement and corruption.

Seeking to revive projects conceived during former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s tenure, the BJP in its manifesto promised to work for interlinking of rivers and revival of agriculture.

Though the manifesto focussed on economy, ending policy paralysis and curbing corruption, contentious issues like Ram temple, abrogation of Art 370, enactment of Uniform Civil Code have been included

Giving high priority to revival of growth and job creation, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday promised to contain inflation, pursue tax reforms and promote foreign investments but said no to FDI in multi-brand retail.