For the residents of the capital the proliferating illegal and unauthorised construction is a menace impinging on their public space, but for the MCD they are "money spinners." If this alleged nexus

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit ended the Delhi Assembly's budget session 2004 with the hope of making Delhi a world-class city. "We have been given the people's mandate once again and we must

With water disputes inundating the new UPA government in its first two months in office, the Centre says this vital resource should not be held hostage to political aspirations or litigation. Union

Just outside the center of this once-booming mill town, a towering slab of white stands as a quiet memorial to a part of the area's industrial history. But the 80-foot (24-meter), crescent-shaped

The Delhi High Court today directed the authorities to file affidavits detailing the action taken to implement its earlier order calling for removal of unauthorised structures on the Yamuna riverbed

The Delhi High Court pulled up the civic authorities in the city for failing to file any report on the status of the demolition of slum clusters in Yamuna Pushta. A bench comprising Chief Justice

Pakistan government may spend Rs 500 billion on hydel electric power generation during next five years and it is expected to launch at least three large-scale power projects. The Power Plan 2005-09

The Maharashtra Government's move to set up a technical committee to clear proposals for buildings over 70 metres (20 storeys) may just have further legitimised the unabated construction of

The Assam government has expressed concern at possible negative impact of mega-power river dam projects on rivers in neighbouring states, and has called for a proper assessment of the advantages and

The Garos are the tribal group that inhabited India's northeast region. They were included for and ethnographical studies in the latter half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth