The 22nd Session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN Habitat) was held from March 30 to April 3, 2009 at the UN Habitat Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya under the theme

Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to install 40 new fountains in various areas of the city to beautify it and provide entertainment to the citizens, said CDA Director, Parks, Malik Abid. He said 14 fountains were already functioning in the city.

KOLLAM: District Collector A. Shajahan has directed the Kollam Municipal Corporation authorities to stop the construction activities of the bus stand at Tangasseri utilising the MLA fund. He has forwarded a copy of the directive issued by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Corporation secretary on Thursday evening.

Chandigarh: Ill-maintained parks and green belts as well as dumped construction waste are some of the problems that continue to harass residents in Sector 30. It is evident that the sector is in dire need of being spruced up.

Broken swings in the parks are proving to be a risk for children while plantation in the area too seems to be neglected.

Biologists debate the scale of extinction in the world

HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JAN 6
After lying low for months now, the Government is finally going ahead to acquire 50,000 sq mts of lush green paddy fields for a sports ground in Nuvem village

The forest department has flunked the test on operation tiger once again. The villagers behaving rowdily around the area where the tiger

Worried about increasing incidence of the Royal Bengal Tigers straying into human settlements the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has asked the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve to conduct a survey.