The government will not accept any new proposal for setting up ports or expansion of existing projects along the country

The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the Commonwealth Games Village on the Yamuna river bank. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan set aside a 2008 Delhi High Court judgement directing the setting up of a committee to monitor the environmental impact of the project. The apex court, in its July 30 judgement, said the high court had disregarded scientific

The annual monsoon has always been perceived both as a rural blessing and an urban curse

Delhi has witnessed massive infrastructural growth in the last decade, and the Masterplan 2021 was prepared after endless discussions on how to balance that growth with the quality of life. However, a group of citizens with diverse educational backgrounds, who have joined hands to host the 1st Habitat Summit, feel the Capital lacks an

Seek withdrawal of PIDF from basmati varieties

A heavy dose of taxes has made the rice industry economically unviable in the state and were being forced to move out of other states where the tax structure was more rational.

Rs 5.8 crore has been injected by the Centre into nineteen projects for tourism infrastructure development in North Sikkim during 2007-08.

The Centre has funded twelve projects as Centrally- sponsored schemes while six projects have been funded under Border Area Development Programme.

Kerala Tourism proved wrong the predictors of doom in the context of the global economic downturn by improving performance through well-designed and attractive packages, promotion of new destinations and infrastructure development.