NEW DELHI: In deference to the near unanimity among political parties against forcible land acquisition, the Centre on Tuesday assured the Lok Sabha that the interest of farmers would be protected and a comprehensive legislation formulated.
Responding to the 55-minute discussion on the issue of the farmers' agitation at Aligarh and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, which was taken u
LUCKNOW: In a fresh impetus to bettering urban infrastructure in major cities of the state, the government of India has named Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Allahabad and Mathura as mission cities under the urban infrastructure and governance (UIG) scheme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
LUCKNOW: In a significant development, the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), on Monday, ordered 25 agro-waste based paper industries in the state to stop the process of chemical pulping, a move that could lead to closure of these units.
Union Minister of State, Rural Development, Pradeep Jain has written to his UP counterpart to highlight that not a single woman was issued a job card between January 2009 and December 2009 in six districts in the state namely Meerut, Agra, Aligarh, Rampur, Bijnore and Baghpat.
He said this had been discovered during a review of NREGS across the country on March 18.
Over 1,500 farmers from 16 villages took part in a panchayat held outside the Greater Noida Authority office on Sunday to decide the future course of action in their protest against the state government
The sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) arrested two persons in Meerut and claimed to have busted a gang of skin poachers on Friday. They said that two skins of leopard were recovered from possession of the held accused along with two mobile phones. A case under various Sections of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 has been registered against them and they were send to jail.
A Rs 100 crore high-tech slaughter house would be set up under Public Private Project model at the outskirts of Meerut, government spokesman said here on Sunday.
The state government has constituted M/S Abacus Legal Group as the consultant which has already submitted its feasibility report to the government.
Rainfall received during past ten years, i.e. from 1998 to 2007 at Meerut was analyzed to plan the rice cultivation in the region. Analysis of data reveal that out of 10 years only one year was as drought year on the basis of annual rainfall while drought was more frequent on summer basis as compared to winter basis.
