Mining

 No PM

Humayun's Tomb

Publication Date: 
14/10/2005
Down to Earth
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Monuments, Governance
India

 Let us bribe Newton and Einstein

A string of corruption issues has our newspapers and TV channels all untied up. Reliable sources admit that sales of sting gadgetry are rocketing. Equipment capable of high speed multiple copying of VCDs and audio cassettes are likely to be dearer. Firs

Publication Date: 
30/12/2003
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Monuments, Corruption
India

 Aah Taj!

Former Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister (CM) Mayawati, the state's ex-environment minister, Nasimuddin Siddiqui, and six senior officials have backed themselves into a tight corner in the Rs

Publication Date: 
14/10/2003
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Monuments, Legislation, Supreme Court, Political Parties, Agra (D)
India

 Follow up

plot thickens: The Taj heritage corridor controversy is set to assume monumental proportions. Even as the rise in Yamuna river's level left Taj Mahal on shaky ground, the Supreme Court (SC) ordered

Publication Date: 
29/09/2003
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Monuments
India

 A thing of beauty

It is a wonder! The amount of mudslinging the Taj Mahal provokes, it is surely impossible for this matchless mound of white marble to remain spotless. This time, the issue is construction behind the Taj and reclaiming a part of the Yamuna riverbed for the

Publication Date: 
30/07/2003
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Monuments, Small Scale Industry, Legislation, India, Agra (D)
India

 Saving the taj

The Supreme Court recently issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on the state's plans to construct a commercial corridor between Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. The court cited the Krishan

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Monuments, Tourism, Legislation, Supreme Court, Uttar Pradesh
India

 Iron mask

Anti corroding metallurgy found in Delhi s famous iron pillar

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Tags:
Monuments, Iron, Physical Science, Research, India, Delhi
India

 India

The Union ministry of urban development has issued a notification stipulating that construction activities that create noise will not be allowed after 10 pm. However, construction of highways, roads,

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Noise Pollution Control, Monuments, Mining, Groundwater Recharge, Forest Fires, Timber Smuggling, Urban Development, Legislation, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, Crops
Environment

 In search of East India Company

Ours is a corporate age. And amid the fertile arguments on how to tame and transform today's corporation, there is a sense that current era of business dominance is somehow unique. But there was a time when corporations really ruled the world, and among

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Monuments, Trade, Exports, Imports, History, London
India

 BLUEPRINT FOR SIKRI

The Supreme Court has given eight weeks'

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Monuments, Legislation, Supreme Court, Governance, India, Uttar Pradesh

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