The Supreme Court, placing the fundamental rights of citizens on a higher pedestal, ruled that any attempt by police agencies to forcibly carry out narco, polygraph and brainmapping tests of accused persons was "illegal and unconstitutional".

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh here today and urged him to get Maheshwar hydel power project and other projects sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest at the earliest.

New Delhi: In ordering stoppage of work at the Maheshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh, the ministry of environment overlooked the report of a committee set up by the Centre which noted that though incomplete, rehabilitation of oustees had picked up speed and was progressing well.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to scrap a committee recently formed to review environmental measures of the multi-crore Narmada dam project, saying the new panel would serve no purpose.

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra and Gujarat have signed an agreement to prepare detailed project reports on linking of rivers that will benefit both.

Watched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday by Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal.

With an aim to provide water to arid and water deficit areas, Gujarat and Maharashtra have signed a pact with the Central Government to prepare project reports to inter-link several rivers in their region.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan, on Monday signed an MoU to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for two river interlinking projects to facilitate inter-basin transfer of water to benefit both the states.

Bhopal, May 3: The environment ministry's order to put a halt to all construction activities at Maheshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh on the urgings of the Narmada Bachao Andolan might achieve the opposite of the apparent objective of aiding relief and rehabilitation. It may actually increase the risk of flooding besides sharply escalating project costs.

City Mayor Krishnamurari Moghe here on Saturday said that stoppage of construction works of the Maheshwar dam will derail Indore's ambitious water project Narmada Phase III and it can even push the IMC on the verge of bankruptcy.

Gandhinagar: Government of India (GoI) on Wednesday formed a new committee headed by well-known Gujarat-based academic, Prof YK Alagh, to monitor eco-safeguards during the implementation of Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), inviting immediate Gujarat government ire.