The state government is planning a massive function on May 13 - the day Mayawati government would complete four years in office. Projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore are likely to be announced by Chief Minister on that day.

Officials in the Chief Minister's office are burning the mid-night oil to finalise the projects, that would be unveiled on thet day.

Villagers protesting against illegal mining in Aravalli ranges in Neem Ka Thana area of Sikar district bore the brunt of police repression when they were driven away from the site of a month-long dharna allegedly by use of force. At least two

Population Will Fall After Peak Of 1.7 B In 2060
India

JHILIMILI (Bankura), 4 MAY:

KOLKATA, 4 MAY: With councillors and panchayat pradhans busy with election, BPL card holders are being deprived of financial support under the state illness assistance fund that they are entitled to.

Usually the certificates for the state illness assistance fund are supposed to be given by councillors, but as they are all busy in poll campaigns they are not entertaining any BPL families in thei

The Environment Ministry on Wednesday issued revised draft guidelines for determining critical wildlife habitats as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers Act, 2006,

According to the Ministry

Africa's population rising fastest, might triple in this century Pressure on food, water to grow, other problems are likely
The population of the world, long expected to stabilise just above nine billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion by the year 2100, the United Nations projected in a report released on Tuesday.

Growth in Africa remains so h

Parties like the INLD and the HJC of Kuldeep Bishnoi, which are opposing the Fatehabad nuclear power plant, must be having their own reasons to do so.

Indigenous leaders at a rally held here yesterday demanded immediate implementation of their seven-point demand including constitutional recognition of indigenous people of plain land.

Jatiyo Adibashi Parishad (JAP) organised the rally around 11:00am at Alupatty in the city at with its president Anil Marandi in the chair.

Their report captures the urgent concerns of the most marginalised, neglected communities
Civil society groups have recommended that the Approach Paper to the 12th Five Year Plan provide access to essential entitlements and development opportunities for the marginalised and increase investments in public services such as health, education, skill development, training and infrastructure building.