Itanagar, Feb. 20: Arunachal Pradesh today asked the Centre for more security and a special financial package to boost development along the 1,200-km border with China, given the neighbour

Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday kicked off year-long functions to mark the silver jubilee of its statehood, with Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu asking the Centre to clear a special financial package to boost developmental activities along the 1,200-km international boundary with China.

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JAIPUR: Fateh Singh Rathore, one of the last of the mighty men who fought all odds to protect the tiger, was conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) here on Wednesday. Two Ministers of the Rajasthan Government, Bharat Singh and Bina Kak, State Chief Secretary S.

Bhubaneswar: Cost of living in rural Odisha was one of the lowest in the country even as the state government claimed reduction in poverty by 11.73 between 2004-05 and 2007-08.

This was part of the Economic Survey 2010-11 report presented at the State Assembly here on Monday.

The cost of living in urban Odisha also used to be lower than the rest of India in the past.

This is, however, no

Tribal communities are vulnerable not only because they are poor, assetless and illiterate compared to the general population, their distinct vulnerability arises from their inability to negotiate and cope with the consequences of their forced integration with the mainstream economy, society, and cultural and political system.

Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Yogesh Behl on Tuesday ordered a probe into the alleged irregularities and corruption in implementing the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme.

The move comes after a 65-year-old slum-dweller, Dastagir Manjush Shaikh, committed suicide in Vetalnagar, Chinchwad, on Monday after he was pronounced ineligible to get a house under the SRA scheme of the Pimpri Chinchwad M

As Many as 27,000 people live per square km in Mumbai, making the metro one of the densest cities in Asia, as per the Asian Green City Index. The Asian Green City Index, commissioned by German firm Siemens, analysed the environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia with respect to environmental and climate protection.