BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took a strong note of the land acquisition policy of the State Government relating to Vedanta and directed that steps be taken to ensure that all the affected persons are rehabilitated.

Addressing mediapersons here after the two-day camp sitting here on Wednesday, chairperson Justice K G Balakrishnan said the commission has asked its spec

The State government has sanctioned Rs.1.13 crore for the Ashraya project in Wayanad district.

As many as 366 destitute Scheduled Tribes families in five panchayats would be rehabilitated using the money, the district coordinator of Kudumbasree Mission, which is implementing the project, said here on Monday.

BALASORE: The food inflation had a direct bearing on Makar Sankranti celebrations in the tribal region of Balasore district. To meet the expenses of the festivity, the tribals in Nilagiri area were forced to sell subsidised rice.

New Delhi: India will miss its target of reaching population stabilization by 2045 with the Union health ministry now looking at 2060 as a plausible target.
India had set itself the goal of attaining replacement levels of fertility

As many as 9.063 lakh Manav Divas under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) have been created for the job card holders, since April in Dehradun district, said a department officers while talking to The Pioneer on Tuesday.

He said that the department has spent `15.11 crore for providing employment to the job card holders under the MNREGA since April in the district

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has decided to call an

The Women and Child Development Department has spent Rs 984 crore 86 lakh 4 thousand on various activities and programmes in this fiscal year. The amount spent in this fiscal year in first, second and third quarterly phases was utilised in important schemes and programmes.

In view of prevailing cold wave conditions in the state Chief Minister Mayawati has sanctioned Rs 3.12 crore for providing temporary shelter, food, clothes and medical facilities to the poor.

The money would be used to provide bonfires, blankets and medical help to the destitutes and the homeless poor people, Government spokesman said here on Thursday.

He said state government has provided R

Mumbai: The Rashtriya Banjara Kranti Dal, a party of the de-notified nomadic tribes, on Wednesday organised a rally here, demanding special constitutional rights for all nomadic tribes in the country.