MARGAO: The Velim Civic and Consumer Forum on Friday lodged its strong objection to the acquisition of land admeasuring 30,000 sq mts for the Cutbona project.

In her objection filed before the Land Acquisition Officer, Forum secretary Ramona Almeida said the VCCF joins the people of Velim in their demand for scrapping of the eco-sensitive khazan farm lands at Cutbona, which seeks to favour a few.

New Delhi: No child below the age of 14 years can now be employed under Indian laws.

A Hyderabad-based construction firm has been selected to build 2,000 quarters at Belgarhia for the rehabilitation of underground fire affected families, providing a much-needed impetus to the imple

MARGAO: Newly-elected Velim Sarpanch Melvyn Sanches on Monday said he along with the Panchayat body are fully supporting the demand of the villagers for scrapping of the land acquisition process for the expansion of the Cutbona fishing jetty.

Melvyn was elected unopposed as Velim sarpanch on Monday after his candidature was proposed by Cruz Fernandes and seconded by Assis Pinto.

Bhopal: United Nations Population Fund will participate in women empowerment schemes in Madhya Pradesh.

Around 250 dam affected people have started their jal satyagraha, in the continuously rising water of the Omkareshwar dam.

New Delhi: The Union environment ministry’s eco-tourism guidelines, which promote community-based activities in the core of tiger habitats, could become a collateral victim of hectic lobbying from

Their Children Have Dropped Out Of School In Many Villages

Rajkot: A native of Sinchor village in Pavi-Jetpur taluka of Vadodara district Kiran Nayak (16) enrolled himself in Ambardi village high school in Gondal taluka of Rajkot this year as his family has been living here for the last five years. His father Bhima Nayak hoped that Kiran would get good education along with employment. However, fate has something else in store for him.

Resident welfare associations (RWAs) of south Delhi, the area where the pilot project to privatise the water supply has been implemented, said that they would oppose the project unless the Delhi Ja

Pulling up the central government for “fooling the people of this country by not bringing in a concrete law to prohibit manual scavenging”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government if a Bi