Decides to open regional office in Dehradun, which will serve until permanent steps are taken

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday decided to open a regional office in Dehradun, which will serve the State until permanent steps are taken.

It’s a two-way loss for several local farmers whose land was acquired for the special economic zone (SEZ) on Ajmer Road.

As the state government is mulling a proposal to allot the excess acquired land once again to the farmers after imposing minimum charges, affected farmers claim this will mean double loss for them as they will have to bear premium charges (for land conversion ) as well as charges on de-acquisition.

ADC urges Karnal villagers to relocate to Saudapur village

इस प्रदेश का आपदा प्रबंध तंत्र खुद ही आपदाग्रस्त है। तीन बड़ी आपदाओं के बाद भी राज्य आपदा प्राधिकरण को सक्रिय नहीं किया गया। आलम यह है कि 17 जून को केदारनाथ की तबाही का संकेत मिलने के बाद भी इसी दि

The BMC’s draft guidelines for installation of cell phone towers has put schools, colleges, hospitals, orphanages, child rehabilitation centres and old age homes out of bounds for such antennae.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is moving towards finalising the draft National Tribal Policy, hanging fire since it was conceptualised in 2006, to address development concerns of the Scheduled Trib

With land acquisition for large-sized infrastructure projects increasingly becoming difficult, the country's largest power producer, NTPC, has embarked on a novel expansion drive of creating additi

Earlier CCEA nod on imported coal price to help hasten decision on these and 6 others

The recent Cabinet decision on coal cost pass-through should enable quick clearance of at least half the 18 power projects to be considered on Wednesday by a sub-group of the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI).

The huge protest in the name of the Narmada Jeevan Adhikar satyagraha and Upwaas launched yesterday by the oustees of the Maheshwar, Maan and Upper Beda dams at Bhopal yesterday, enters its second