Exchange plan to make forest land easily available for irrigation projects

Says the ill-gotten wealth should be recovered and used for reclamation and rehabilitation

The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) has urged chief minister Siddaramiah to take steps to initiate punitive action against companies involved in illegal mining and the officials who connived with them.

Only 77 could be evacuated as IAF choppers lacked fuel

The death toll due to landslides and collapse of houses in Kinnaur rose to 14 with recoveries of four more bodies from Pooh. The airlifting of stranded persons was hampered as helicopters of the Indian Air Force ran out of fuel and only 77 tourists could be evacuated.

Villagers hit by floods and landslips raised antigovernment slogans as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and Agriculture Minister Harak Singh Rawat landed at the Rudraprayag helipad on Wedn

Says non-availability of land is major bottleneck for the growth of industrial sector in state

Industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce (Assocham), said non-availability of land is a major bottleneck for the growth of the industrial sector in Karnataka.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - Islamabad—Provincial Government of KPK directs Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to take quick rehabilitation measures in flood-hit areas.

Bhubaneswar : Seventeen years after Parliament passed the PESA Act that empowers tribal society to take control of their own resources, the Orissa government has finally decided to make necessary c

Uttarakhand today announced its first resettlement and rehabilitation policy for hydel projects. It claimed the policy was the best in the country.

At a meeting of the Cabinet here, presided by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, the government decided it would provide Rs 2 lakh a hectare for the development of the fallow compensatory land, which is given in lieu of the land acquired.

JAIPUR: In an attempt to woo the electorates ahead of assembly polls, chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a rehabilitation housing scheme for the residents of Sanja

BHOPAL: Project affected people (PAP) from the five major dams being built on Narmada river will stage a protest against the government's rehabilitation policy in the state capital from June 18 to