The Himachal Pradesh government has made a number of false statements on crucial issues affecting the villagers of Gagret in Una district relating to the land that will be acquired for a proposed special economic zone. An airport that is to come up will affect the population of 25 villages, a majority of whom are peasants owning less than one hectare of land.

Latha Jishnu: The unchecked spread of illegal Bt cotton cultivation is a serious threat to the state

V1VEK DESHPANDE, NAGPUR, NOVEMBER 11
EVEN as the leopard attacks in Vejgaon have the Forest Department on edge, more trouble is brewing over the shooting down of a tiger in the Talodhi range north of the Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve last November.

QUEPEM, NOV 10
Illegal mining activity has been going on in full swing in communidade property of Maina of Quepem taluka.

At a time when the whole world is looking for an effective model of good governance, it was really a pleasant surprise to come across a document from South Africa entitled, State of the Public Service Report 2008, published by the Public Service Commission of South Africa. It was further encouraging to know that this document is being published annually since the last seven years.

In February 2007 an agreement was signed between the World Bank, the Central Government, and Tamil Nadu state government for a mega project titled Irrigated Agriculture Modernization & Water-bodies Restoration & Management (IAMWARM). The project cost of US $556 million (Rs 2,547 Cr) was met through a loan from the World Bank.

Only 10,000 Cases Disposed Of In Past 2 Yrs
Himanshi Dhawan | TNN

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Rangpar: He may be visually impaired, but he sure does see things others don

Palak Shah / Mumbai September 3, 2008, 0:40 IST

Over 100 chemical storage tanks built at the Pirpav jetty near Chembur have been operating without approvals from the ministry of environment and forests for over 18 years. Each of these tanks has an average capacity of 200,000 kilolitres of oil.

Retired police inspector Mohanraj plans to collect sand from the rivers in the southern districts and give them to the govt museum in Chennai
Tirunelveli

FIGHTING against sand smuggling in the State, a 56-year-old retired Inspector of Police, J Mohanraj, from Thoothukudi is on a mission to save the River Tamirabarani and other rivers in the State.
Mohanraj, who is on a padayatra from Thoothukudi to Chennai, will collect sand from all the rivers and hand it over to the officials at Government Museum in Chennai.

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