Rs 50 m project for U'khand victims
A Delhi-based NGO has launched a Rs 50 million project to restore the livelihood of 2,000 flood affected families across three districts of Uttarakhand. The project has been launched by Caritas India,
Statesman (New Delhi)
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Proper system must to regulate iron ore mining in Goa: SC
The Supreme Court today said there should be a proper system in place to regulate mining and other related activities in Goa where iron ore extractions in 90 mines had been banned by it following the report
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92 foreign nationals among 4,120 missing in U'khand calamity
The uncertainty over the number of people gone missing in Uttarakhand's catastrophic flashfloods has at last come to an end with the state government releasing a final list of 4,120 persons, including
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Several houses swept away by flood waters in Mizoram
Around 100 houses on the banks of the Tlawng river in Mizoram-Assam border Bairabi town were swept away by flood during the past two weeks, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation department officials in
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Jayalalithaa says no to K’taka hydel projects on Cauvery
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa stands firm on her opinion on Karnataka hydel projects on the Cauvery. Miss Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Karnataka not to build
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120 people affected by jaundice in Jagatsinghpur block
At least 120 persons of five villages in Naugaon block are affected by jaundice. The number of patients is feared to go up due to absence of proper medical service. As per reports, the patients, who belong
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Poverty declines
The latest estimates of the Planning Commission states the decline in the number of poor in Sikkim from 1,70,000 to 51,000 in the seven year period between 2004-05 to 2011-12. These estimates have emerged
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Schools without toilets in Manipur
Education Minister Okendra Moirangthem's whimsical order directing government-run schools and colleges to enrol all students who seek admission has created a curious problem. Students in the state do not
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China floods toll reaches 72
At least 72 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands were forced to evacuate in the past few days due to devastating floods in north and south China. Nine people were killed overnight in floods
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Food Security Bill unlikely on 20 Aug
Despite being listed for consideration in the Lok Sabha tomorrow and day after, the Food Security Bill is unlikely to be passed on 20 August, the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.