Protest against Kudankulam n-plant to continue Friday (Second Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Hundreds of people from Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village, the epicentre of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), would continue their 'jal satyagraha' or ... Read more...
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Another water protest, now against Kudankulam n-plant (Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Hundreds of people from Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village, the epicentre of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), stood in the sea water Thursday ... Read more...
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Delhi sets up task force for regularization of colonies
September 11th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Delhi government Tuesday said it has set up a task force to deal with matters relating to regularization of 895 unauthorized colonies."The government is ... Read more...
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SJVNL declares Rs.388.84 crore dividend
September 4th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 13 (IANS) Power utility Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL) has declared a Rs.388.84 crore dividend for the last fiscal, the company said here Tuesday.Addressing the annual general ... Read more...
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No-trust motion against Dhumal defeated in Himachal (Lead)
August 29th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) The Congress sponsored no-confidence motion against the 56-month-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Himachal Pradesh was defeated in the state assembly Tuesday night.After over ... Read more...
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Tannishtha mastered Kutchi dialect, thanks to local teacher (With Image)
August 7th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee, who plays a Kutchi villager in Girish Malik's "Jal", had to undergo an intense workshop with the locals to pick their native accent.Instead ... Read more...
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Power supply restored in Himachal
July 31st, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 31 (IANS) Power supply was restored in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday evening after a more than five-hour disruption owing to the failure of the Northern Grid, an official said."Now ... Read more...
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New guidelines for Delhi legislator development funds
July 31st, 2012 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Delhi cabinet Monday approved a proposal for the revised guidelines for Members of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme (MLALADS) 2012."Under the new guidelines, ... Read more...
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Hydropower generation resumes in Himachal
July 30th, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 30 (IANS) Hydro-power generation in Himachal Pradesh resumed Monday morning more than seven hours after the Northern Grid collapsed and stopped electricity production, an official of the state ... Read more...
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SJVNL’s second plant to start power generation in December
July 25th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 25 (IANS) Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam's second plant in Himachal Pradesh will start generating power from December this year, a company official said here Wednesday.The generation in the ... Read more...
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Assam’s problems on agenda for Aug 9 Ramdev rally
July 12th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 12 (IANS) The burning issues in Assam like corruption and the problems caused by big dams will be highlighted at the proposed anti-graft rally to be taken out ... Read more...
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Private firms to provide 400 water tankers in Delhi
July 10th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi government has decided to rope in private players for supplying 400 new stainless steel tankers to provide water to residents."We have invited three ... Read more...
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Let civic agency manage Delhi’s water supply: Mayor
July 6th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) At a time when the national capital is reeling under a water crisis, mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Meera Aggarwal Friday said ... Read more...
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Himachal court dismisses cement firm’s petitions
July 6th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 6 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday dismissed a cement company's review petitions, which was fined Rs.100 crore for environmental damage and told to dismantle a captive ... Read more...
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Rajasthan villagers toil to harvest rainwater (Letter from Rajasthan)
July 3rd, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), July 3 (IANS) Residents of two villages surrounded by deserts in Rajasthan's Barmar district are toiling hard day and night, digging up water storage facilities like ponds and ... Read more...
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Over 20,000 ponds dug in Bengal in last one year
June 27th, 2012 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Altogether 20,608 ponds have been dug in West Bengal over the past one year creating 1.25 crore man days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National ... Read more...
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Thousands of fishes die in Gomti (Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Authorities in Uttar Pradesh Monday ordered a probe into the death of thousands of fishes which have died in the river Gomti here.The possible reasons that ... Read more...
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Fish in thousands die in Gomti river
June 25th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Thousands of fish have died in the Gomti river, with officials clueless about the cause. A probe has been ordered.Jal Nigam officials here said they were ... Read more...
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DJB seeks to learn water recycling from Singapore
June 20th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has signed an agreement with Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) and Temasek Foundation to benefit from their know-how on recycling sewage/waste ... Read more...
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Woman jumps to death from Noida flat
June 20th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, June 20 (IANS) A 61-year-old woman jumped to her death from her fifth floor home in Sector 21 Wednesday, police said.The deceased was a resident of Jal Vayu Vihar ... Read more...
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Delhi, Haryana chief ministers meet on water crisis
June 18th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit met her Haryana counterpart B.S Hooda Monday in an effort to resolve the ongoing water crisis in the national capital, ... Read more...
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Reduce water supply to VVIP areas: Dikshit to DJB
June 18th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to reduce water supply in Delhi's elite Lutyens zone, and distribute it to ... Read more...
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Supply to Delhi water plant improves
June 17th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The water level at the Wazirabad treatment plant here has risen marginally after a Haryana official visited the unit the day before, the Delhi government ... Read more...
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Himachal raises objections to Renuka dam project
June 16th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 16 (IANS) A proposed hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district which also aims to provide drinking water to Delhi received a setback Saturday, with the hill state ... Read more...
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Water crisis in Delhi as Haryana cuts supply (With Image)
June 16th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Water woes continued to haunt the national capital as supply of water to Delhi's various treatment plants from neighbouring Haryana remained cut, a Delhi Jal ... Read more...
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Two die from toxic fumes at Delhi sewage plant (lead)
June 16th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Two labourers working for the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) died Saturday after inhaling poisonous fumes while cleaning a sewage treatment plant in east Delhi's Kondli ... Read more...
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Apex court stays cancellation of Jaipur’s Jal Mahal lease (Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday stayed the Rajasthan High Court's order cancelling a resort company's 99-year lease to run the Mansagar Lake and Jal Mahal monument ... Read more...
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Apex court issues notices on Jaipur’s Jal Mahal lease
May 25th, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notices to the Rajasthan government and others after the Jal Mahal Resorts Private Ltd. challenged the cancellation of its 99-year ... Read more...
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Apex court to hear plea on Jaipur lake
May 24th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court will Friday hear a petition challenging the Rajasthan High Court's order declaring as "illegal and void" a 99-year lease agreement for ... Read more...
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Blame game over Himachal power plant ordered to be razed
May 20th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 20 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh High Court direction to dismantle a private firm's thermal power plant in Solan district over green concerns appears to have given political ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh to add 500 MW of power by June
May 17th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) Faced with a scorching summer and a looming power crisis, the Uttar Pradesh government Thursday announced that two new thermal power units - unit 9 of ... Read more...
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Congress extended favours to Jaiprakash Associates: Dhumal
May 7th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Monday charged the previous Congress government in the state with extending favours to Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL), which has ... Read more...
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With Rs.669 crore, UP speeds up Kumbh Mela work
April 27th, 2012 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has taken up Kumbh Mela 2013 on a priority basis and asked various agencies to speed up work on a war footing, ... Read more...
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Don’t dump debris on Hindon river bed: Tribunal
April 22nd, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 22 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal has banned the dumping of debris and waste material on the Hindon river bed resulting in hindrance to the natural flow of ... Read more...
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Constable rescues three kids from pit in Delhi
April 14th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) An alert Delhi Police constable rescued three minor children who fell into a pit dug up by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in central Delhi, ... Read more...
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