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Environment Ministry’s panel finds illegal sand mining in Gautam Buddh Nagar

The environment ministry team found facts of the widespread illegal sand mining in Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The team was set up by the ministry...

August 18, 2013

20% of food items are either substandard or contaminated

Records of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry have disclosed that 1/5th (20%) of food items in the market tested by government labs in 2012 were either substandard...

August 14, 2013

Telangana sparks more Statehood demands across the country

With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee giving nod to the divide Andhra Pradesh and create Telangana, demands for statehood from several regions of the country backed...

August 3, 2013

Union Govt. launches National Teeka Express

The National Teeka Express was launched by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases. What is the...

August 3, 2013

Campaign Clean India adopts Taj Mahal

The World Heritage Site, Taj Mahal has been adopted by ONGC as part of its corporate social responsibilities through the “Campaign Clean India” being run under Ministry of Tourism. Taj...

July 28, 2013

Uttar Pradesh Plan for 2013-14 finalized by Planning Commission

The Planning Commission and the Uttar Pradesh govt together finalized Annual Plan for Uttar Pradesh of Rs 69200 crore for the financial year 2013-14. The Funding Process is...

July 24, 2013

Ghaziabad, Allahabad most polluted in Uttar Pradesh: Survey

In a recent survey conducted by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) it was found that Ghaziabad and Allahabad are the two most air polluted cities in Uttar Pradesh....

July 6, 2013

Curb sale of adulterated milk: Supreme Court to State govts

Expressing concern over the sale of adulterated milk in the country, the Supreme Court has directed the governments of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi to file their response...

July 5, 2013

Bhiwani, Bharatpur and Mahendragarh are now part of NCR

The Union Urban Development Ministry has announced that the National Capital Region has been expanded by including Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan in the NCR. There is also...

July 5, 2013

Government to set up 51 low-cost airports

The Union government has decided to construct 51 new low-cost airports to provide fillip to civil aviation sector and enhance air connectivity to Tier-II and Tier-III cities. Apart from...

July 2, 2013

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