Ken-Betwa project: 'Tiger population won't survive'

'Tiger reserves were created to protect areas from developmental activities.''If we go ahead with these projects, then it is a complete mockery of our institutions and our laws, it is against......

Whether I turn 75 or 85...: Uma Bharti on retirement

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti has said that she has not quit politics and that she would contest the next election. IMAGE: BJP leader Uma......

This river linking project may cut India's tiger habitats

The panel headed by Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave has agreed to submerge more than 100 sq km of Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, reports Nitin Sethi. The Ken-Betwa river linking......

Uma Bharti says Ganga will be the cleanest river by October 2018

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Monday dismissed concerns over alleged slow progress in the Centre's Namami Gange programme saying that the NDA government has resolved to make the......

Farm exports touched record Rs 3 lakh cr in 2020-21: Prez

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said the country's farm production and procurement increased during 2020-21 crop year despite the pandemic and agricultural exports reached a record level of Rs......

UP, MP sign river linking MoU

Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on Thursday signed the memorandum of understanding for linking surplus waters of Ken with the water deficit Betwa. This is for the first time that river basins have......

Sitharaman bets big on infra spending to take highway to growth

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a bigger, Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget, with higher spending on highways to affordable housing with a view to fire up the key engines of the......