Mumbai: Dismissing the speculation that his decision to come out with a white paper on development of irrigation in the state was aimed at embarrassing ally NCP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said a paradigm shift in the irrigation policy was needed. "There is no point in criticising anybody. I am answerable as the head of the state. The livelihood of about 57 per cent of the population...
06:58 PM, May 14, 2012
THRISSUR: Finding a good location, digging test holes, and drilling through dirt and rock till you find that flash of water ripples! It is believed that only men would be able to undertake all these tasks involved in digging up a well, but not anymore.Proving that women in the state are at par with men, a group of housewives, without any previous experience, have dug a 26.5 feet-deep well in...
12:36 PM, May 11, 2012
London: In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks. In Kenya's Kibera slum, poor urban families are turning around their diets and incomes just by learning to grow vegetables in sack gardens outside their doors. And in India, a push to help marginalised rural communities gain title to their land is leading to...
02:13 AM, May 06, 2012
Osmanabad: With Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan announcing bringing about a white paper on dipping irrigation potential in the state and examining the spending by the department, Anna Hazare on Saturday said he could give evidences against the corrupt officials, provided the government acts on them. "There are umpteen evidences of corruption in the irrigation department and so white paper should be released at the earliest," Hazare told a public...
01:35 AM, May 06, 2012
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is going green, quite literally. After lighting up his official residence - 1 Anne Marg - with solar energy, costing Rs 4.5 crore, his native village Kalyanbigha in Nalanda district has now got low-cost solar pumpsets installed. The demo models, as they are supposed to be, have started functioning from his native village and will be replicated elsewhere in Bihar later on. The new solar-powered...
04:53 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Mumbai: Even before the onset of summer, farmers across nearly nine districts in Maharashtra are battling drought like conditions, many forced to go without food and water and, the worst part, this time around, the fear of a lower than normal rainfall looms large as well. Sangli is one of the nine districts in the state that are facing drought like conditions. Dhule, Nasik, Usmanabad, Latur, Pune, Satara, Solapur and...
06:14 AM, Apr 10, 2012
In February, an international water summit in Bangalore that discussed private sector participation in water delivery ended on a dry note when a show-closing Water Walkathon was abandoned after anti-privatisation activists stormed the streets. One of the protestors, Kshitij Urs of Action Aid, says the event was an "ominous sign of a slow takeover" by private players. People are not fully aware of the benefits of leveraging private expertise, counters...
11:38 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Bangalore: In a relief to former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the Lokayukta police on Monday gave a clean chit to him in a private complaint that alleged irregularities by him in awarding an irrigation project to a private firm for pecuniary gains. The Lokayukta police in its report submitted in the Lokayukta court declared that it found no evidence against Yeddyurappa after it probed the charges by JDS leader...
06:52 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Bangalore: The Lokayukta Court in Bangalore on Tuesday granted time till January 30 to the Lokayukta police to file its final report on its probe into a private complaint filed against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa alleging irregularities in award of Bhadra irrigation project. Judge NK Sudhindra Rao asked the police to file their report on January 30 and adjourned the matter. Police informed the court that it has completed...
07:27 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Bangalore: The Special Lokayukta Court in Bangalore on Saturday adjourned to September 22 further hearing on a complaint filed against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in a case of alleged graft. Judge NK Sudhindra Rao had on August 10 directed the Lokayukta police to probe the complaint and submit its findings by Saturday. Counsel for Lokayukta submitted the investigation into the case is still on and the judge adjourned...
06:31 PM, Sep 03, 2011
Imphal: A 21-year-old student was shot dead allegedly by the son of a Manipur minister, police said on Monday. Irom Roger was allegedly shot dead by 27-year-old Ajay Meitei, son of Manipur Minister for Irrigation, Flood Control and Sports N Biren Singh last evening at Kwakeithel area of Imphal West district, they said. Meitei chased Roger in a vehicle and allegedly shot him from a M-20 pistol, they said, adding...
01:55 PM, Mar 21, 2011
Farmers were not allowed to get electric connections across the fence. ...
12:38 PM, Jun 21, 2009
Chennai: Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist is confident that his batting line-up will deliver when they take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a challenging Indian Premier League (IPL) match, here on Saturday. Gilchrist, though, will not part of the action as he is yet to recover completely from a hamstring injury. Since Punjab have lost five of the eight matches they have played, Gilchrist knows they cannot...
01:34 PM, May 16, 2008
Budget 2007-08 is expected to focus more on the agricultural sector, since it is a key area in stepping GDP growth. ...
07:28 PM, Feb 11, 2007
Labeling foods to show how much water is used in their production could help conserve the world's water supplies. ...
03:52 PM, Aug 22, 2006
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