Expected to be a permanent solution to the problem

The district administration has decided to toughen measures to prevent illegal sand-mining by constituting vigilance committees at all local bodies.
A meeting chaired by District Collector P.B Salim at the Collectorate conference hall here on Monday took the decision to form the committees.

Over five years after the Union health ministry finalised the draft of the HIV/AIDS Bill, it is likely to see the light of day. On Thursday, World AIDS Day, health minister Ghul-am Nabi Azad said the government would soon enact legislation to

GUWAHATI: The acquisition of 200 bighas of agri land for setting up a cement factory at Senabor village in the Khetri area under Sonapur revenue circle has led to a lot of resentment among the local people.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon conduct a noise mapping analysis of the city to identify noise pollution at various locations and instal sound barriers.

This decision comes after a high-level delegation, including Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Commissioner Rahul Asthana, Principal Secretary T C Benjamin and officials from other state-level agencies, visited Italy last week to study and inspect sound barrier technologies and management of noise pollution there.

The anti-nuclear activists, who suspended agitations staged against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) recently following an assurance given by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, have renewed their warning to the State and the Central governments saying that they would observe a token fast on October 9 if the ongoing works in the upcoming nuclear power project were not stopped altogether by October 7.

JAIPUR: On the backdrop of the 2011 Census, which showed noticeable decline in the sex ratio in the state, the state government has started exercise for damage control.

The committee, constituted by the state government to prepare the Vision 2021 for proper implementation of Pre-Conception and Pre-natal diagnostic techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, has decided to sought suggestions and inputs from

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IN Chhattisgarh, the only criminal appears to be the law.

AMIT AGNIHOTRI
NEW DELHI

The rural develop ment ministry came in for some sharp criticism over the implementation of UPA flagship MGNREGA from activists like Aruna Roy and Jean Dreze.

Both Ms Roy and Mr Dreze have been involved with the MGNREGA since its inception in 2006.

Social activists have alleged that the UPA government is undermining the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) by modifying several provisions in the law.

The concerns were raised by activists Jean Dreze, Aruna Roy, Nikhil De, Annie Raja and Reetika Khera at a press conference, here.

Last week, the government had declared that it will not link the Minimum Wage Act to NREGA wages.

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