India occupies top spot globally in emissions related to crop burning: Report19 Oct, 2021, 09.08 PM IST
4-member panel to decide new site for IIT campus in Goa: CM Pramod SawantGoa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said his government will set up a four-member committee to decide a new location for the constru...
18 Jan, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
Clash over IIT campus project: Security beefed up in Goa townA police official said security has been stepped up and they have requisitioned additional force, as villagers remained stern on not allowi...
07 Jan, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Villagers, police clash over proposed IIT campus in Goa"Police lathicharged protesters to control the crowd that had stopped the State Land Survey officers from continuing the demarcation work f...
06 Jan, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
NGT nod awaited for new bridges on Yamuna; rehabilitation of 500 slums hangs fireTo expand the existing highway in the Delhi portion, NHAI has to construct two bridges, one on each side of the existing two bridges on Yam...
12 Sep, 2016, 12.26 PM IST
Large scale conversion of forest land weakening monsoon: StudyMonsoon has weakened in the North-Eastern and North-Central India due to large-scale conversion of forest land to crop land, according to a...
24 Aug, 2016, 08.20 PM IST
IIT-Dharwad yet to get the promised landAs the Indian Institute of Technology-Dharwad prepares itself for a grand start in about a month's time, it is facing hurdles in getting ho...
06 Jul, 2016, 10.28 AM IST
NGT notice to HRD ministry, J&K govt over IIT campus in JammuThe transfer of 159 hectares of land to establish an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jammu district has come under the scanner of N...
28 Mar, 2016, 03.29 PM IST
Chhattisgarh & Goa facing land hurdle for new IIT campusesWhile every state queues up to win an IIT or IIM, finding it a worthy enough campus in another battle altogether.
23 Mar, 2016, 02.02 AM IST
Arunachal Pradesh to enact special law to control hill earth cuttingChief Secretary Ramesh Negi constituted a committee to check 'hill cutting' and to regulate permission for such acts by legislating a speci...
18 Jul, 2015, 06.06 PM IST
Infrastructure problems continue to plague new IITs & IIMsEight new IITs, set up in 2009, continue to operate out of temporary premises; three out of seven new IIMs also face infrastructure-related...
17 Jun, 2014, 05.59 AM IST
- New IITs, IIMs face bureaucratic hurdles causing hardship to students
Most of them operate from temporary premises on account of delays in procuring land titles and bureaucratic hurdles, causing hardship to st...
18 Nov, 2011, 06.01 PM IST
- MoEF panel rejects 3 Ganga power plans
Environment ministry's forest clearance committee has shown the red flag to three major hydroelectric projects on tributaries of Ganga whil...
15 Jun, 2011, 07.41 PM IST
- Environment ministry refuses nod to three U’khand power projects
The environment ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) — the statutory body for forest clearances — has recommended that no forest land...
10 Jun, 2011, 03.35 AM IST
- Environment Ministry allows land diversion for for IIT Indore
The ministry's statutory body had in its recommendation suggested that there was ample non-forest land in MP where the IIT could be set up.
03 Jun, 2011, 03.32 AM IST
- Environment Ministry clears diversion of forest land for setting permanent campus of IIT Mandi
The IIT Mandi will host 8,000 students, 800 faculty members and 1,400 non-teaching staff. The campus will have 308 acres of forest area out...
09 May, 2011, 03.24 AM IST
- Mumbai's 2nd airport faces turbulence
Ministry’s refusal to grant clearance could prove costly, as the existing airport comes under pressure. Beijing International Airport | Raj...
21 Apr, 2008, 10.03 AM IST