After Chandrababu Naidu’s capital city, K Chandrashekhar Rao’s water project hits green hurdleThe Rs 35,000-crore Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project was originally proposed with an aim to irrigate more than four lakh hectare...
03 Mar, 2017, 01.22 AM IST
Punjab amphibious bus runs into controversy, govt accused of destroying crops to facilitate Sukhbir Badal's rideVillagers near the Harike Pattan lake in Ferozepur, led by Aam Aadmi Party leaders, have accused the Shiromani Akali Dal-led government of ...
14 Dec, 2016, 06.58 PM IST
In Maharashtra, many dams were built first & designed laterLater, somewhere in the middle of the project, the design would suddenly be changed, and the cost would escalate manifold, again benefittin...
08 Nov, 2016, 12.12 PM IST
Bihar Polls: Roads also matter to voters split along caste linesVoters are divided on caste lines, with upper caste Rajputs dominant. However, Yadavs, Kushwahas, Koeris and Paswans with Muslims constitut...
14 Oct, 2015, 10.45 AM IST
Kondhane Dam scam: NCP leader Sunil Tatkare fails to show up before ACBSunil Tatkare, who was summoned by the ACB, failed to turn up before the investigators, a top official said.
16 Sep, 2015, 04.44 PM IST
Balganga dam project: Maharashtra ACB files FIR against contractor, irrigation officialsThe FIR lodged at Kopri police station by the ACB's Thane unit has named five officials of FA Enterprises, besides six officials of the irr...
26 Aug, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
Now, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh slug it out over irrigation projectsK Chandrasekhar Rao showed a Detailed Project Report for the irrigation venture that was prepared in 2008 and said it had cleared under und...
12 Jun, 2015, 10.47 PM IST
Polavaram project: Congress, BJD oppose Centre's move"It is unfortunate that the Lok Sabha passed such a bill," Bahinipati, an MLA from Jeypore in Koraput district, said.
11 Jul, 2014, 06.33 PM IST
- Maharashtra state wildlife board clears controversial irrigation projects
Though the decision to declare Bor a tiger reserve comes as good news for wildlife buffs, the eighth state wildlife board meeting chaired b...
21 Feb, 2014, 11.09 PM IST
- Wildlife board to clear key projects this week
Interestingly, the first meeting of the reconstituted board comes ahead of Lok Sabha elections in April-May.
18 Feb, 2014, 02.19 AM IST
BJP misleading people on oil refinery: Ashok GehlotAshok Gehlot today slammed BJP for politicising state government's proposed oil refinery at Barmar district.
08 Aug, 2013, 06.10 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel recommends lesser role for government in acquiring land for private projects, PPPs
The parliamentary standing committee on rural development has recommended that the government should not acquire land for private or PSU pr...
17 May, 2012, 04.38 PM IST
- It's Sena's turn to march towards Salura project in AP
It’s the turn of the Shiv Sena to take the battle over water into Andhra Pradesh, after the protest by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) over th...
23 Jul, 2010, 06.23 AM IST
- Court orders Andhra ACB to file case against CM
Anti-Corruption Bureau has been ordered to register case against CM.
28 Feb, 2009, 12.57 PM IST
- AP grants Rs 121-cr project to Maytas Infra
The Congress-led government in Andhra Pradesh has sanctioned a Rs 121-crore project to Maytas Infra, barely two days after the founder and ...
22 Dec, 2008, 12.00 PM IST
- AP grants Rs 121-cr project to Maytas Infra
Announcement comes barely two days after Raju’s controversial bid to buy his son’s co.
22 Dec, 2008, 12.16 AM IST
- TDP activists caned in Nanded
The protests against Maharashtra’s controversial Babhali irrigation project took a new turn when opposition TDP activists were caned by pol...
11 Apr, 2007, 02.25 AM IST