`200,000 hectares forest land diverted in four years`

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 21:48

Over 8,000 projects, involving a diversion of 200,000 hectares of forest land, have been cleared by the central government in four years and this was double the clearances given in three decades, environmentalist Sunita Narain said here Friday.

Tehelka case: Complainant alleges harassment by Tejpal, his family

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 22:36

The lady investigating officer in the sexual assault case against journalist Tarun Tejpal has filed a complaint that he had threatened her during the probe.

UP Govt hands over Rs 1.85L to Dalit woman who hosted Rahul Gandhi

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 01:02

UP minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati handed over cheque of Rs 1.85 lakh to Sunita Kori to build her house, where she had hosted guests including Congress`s Rahul Gandhi to AAP`s Kumar Vishwas.

Toll issue: Bandh evokes mixed response, 3 Sena MLAs booked

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 20:13

A Shiv Sena-sponsored bandh Monday against continuation of collection of toll on nine roads in the city by a private company evoked a mixed response even as police booked three MLAs of the party in connection with ransacking and torching of toll booths.

Rajasthan polls: Ashok Gehlot files nomination papers from Sardarpura seat

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 16:21

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday filed his nomination papers for the December 1 polls in Rajasthan from the Sardarpura Assembly seat here.

Sunita Narain to be discharged from hospital soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 12:29

Environmentalist Sunita Narain, critically injured over a week ago after a speeding car hit her when she was riding a bicycle, is likely to be discharged from the hospital soon, a statement said.

Cyclists in Indian cities being edged out: Narain

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 13:51

Hit by a car while cycling, environmental activist Sunita Narain on Monday said cyclists in Indian cities are being edged out systematically to make way for cars.

Sunita Narain stable, says cyclists in India are being edged out

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 08:46

Noted environmentalist Sunita Narain, who is currently undergoing treatment in AIIMS after being hit by a speeding car while cycling on Sunday, said that cyclists are being edged out systematically to make way for cars.

Time to go beyond politics and think seriously about bijli, sadak and Paani: Sunita Narain

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 20:54

Sunita Narain, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Nupur Sharma agreed that the country urgently needs proper policy planning to deal with crisis of safe drinking water, electricity and roads.

Former `Grihalaxmi` editor Sunita Naik back on Mumbai streets

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 11:24

Less than a month after moving into the home of a couple, 65-year-old Sunita Naik, former editor of Marathi magazine `Grihalaxmi`, is back to living on the pavement outside a local gurudwara.

Former domestic help attacks woman in robbery bid in Delhi

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 23:13

A 54-year-old woman, working with the ministry of child development and women`s affairs as an upper divisional clerk, was attacked in her Delhi home by a woman she previously employed as a domestic help, police said.