-The United Nations The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2011, according to a new United Nations report released today, ahead of the start next week of the latest round of global climate changes talks. The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which produced the 2011 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, said that between 1990 and 2011, there was a 30 per cent increase in radiative forcing –...
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Facebook post on bandh: 9 held for vandalizing clinic in Palghar
-The Times of India Maharashtra Police today arrested nine people from Palghar for vandalizing a clinic, after the niece of the clinic owner posted a comment on Facebook questioning the shutdown in the wake of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death. Two girls — Shaheen Dhada and Renu — were arrested over their post opposing the Mumbai shutdown but were granted bail after they furnished personal bonds, police said. "So far, we have...
More »Award-winning TN panchayat now litters on the roadside -K Manikandan
-The Hindu Chennai: Four years ago, the Vengaivaasal Village Panchayat won the Centre’s Nirmal Gram Puraskar for ensuring sanitation and awareness of hygiene. Today, the garbage dumped by the local body on a stretch of the Medavakkam – Mambakkam Main Road is a source of major irritation to both residents of the vicinity and motorists. The Medavakkam – Mambakkam Main Roadlinks two arterial roads – Velachery Main Road at Medavakkam and Vandalur –...
More »FIR against Facebook in Lucknow
-IANS LUCKNOW: A city lawyer and social activist on Sunday lodged a first information report (FIR) against popular social networking SITe Facebook, after his profile was blocked. The report was filed at the 'cyber crime cell' of the Lucknow police by Prince Lenin, a resident of Hussainganj here. In his complaint, Lenin alleged that although he had long been a user of Facebook, his profile was recently blocked by the SITe without so...
More »Madhya Pradesh land row: Farmers SIT on pyres, threaten mass suicide-Siddharth Ranjan Das and Janaki Fernandes
-NDTV Bhopal: Twenty farmers in Bujbuja village of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh SIT every day on funeral pyres, with kerosene and match sticks at arm's reach. This is a relay protest against acquiSITion of land by the government for a thermal power plant in the area. On Diwali, a woman called Sunia Bai, allegedly set herself on fire after she was threatened by the authorities to give up her land. The...
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