-PTI As part of its efforts to improve lives of the weaker sections of society, Tripura has given land rights to more than one lakh tribal families under the landmark Schedule Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Claiming this as 'unique' in the country, an official of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomus District Council said the government was making special efforts to improve lives of...

-The Hindu Says Central, State Governments have taken safety measures The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have applied their mind in all clearances and statutorily passed various orders relating to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). There is no scope for the Madras High Court to presume that the orders are arbitrary, a Division Bench has held. Passing orders...

-PTI COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 1,500 crore for developing green cover in the much neglected Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu Agricutural University (TNAU) vice-chancellor K Ramasamy said on Thursday. So far efforts had been on developing Western Ghats, which runs through Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, and now the Government has allotted Rs.1,500 crore for developing Eastern Ghats, he told reporters here. With East Coast Road on place, the govenrment wanted...

-NDTV Srinagar: More than 500 families of missing persons in Jammu and Kashmir have filed cases before the state Human rights panel seeking that DNA tests be conducted on the thousands of unmarked graves in northern  Kashmir. This comes after the Jammu & Kashmir government refused to exhume bodies in unmarked graves and carry out DNA profiling to ascertain their identity. The state government told the human rights panel that their investigations concluded...

-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Information Commission has imposed fines on a public information officer (PIO) for delay in supplying information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to two different applicants in Sundargarh district. State information commissioner Jagadananda last week imposed the maximum stipulated fine of Rs 25,000 on Goutam Ranjan Bose, assistant fisheries officer-cum-PIO in Sundargarh in one case and Rs 7,500 in another for violation of...