Sahu distributes rural employment cards on 'May Day'

Monday, May 1, 2006, 23:45 [IST]

New Delhi, May 1 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Chandrasekhar Sahu distributed National Rural Employment Guarantee cards to beneficiaries in nine blocks of Nabrangpur district of Orissa on 'May Day' today.

Addressing 'May Day' rallies in Nabrangpur and Umarkoat localities in the naxal-infested district, Mr Sahu said the government was planning to bring a ''landmark legislation'' for the millions of workers in the unorganised sector.

Hundreds of workers and farmers belonging to tribal communities attended the rallies.

The schemes and measures taken by the government will help improve the economic backwardness of the people, he added.

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Green fodder scenario depressing in the country:study

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:45 [IST]

Ludhiana, May 1 (UNI) The average milk yield in India continues to be low and one of the main causes for this is the non-avaliablity of sufficient green fodder for the milch cattle. A recent study conducted by scientists of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has revealed that dairy animals even in prosperous states like Haryana and Punjab are under fed. As against the daily requirement of 40 kgs green fodder per animal per day.....

Retiring scientist gifts 34 trees to University

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:45 [IST]

Hisar, May 1 (UNI) A retiring scientist of Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) has given a unique parting gift to the University in the form of 34 trees. Prof Kuldip Singh Dhindsa of the Bio-Chemistry department retired from university service yesterday after rendering 34 years of meritorious service. He left behind a foilage of green trees to remind the students and the university faculty to love and preserve nature. ''The planting of 34 trees was just a.....

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Haryana govt approves Rs 2.85 crore groundwater project

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:46 [IST]

Chandigarh, May 1 (UNI) The Haryana Government has approved a project of Rs 2. 85 crore for recharging of groundwater through injection bore wells in the sweet water zone of districts Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal and Panipat. Informing this today, Irrigation and Revenue Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav said the construction of the ground water recharging project for Massani Barrage in district Rewari at a cost of Rs 6.7 crore had already been commenced......

Mirwaiz Hurriyat condemns Doda massacre; demands probe

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:46 [IST]

Srinagar, May 1 (UNI) The moderate Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today condemned the massacre of 22 Hindus in Doda district of Jammu region last night and demanded a probe by an independent body into the killings. ''Incidents like these occur whenever there is a forward movement in the peace and dialogue process,'' the Mirwaiz told reporters here. He also demanded an impartial probe by an independent body into the Doda massacre. ''There is.....

Ten die in paper mill fire at Uttaranchal

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:46 [IST]

Dehra dun, May 1 (UNI) Ten people were killed and eight others injured in a fire at a paper mill at Kashipur in Udhamsing Nagar today. The explosion occurred at the Sriram Paper Mill in the evening when a boiler containing sodium chloride brust into flames, the SSP Udhamsingh Nagar Amit Kumar Sinha and Disaster Management Mitigation Centre sources said. The SSP told UNI no workers were trapped in the inferno. State.....