Shillong, July 11 (UNI) Several Parliamentary Consultative Committee Members(PCCM) have expressed concern over the damage of forest in the country particularly in the Northeast following jhum cultivation (shifting farming). The PCCM in a meeting yesterday in New Delhi chaired by Union minister of state for Environment and forests, Namo Narain Meena, urged the ministry to preserve virgin forests in the northeast and take possible steps to save it, official sources today said. The members also urged.....

New Delhi, Jul 11 (UNI) US Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama has said he is ''reluctant'' to seek changes in the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement and hopes to see the deal concluded before the year end. The statement dismisses Congress fears that the new Administration in the US could impose new restrictions if the deal was not concluded this year. He said the deal in its present form effectively balances a range of important issues--from US.....

New Delhi, Jul 11 (UNI) A day after seeking an explanation from the Prime Minister for his giving the green signal on the Indo-US Nuclear deal to the IAEA, Left parties today found several flaws in the text of the India-Specific Safegaurds with.....

New Delhi, Jul 11 (UNI) A day after seeking an explanation from the Prime Minister for his giving the green signal on the Indo-US Nuclear deal to the IAEA, Left parties today found several flaws in the text of the India-Specific Safegaurds with no guarantee of uninterrupted fuel supply and building the country's strategic reactors. While describing the preamble to the text as a 'nice preamble', they said it, however, was not legally permissible and the.....