New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The DDA has so far planted 8.29 lakh saplings across Delhi as part of the ongoing plantation season, which commenced in the first week of July and will continue till mid-September 2026, an official said on Monday. The saplings comprise 35,570 trees and 7.93 lakh shrubs. In the Ridge areas, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has planted 27,062 saplings, including 12,506 trees and 14,556 shrubs, the official said in a statement.As directed by Lieutenant Governor Taranj…
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Rajya Sabha proceedings were once again adjourned till 5.15 p.m. on Monday amid pandemonium over the paper leak protest issue and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The motion for discussion on the Bill was moved only after multiple earlier adjournments during the day. When the House reassembled at 3 p.m., Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh urged all members to take their respective seats and maintain order so that the legislative …
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) As Opposition MPs staged a protest at Makar Dwar of Parliament on Monday over police action during the Jantar Mantar protest, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey launched a sharp attack on Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, alleging a lack of transparency regarding his foreign visits and calling for investigation into them. The Opposition members gathered with banners demanding accountability from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the police action against students who were p…
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president Manickam Tagore has strongly criticised the reported protocol prescribed for the forthcoming convocation ceremony at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli, alleging that it undermines the state’s linguistic and cultural identity.He urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to immediately withdraw the directive and issue a public apology to the people of Tamil Nadu.The controversy centres on the university’s 33rd conv…
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) West Bengal BJP is planning to hold ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ programme across the state in a grand manner from August 9.An insider in the West Bengal BJP said on Monday that after the formation of the party’s government in the state, the state party leadership has decided to implement the programme there.It was learnt that on the orders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the saffron camp is going to take the Har Ghar Tiranga programme to another level in every district of the sta…
Chennai, July 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday urged the TVK-led coalition government to ensure that the law is enforced uniformly by taking similar action on complaints previously filed against several DMK leaders for allegedly making abusive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.The party welcomed the arrest of DMK MLA G.V. Markandayan for his alleged derogatory remarks against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.In a statement…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta, on Monday participated in the city’s ambitious 70 lakh tree plantation drive by planting a sapling in the Model Town area as part of the ongoing large-scale afforestation campaign aimed at increasing the national Capital’s green cover.The plantation drive, which is being carried out across different parts of Delhi, seeks to promote environmental conservation through active public participation. The campaign was launched by Union Ho…
Ahmedabad, July 12 (IANS) Ahmedabad created a Guinness World Record on Sunday after the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) planted 3.61 lakh saplings using the Miyawaki method within a single hour at Bhadaj locality, marking one of the largest urban tree plantation drives undertaken in the city. The plantation was carried out across 76,000 square metres of a 91,006-square-metre site near Satvam Heights along the Gota-Godhavi Canal in Bhadaj, in the Thaltej ward of the city’s North-West Zone.A…
Ahmedabad, July 11 (IANS) Large stretches of barren and saline land across Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts are being restored and converted into green spaces under a large-scale afforestation programme that aims to plant 1.25 crore trees across the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency this year. The initiative, being undertaken under Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar Green Lok Sabha Project, includes the restoration of degraded land and the plantation of predominantly native tree spe…
Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) Gujarat will expand its indigenous ‘Van Kavach’ afforestation model to cover 1,100 hectares during 2026-27, with more than half of the new plantations concentrated in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency as part of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Green Lok Sabha initiative, according to the state Forest Department. The programme includes the development of Gujarat’s largest “Maha Van Kavach,” spanning over 100 hectares in Godhavi village near Ahmedabad.Under the wid…