NaMo nod to extend campaign in states
New Delhi: BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has agreed to extend his campaign in Assembly poll-bound States following demands from State units of the party. Modi will campaign for one more day in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and two more days in Delhi, BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, adding there have been several requests from the party units of these States.
Gadgil report not binding on MoEF: NGT
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday said that it is no longer mandatory for the Environment Ministry to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the Western Ghats. It clarified that with the Environment Ministry accepting ‘in-principle’ the recommendations of the K Kasturirangan panel report, it can now consider either of the reports while deciding the applications for clearance.