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A story of passionate love
Edit The Times of India 23 Jun 2016
Ambe's love fails at her swayamvara when Bheeshma, from Hastinapur enters the swayamvara and defeats prince Saalva and other kings and forcibly takes Ambe and her sisters Ambike and Ambalike to get them married to his impotent brother Vichitraveerya according to the orders of Sathyavathi, the rajamathe of Hasthinapur....
Book Rack
Edit Deccan Herald 11 Jun 2016
CorpoKshetra. Mahabharata in the MBA yug. Deepak Kaul. Westland, 2016, pp 132, Rs 200. The Pandavas have returned home after 13 years of exile. And they are demanding their stake in Hastinapur Inc. But the Kauravas aren’t ready to give them a penny. The battle lines are drawn, only this war is in the present-day Kurukshetra — the corporate boardroom. Finding My Way. Venkat Raman Singh Shyam & S Anand ... Here Be Dragons. Mohit Uppal ... ....
'No society can live without its language'
Edit Deccan Herald 07 Jun 2016
“When people write in the language they think in, they paint a real picture of the society ... He has written 9 plays, 15 poetry collections and around 8 books on literary criticism. Apart from this, he has written several plays like Vihantar, Hastinapur, Gulam Badshah and Kisi Aur ka Sapna, among others ... ....
North by Northeast: What explains BJP’s stunning win in Assam?
Edit Yahoo Daily News 22 May 2016
After the drubbing Tarun Gogoi got at the hands of the BJP, the three-term octogenarian chief minister was compared in the local press to Dhritarashtra, the king of Hastinapur who, blind to his son’s failings, triggered the Mahabharata. It may perhaps sound like poetic justice then that Gogoi, who has had to battle charges of nepotism for promoting his son Gaurav, should be replaced by a bachelor, the BJP’s Sarbananda Sonowal ... ....
What explains BJP’s stunning win in Assam?
Edit Indian Express 22 May 2016
The day after, the architects of the BJP’s win in Assam — (from left) Himanta Biswa Sarma, Sarbananda Sonowal and national general secretary Ram Madhav. (Express photo/Dasarath Deka). After the drubbing Tarun Gogoi got at the hands of the BJP, the three-term octogenarian chief minister was compared in the local press to Dhritarashtra, the king of Hastinapur who, blind to his son’s failings, triggered the Mahabharata ... Share This Article....
Sewage in Ganga:NGT show cause notice to five municipal bodies
Edit The Times of India 20 May 2016
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed the municipal bodies of Mirzapur, Chunar, Bhadohi, Fatehpur and Hastinapur in Uttar Pradesh for not complying with environment rules. "We direct the said authorities to show cause as to why environmental compensation in term Section 15 and 17 of National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 be not imposed upon them de-horse relief prayed for in this application ... PKS VMN ... RELATED....
Centre moves NGT against five municipal bodies on pollution norms
Edit The Times of India 18 May 2016
NEW DELHI. In the first such action against civic bodies for non-compliance on anti-pollution measures, the environment ministry has moved the National Green Tribunal ( NGT ) against five municipal bodies of Uttar Pradesh — Mirzapur, Chunar, Bhadoi, Fatehpur and Hastinapur — seeking directions to the erring officials who have not taken measures on sewage treatment issues ... The NGT will take up the case next week ... RELATED....
Dumbing down of Indian politics
Edit The Hindu 15 May 2016
Our ruling dispensation draws heavily upon the symbols and rituals of Hinduism to justify its authority. But leaders of this brand of politics do not seem to be conversant with discourses on statecraft in Brahmanical texts of ancient India. Consider Santi Parva, the twelfth episode of the Mahabharata, in which the patriarch Bhishma tutors a dithering monarch of Hastinapur, Yudhishthira, on the responsibilities of a ruler ... Keywords....
WII to undertake project on biodiversity restoration in Ganga
Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016
DEHRADUN ... This three-year project will cost Rs 25 crore. According to S A Husain, the WII scientist handling the project, the institute has selected the river stretch of Narora near Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary in UP whereby "an ideal environment of lesser pollution will be created and healthy population of species such as crocodiles, turtles, otters, fish etc will be nurtured over a period of three years." ... ....
Forest dept to increase water holes at Hastinapur sanctuary due to dry spell
Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
MEERUT. With decreasing water table owing to negligible rainfall in the last monsoon season and to tackle the ongoing dry spell, the forest department is planning to increase water holes for animals from 10 to 18 in the 2,000 sq km Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary ... Less rainfall has also lowered the groundwater level, due to which the natural water bodies inside the jungles are drying up ... This leads to a dangerous situation ... ....
Wildlife Institute to undertake biodiversity restoration in Ganga
Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
DEHRADUN ... This three year project will cost Rs 25 crore. According to S A Husaain, WII scientist handling this project, the institute has selected a river stretch Narora near Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary, UP where by an ideal environment of lesser pollution will be created and healthy population of species such as crocodile, turtle, otters , fish etc will be nurtured over a period of three years ... ....
CPCB instructs 31 municipalities to set up sewage treatment plants on Ganga banks
Edit The Times of India 27 Apr 2016
BIJNOR ... In the state, the river passes through 31 towns, including Allahabad, Ballia, Farukhabad, Ghazipur, Kanpur, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Mughal Sarai, Unnao, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Chandpur, Dhampur, Gajraula, Ganga Ghat, Jahagirabad, Kannauj, Nagina, Najibabad, Anupshahr, Chunar, Garhmukteshwar, Hastinapur, Narora, Ramnagar, Saidpur, Soron, Babrala and Bithoor ... ....
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