Ghaziabad: An incredible 82 of the 123 ponds mentioned in Ghaziabad Development Authority’s Master Plan 2021 have vanished, according to activists.

Acting upon allegations that various state government officials have connived with the land mafia to help usurp large tracts of the floodplains of Yamuna and Hindon rivers and the failure of develo

Days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav announced a mega ‘impetus package’ of more than Rs 3,300 crore for the district, long daily power outages are back in Noida.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that directed closure of Rathi Steel and Power’s stainless steel plant at Ghaziabd for failing to take steps to prevent and control pollution.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir while staying NGT’s order also issued a notice to the ministry of environment & forests, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Central Pollution Control Board and Rajiv Narayan, the complainant who alleged that rapid development of industries in Ghaziabad had resulted in acute air and water pollution.

Noida: The National Green Tribunal on Monday issued notices to UP government and the Union ministry of environment and forests, among others, over allegations of massive encroachment on the floodpl

The National Green Tribunal has sought the response of Jindal Steel and five other steel plants located in Ghaziabad after the UP Pollution Control Board informed the tribunal that they are "highly

The Uttar Pradesh government unveiled the Budget for 2013-14 in the state assembly on Tuesday, estimating a total expenditure of Rs 2.21 lakh crore. Mayawati's BSP, the main opposition party, staged a walkout alleging that more than 75% of last year's Budget remained unspent.

“The state will move ahead with this budget and the target of making UP ‘Uttam Pradesh’ (excellent state) will be achieved,”Akhilesh told reporters here. "Through this budget, we have made effort to provide maximum benefit to all sections of the society, including farmers, youths, Muslims, women and poor," he said. The Budget, presented by the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav who also hold the finance portfolio,showed a 9.8% increase from last year's size of R2 lakh crore.

Noida: Acting upon complaints of high levels of industrial pollution in Ghaziabad, the National Green Tribunal has directed for the inspection of NTPC’s power plant in Dadri and the manufacturing p

Indraprastha Gas, the sole supplier of CNG in Delhi-NCR, has revised the price of CNG in Delhi by R1.55 per kg to R39.90 due to increased input gas price and related taxes. Consumers will have to pay R39.90 per kg in Delhi and R45.10 per kg in the Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad areas.

The company had last increased the price in September. “The 4% revision in CNG price would result in an increase of R1.55 per kg in the consumer price of CNG in Delhi and R1.80 per kg in the consumer price of CNG in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad,” the company statement said.

Even as Delhi has imposed a blanket ban on the use and manufacture of plastic carry bags, environmental action groups have expressed grave concern over the total lack of prohibitive measures for su