Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
CBI investigators are yet to pinpoint the source from where iron ore was mined illegally in Karnataka in the Obulapuram Mining Company case. In the chargesheet, the CBI has apparently mentioned that the iron ore was transported from various mines in Karnataka but the exact locations were not revealed. Legal …
Bhopal : An organisation fighting for the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has accused the Madhya Pradesh government of cheating the affected persons and families. Bhopal Gas Peedhit Mahila Udyog Sangathan also questioned the state government for delaying the setting up of special court. “The state government has not …
A private complaint has been filed in the Special Lokayukta Court against three former chief ministers and 11 senior officials, accusing them of causing a heavy loss to the exchequer by facilitating illegal mining. The Special Lokayukta Court will pass orders on the plaint on Friday. The complainant Abraham T …
All the 15 accused named by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in a criminal case it filed against Lavasa Corporation were issued process by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (Pune), Mr N.T. Ghadge, on Thursday. In the order, all accused — including non-executive directors Ms Anuradha Desai, Mr Aniruddha Deshpande, Mr …
Jammu: Chief Secretary Madhav Lal today directed Education and PHE Departments to take immediate steps to make provision for potable water facilities at all the uncovered schools of the State. "Either explore the possibility of permanent supply line or make alternate arrangement for providing potable water to children in all …
The ruling Biju Janata Dal, which faces the allegation of facilitating land grabbing bids by party men, industrial houses bureaucrats — both serving and retired — has at last done some face saving exercise. It has restored 1,301 acres of prime land on Puri beach to government, nearly 65 km …
The Civil Court has annulled the MRF100 million fined against Champa Mohamed Moosa by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) over the issue of Thumbafalhu. Delivering the verdict yesterday, Judge Mariyam Nihayath said that the person who has been charged with a crime should be given the opportunity to talk on …
SHILLONG: The Jaintia Youth Federation (central body) has expressed its serious concern over the fate of enquiry into the establishment of huge cement plants that are operating in the district and destroying vast forest cover in Jaintia Hills district. According to a statement issued by the JYF president P Majaw …
Ramesh to also consider increasing funding to states for admin reforms The government’s flagship rural employment programme may soon get a dedicated legal setup that would enable state governments to fast-track conviction of erring officials and panchayat heads implementing the scheme. The rural development ministry, which implements the Mahatma Gandhi …
A federal judge on Monday blocked a Food and Drug Administration requirement that tobacco companies put big new graphic warning labels on cigarette packages by next September. In a preliminary injunction, Judge Richard J. Leon of United States District Court in Washington ruled that cigarette makers were likely to win …
A Sessions court at Saket here has directed retail chain Shoppers Stop to appear before a trial court where a complaint was registered against it by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee under the Environment Protection Act, 1986, for alleged use of plastic carry bags. The retail company had filed a …
E.ON, Germany's largest utility by sales, will file a complaint with Germany's highest court claiming compensation for the country's nuclear exit, German paper Financial Times Deutschland reported. The company plans to file the complaint with the German constitutional court before the end of the year, the daily said, citing unidentified …
Pakistan has reportedly failed to offer comments on additional technical data on the controversial 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project provided by India on the instruction of International Court in The Hague (Holland). India is working day and night on the construction of Kishanganga project and plans to complete the project …
The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), yesterday, submitted to the Court of Appeal, a letter written recently by the Registrar of Pesticides, to Provincial Directors of Agriculture, regarding the release of pesticides containing Arsenic. The petitioner, CEJ, through its counsel, Ravindranath Dabare, informed the Court, that the Registrar of Pesticides …
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the government properly designated millions of acres of national forests as off limits to logging and road construction, overturning a lower court ruling in a long-running battle over preserving the land. For the second time, the U.S. Appeals Court for the 10th …
The department of Environment on Sunday realized Tk 10.80 lakh as fine from a Taiwanese textile factory in Mauna area under Sripur Upazila of Gazipur district on charge of polluting environment. A mobile court of the department, led by its director (Enforcement) Muhammad Munir Chowdhury, penalised How Are You Textile …
A federal court rejected a bid by conservationists for an immediate halt to wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana on Tuesday, but the judges said they would reconsider the request next month. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and others had asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for …
A federal judge has thrown out a main section of an Interior Department rule on global warming’s threat to polar bears. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Federal District Court ruled Monday that the Bush administration did not complete a required environmental review when it said the bear’s designation as threatened …
A local court, on Friday, served a notice to Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s commissioner, mayor, deputy commissioner and to JP group in connection to the poor-functioning at the garbage plant in Dadumajra and emission of toxic chemicals from the plant. The notice has been served by Judicial Magistrate Gurpartap Singh. The …
The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday decided to revise the Special Rehabilitation Package for land owners of four villages in North West District. Following the meeting, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Cabinet considered the proposal submitted by Land and Building Department for revising Special Rehabilitation Package that had been announced …
