Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Former Bollywood actress and BJP Lok Sabha member Hema Malini, currently under fire over a land allotment, has now been accused of destroying mangroves on a plot allotted to her in the 1990s. Quoting an RTI reply provided by the Mumbai Suburban District Collectorate, activist Anil Galgali on Tuesday said …
Determined to shift the Darbar by June, the State government is going ahead with its plans to construct a temporary capital, despite the fact that cases are pending in the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The government has even floated tenders. The State government claims that it has got all the …
Gurgaon: Around 20 big and small water bodies in Old Gurgaon that once were not only the main source of supply for surrounding villages but also helped recharge groundwater were allowed to die due to the apathetic attitude of civic authorities. According to a response to an RTI reply, there …
Nagpur: Chandrapur is one of the most polluted cities in the country and now this is causing respiratory ailments among the residents of the district. Data provided by the civil surgeon shows that every year over 10,000 people fall ill due to respiratory ailments. Hundreds are suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis …
HYDERABAD: Despite being a Sunday , the pollution levels in the city peaked at 121 suspended particulate matter (SPM). While it is usually considered that vehicular movement is comparatively less than a weekday , the surge in the pollution levels has forced the green brigade to proclaim that the city …
The callousness of government agencies to protect lakes and the helplessness of the citizens in rejuvenating them were the highlights of a discussion on Thursday. The programme - ‘Disappearing lakes of Karnataka, fixing accountabilities, making amends and improving governance’ - was organised by the People’s Campaign for Right to Water …
Nagpur: The state information commission (SIC), Nagpur Bench, rapped wildlife wing officials of the forest department for violating RTI Act by denying information to consumer rights activist Avinash Prabhune. Prabhune on May 3, 2014, had filed an application seeking details about 'estimation exercise to count tiger, co-predator prey in Maharashtra …
The Punjab government on Wednesday issued directions to Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) not to conduct further field trials of genetically modified (GM) mustard crop, following the concerns expressed by a civil society group. “I have asked Financial Commissioner (Development), Punjab, to direct PAU not to go ahead with further field …
The Central Information Commission has directed the Environment Ministry to explain whether it is revisiting environmental clearance given to a solar park in the habitat of Indian Bustard in Karnataka as per directions of National Green Tribunal. The Commission has directed the Ministry "to publish the policy along with reasons …
Panaji: Doctors at the Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital, Bambolim, will now have to take prior permissions - administrative and financial - from competent authority before conducting clinical trials, even if the trials are with sponsorship from pharmaceutical companies. Dean of Goa Medical College (GMC) and hospital, Dr Pradeep …
If the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has its way, almost half the city will soon be a much quieter place to live in. For the first time, the civic body has notified 'silence zones', identifying over 1,500 locations across the city. The notification was issued by the BMC's environment department …
670 km stretch of East-West Corridor The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) seems to be out of step with present-day concerns over climate change and its impact. Only this can explain NHAI's hemming and hawing over re-plantation of more than 1.36 lakh trees it got chopped down in the …
ET analysed Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar's statements on the issue since April, and found him shifting positions and emphases according to the situation. Sometimes, he even resorted to taking U-turns. Gathered through an RTI application, perusal of his written answers in parliament and comments at a press conference to mark …
It directs Collector to stop mining, quarrying in 14 villages The inability of the Palakkad district administration to enforce an order of the southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) stopping operations of all mining and quarrying units in 14 ecologically sensitive villages in the district has evoked concern. …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)'s rhino task force has suggested that the CBI should be given the mandate to investigate, suo motu, those cases of rhino poaching in which the horn of the animal is not found within two days of the crime being committed unless intelligence inputs confirm …
Like other crimes, rampant rhino poaching in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is also a product of poor governance and weak institutional structures, observed the Rhino Task Force constituted by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry to study the problem of rhino poaching in the KNP. The Task Force has …
INDORE: Five years after filing of an RTI application and spending of Rs 25,000, fight to get required info on human clinical trial agreement copy continues. Hearing a contempt petition on the matter on Monday, Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court (MPHC) directed state information commission to submit reply …
NAINITAL: In gross violation of many mining guidelines including Section 157 of the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1963, which says that the individual holder of agricultural land can only lease the plot for agriculture and allied activities and not for mining purposes, an RTI reply has revealed that …
GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is set to resume work on its ambitious cycle track project, after a stay imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was lifted, earlier this month. The principal bench of the tribunal, headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, disposed of a petition …
In 8 yrs, only 8 cases of animal killing under Wildlife Act Ten years. 6,308 trees felled. All illegally. Mere 137 cases registered under the Protection of Trees Act. Of these 6,308 trees, over 4,900 have been hacked to death by the Ghaziabad Development Authority. That is not all. In …
