Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "NHAI has made highway at protected pond site in Delhi Activists" appearing in the Times of India dated 30.09.2024. The application which was registered suo-moto, the Tribunal is examining the issue of the National Highways Authority of …
Honduras has arrested a suspect in the murder of an environmental rights activist and colleague of recently slain award-winning indigenous leader Berta Caceres, officials said on Sunday. Didier Enrique "Electric" Ramirez was apprehended for his alleged role in the killing of Nelson Garcia, 39, who was shot dead earlier this …
TEGUCIGALPA – Berta Caceres, a Honduran indigenous leader who led demonstrations against hydroelectric projects in her homeland, was killed early Thursday at her residence in the western city of La Esperanza, a human rights activist said. Two armed men apparently arrived at Caceres’ house at around 1:00 a.m. and shot …
Panaji: The proposed renewal of 27 mining leases has not gone down well with social activists and others, who suggest that the government auction the leases directly and challenge the order of the high court of Bombay at Goa in the Supreme Court. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar announced in the …
Apprehending serious consequences for the environment if the proposed 132 power plants in Vidarbha region are allowed to start operations, the Pune-based National Green Tribunal (NGT) served notices to Maharashtra government seeking a reply before March 19. An application in this regard was filed by social activist Ratandeep Rangari (through …
Bhadrak: The much-talked bio-toilets have found few takers in Bhadrak district. The ambitious project meant to free the country from open defecation was launched by the ministry of rural development at Dhamra in Bhadrak. Minister for chemical and fertilizers Srikant Jena had inaugurated it in the presence of Union minister …
Gorakhpur nuclear plant inauguration on Jan 13 When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Gorakhpur of Fatehabad district to inaugurate Haryana’s first nuclear power station, he is likely to be greeted by determined environmentalists opposed to the plant. Activists of the Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of anti-nuclear energy NGOs, …
Animal right activists of the People for Animals and the All-India Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha (AIJRBS) today served an ultimatum on the district administration to initiate action against NPCIL officials and their contractors for “causing death of seven blackbucks” in the past six days and to take steps for declaring …
On Thursday, the Gujarat high court (HC) asked the state government and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to file a monthly report showing the number of people affected by malaria and dengue and the number of fatalities. The bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala issued instructions …
A large number of activists representing social and rights organisations as also past and present representatives of various power sector related bodies criticised the functioning of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission on the second and final day of the public hearing exercise undertaken before the fixation of the new tariff …
PANJIM: Environmentalists on Monday came out strongly against the government wherein mining-dependent people heckled activists and disrupted a seminar on the Shah Commission report, in Margao on Saturday claiming the government provoked the pro-mining lobby against them. Ramesh Gawas who claimed that he was the main target of the mob, …
BHUBANESWAR: As noted social activist B D Sharma visited Posco's proposed steel site in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday to lend his support to the project's opponents, top executives of the South Korean company requested senior government officers in the state capital to resume land acquisition work at the earliest. Official …
ALLAHABAD: Head of Jai Ram Ashram, Haridwar, BrahmaswaroopBrahmachari inaugurated the camp of YashKrishiTaknikiEvamVigyan Kendra in Sector 1 of KumbhMela. Many saints, scholars and social activists were present at the inauguration. Swami Brahmaswaroop said, "Protection of environment and conservation of the Ganga should be the first duty of every Indian. Institutions …
The survey covered 97.78 per cent of the population In a one-of-its-kind census conducted by Punjab’s Health & Family Welfare Ministry in coordination with the World Health Organisation, major medical institutions, non-government organisations and social activists it has been revealed that while 33,318 people died of cancer in the past …
The ban on the sale of gutkha, pan masala and other chewing tobacco-based products in Uttarakhand came into effect from Tuesday. “This is a comprehensive ban on the sale, stocking and production of gutkha and all other tobacco chewing products in Uttarakhand,” a top government official said. Most of the …
Planning Commission remained in news this year for wrong reasons like fixing poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily in urban areas, spending Rs 35 lakh on refurbishing toilets and slashing average economic growth rate for the 12th Plan to 8 per cent. It all began in March with …
The ongoing agitation seeking swift relief and rehabilitation package for the hundreds of endosulfan victims has taken a curious turn with the victims and their families in the district sending letters to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking its intervention. While several affected family members residing in remote villages …
The Kerala-Kudankulam march led by writers and social activists on Sunday to express solidarity with the anti-nuclear protests in Kudankulam was blocked by the police near the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border at Inchivila. Kerala Anti-Nuclear Support Group, which organised the march, then tried to bus the activists to the protest site. …
PANJIM: Activists across the board have scoffed at the Government decision to halt all mining activity till action is taken against all, saying that the decision to shut mining, but allowing transportation of ore in transit was encouraging illegal mining. Leading the war cries Ramesh Gauns, punched holes in Parrikar’s …
Social activists have urged the State government to order a detailed investigation into the “vanishing hills and hillocks and pristine waterbodies” of Salem district, which fall prey to mindless and illegal mining for commercial purposes. Saying that the loss to the State exchequer would run to Rs.1000 crore, members of …
Among major projects stalled awaiting new legislation are Posco, ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel and Coal India More than a century after it was drawn up by British colonial rulers, India's land acquisition law is finally set for a revamp that promises to breathe life into scores of frozen industrial and infrastructure …
