Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Thousands of people have been rescued from flood-affected parts of the country, including Assam, the NDRF on Sunday said. “Fourty-four self-contained flood rescue teams of NDRF have been pre-positioned to assist the respective state administrations in rescue and relief work. 12 flood rescue teams are relentlessly engaged in relief and …
Several rivers in spate; Toll stands at 26; Crops damaged in 3.39 lakh hectares of land The flood situation remained grim in 12 districts of Bihar where an estimated 27.50 lakh people were affected though no fresh casualty was reported, with the toll standing at 26. Ghaghra is flowing above …
Patna/Bagaha: The flood situation continued to be grim in four of the 12 districts of Bihar, with over 2.96 lakh people living in 415 relief camps. The number of flood-hit people has increased to 27.50 lakh, living in 2,162 villages of 558 panchayats of which 226 are fully submerged in …
Today, in India, we face both an environment as well as a development crisis. On the one hand we are still struggling with the problems of inequality, poverty and improving the human development indicators. On the other hand, environmental pollution and ecological destruction is now a runaway problem. Both these …
Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 68 people in Nepal in the past three days and another 15 are missing, local authorities said on Thursday. Rescue teams of soldiers and police personnel used rubber boats and helicopters to rescue people from rooftops and trees, Yadav Koirala, spokesman for …
GE's locomotive manufacturing unit in Bihar, which chief minister Nitish Kumar had asked officials to give special preference to, has been stuck for clearance from the Bihar State Pollution Control Board for more than two months - because the board does not have a chairman. The Indian Railways diesel locomotive …
Incessant rain in Nepal have caused flood in eight north and eastern Bihar districts, claiming nine lives. The flood situation is likely to worsen as water resources department said there was forecast of heavy rain in Nepal over the next two days. As many as 2.92 lakh people living in …
The police on Sunday destroyed 104 illegal stone crushers during an operation against illegal crushing in Gopi Bigaha, Jamuhar and Mahadeva villages within the limits of Dehri-On-Sone police station of Bihar’s Rohtas district. Superintendent of Police M. S. Dhillon said six JCB machines were used to destroy 104 illegal stone …
The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has worked out a framework which envisages that no untreated sewage will be disposed in the river by 2020, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. “As per NGRBA framework, it is envisaged that no untreated sewage shall be disposed to the Ganga …
Putting a step forward towards ensuring supply of piped drinking water to every households in Bihar as promised in his pre-election 'Seven Resolves', Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated a total of 340 piped water supply schemes worth over Rs 215.46 crore through remote control, at a colourful programme …
Patna: In the wake of a survey conducted by the World Health Organization in May last year, in which Patna ranked second after Delhi in the list of the most polluted cities, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has finally agreed to implement a rule prohibiting diesel vehicles that have been operational …
Seeking to put at rest certain controversies pertaining to reports that the central government has allowed "killing" of animals to protect agricultural farms, new Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday said "no such orders" have been given by the union government. "I want to make it clear that neither centre …
Following heavy rains in catchment areas in Nepal and in the border districts, the State government has issued flood warning for districts of north Bihar where the major rivers are in spate. The government has also cancelled the leave of engineers of State Waters Resources Department, instructing them to remain …
The southwest monsoon on Wednesday covered the entire country after its arrival at Kerala coast on June 8, with most parts of the country receiving adequate rainfall, especially in the last two weeks. “The monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of north Arabian sea, Kutch and west Rajasthan. Thus, it …
PATNA: Raj Kumar Shah a resident of Siwan district exemplifies entrepreneurs whose businesses have grown over the past few months owing to the setting up of a Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) mini grid plant under the Smart Power for Rural Development (SPRD) programme. Raj Kumar owns a general store cum …
Banka: With a view to making the state self-dependent on power, decks are being cleared for the establishment of 4000MW thermal power plant, a joint venture of Bihar Mega Power Limited (BMPL) and Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFCL), a Government of India Undertaking, in Banka district. In all probability, desolate …
The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal of energy department under Chief Minister's New and Renewable Energy Scheme for installation of 3,000 solar pumps and one kilowatt offgrid power plants on residential and commercial buildings. Principal secretary (cabinet secretariat) Brajesh Mehrotra said the cabinet OK'd a grant of Rs …
NEW DELHI: The central regulator on transgenic organisms has proposed to utilize farms of select agricultural universities for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops as a nationally-coordinated project under strict expert supervision. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) of the environment ministry has identified 40 agricultural universities, with big …
Fifty-seven people were killed and 24 injured after being struck by lightning in Bihar on Wednesday. The overnight storm also killed dozens of animals in 17 of the 38 districts of the state that received the season’s first rainfall. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today chaired a meeting of IMD and …
One of the first announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pertained to cleaning the Ganga. But this is not the first time an attempt has been made to clean the river. River cleaning schemes initiated in 1974, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 2008-09 have been monumental failures. While the Prime Minister's …
