Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
BHOPAL: PETA volunteers caught the attention of many as they painted themselves green and took out a demonstration on "Go Vegan for Earth Day" at the busy VIP road on Friday. Two PETA volunteers, Rachna Singh and Mayank Telang, painted their bodies green and held placards with slogans "Eat Green …
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Central Pollution Control Board to file a comprehensive affidavit on the “character and content” of reported contamination of ground water in Bhopal's Arifnagar area due to the 1985 Union Carbide gas tragedy. A Bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J. Chelameshwar also …
There is marginal rise in the population of almost all the animals in the Van Vihar National Park, Bhopal except for cheetal population that witnessed downfall of about 5 per cent according to the latest report of census released here on Tuesday. Assistant Director Forest Sudesh Waghmare while talking to …
A group of NGOs today strongly opposed the state government's fresh proposal of disposing of nearly 350 tons of toxic waste lying in the defunct Union Carbide plant at Bhopal in the Pithampur industrial area near here. “The facility of treatment, storage and disposal at Pithampur is not even equipped …
The state government on Tuesday has decided to amend Madhya Pradesh State (Thermal Power Plant Establishment) Land Management Rules 2011. The decision to this effect was taken at the meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. These rules have been framed for allotment and management …
ZAFAR ALAM KHAN notes that first blood was spilled in Aishbagh police station area where a man was murdered following a dispute over filling of containers. Falling water table is a concern, so are funds to ensure a better distribution network. Sweating it for water is common in cities, but …
Public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Bhopal unit, has registered a turnover of Rs 4,780 crore against the set target of Rs 4,778 crore, during the 2011-12 fiscal year. While talking to media persons here on Wednesday, executive director of Bhopal unit of BHEL SS Gupta said there has …
The issue of illegal mining remained a hot topic of discussion at the workshop organised in the city centre office on World Forestry Day. The officials of the district administration and police administration said to eliminate the mining mafia by working with forest department untidily. The workshop was organised under …
A 10-year-study in Bhopal has found that every second person who was exposed to the gas leak 28 years ago has abnormal lung function. The study carried out by researchers at Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre and published in the February issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research …
The members of the treasury and the Opposition objected to the supply and burning of the solid waste — generated in Bhopal’s Dow Chemicals — at Taloja plant by Mumbai Waste Management Limited (MWML). The members demanded action against the agency that has shouldered the responsibility of burning the hazardous …
New Delhi: Almost a year after he tapped into public discontent, activist Anna Hazare will return to Jantar Mantar on Sunday to press for a strong whistleblowers’ Act. Hazare will sit on a daylong protest fast spurred by the outcry over the killing of IPS officer Narender Kumar by mining …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the e-panchayat system, a new initiative of the State Government at a State-level function at Garhakota in Sagar district on March 2. The function will be presided over by Panchayat and Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava. Minister of State Dev …
The Madhya Pradesh Government is committed to providing best quality of education to its students. One of such efforts include bringing improvement in higher education through partnership between Madhya Pradesh government and World Bank. Work is being undertaken on a Rs. 1000 crore project for this purpose. Chief Minister Shivraj …
Says this will uphold the noble ideals of Olympic Movement The Union Sports Ministry has written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), urging it to cancel the sponsorship of Dow Chemical for the London Olympics. In a letter, dated February 24, to IOC president Jacques Rogge, the Ministry's joint secretary …
The Indian Olympic Association’s repeated pleas to have Dow hemicals removed as a sponsor of the London Olympics may have fallen on deaf ears but now the Indian government has intervened with a new request. In a letter to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, the sports ministry has asked …
The preparations for procuring wheat on support price from farmers in the State have entered the final stage. Procurement will begin simultaneously in the entire State from March 15. Besides online advance registration of farmers for wheat procurement, another important feature in this connection is the process of informing farmers …
The entire world is grappling with the dangers of climate change and all the countries are making efforts for tiding over the deepening problem of global warming at their respective levels. It is indeed a major achievement that Madhya Pradesh is pioneer among the States in the country, to have …
Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday extended the tenure of the Union Carbide Toxic Gas Leak Probe Commission by an year, sources said. The term of the committee, headed by Justice SL Kocchar, was to get over on February 25, they said. The decision in this regard was taken by the …
At a meeting held under Engineering and Auto Expo-2012 at the State capital, a meeting of foreign companies’ representatives and the State Government was also held during which they were given invitation for investment by the Government. For this purpose, they were once again apprised of intensification of industrialisation in …
Five organisations of the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal on Sunday burnt an effigy of Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympics Committee to protest the apex body’s recent declaration that Dow Chemical could not be held responsible for the lingering liabilities in Bhopal. “An assessment …
