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 …
The recent raid by CBI sleuths at Nagpur railway station and subsequent arrest of poachers and recovery of two tiger skins, one of them being fresh, and 40 kg of tiger bones has once again highlighted the severe threat to wild cat in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). The arrested …
It's been there for about 150 years. The banyan tree, with its calming presence and slender aerial shoots touching the ground, stood at the embankment of Ambazari tank in Nagpur as a landmark; refuge to some, spectacle for others. Birds made it their habitat. click here Then it turned into …
Swine flu virus is mild; unpreparedness resulted in panic fifteen-year-old Preshita Padhye tested positive for H1N1 virus on July 27. She spent the next five days at the isolation ward of the Aundh general hospital in Pune.
Nagpur: It was as brazen a violation of rules as you would ever see. A Maharashtra minister entered a cage of tiger cubs at the Maharajbagh zoo in Nagpur along with his supporters on Independence Day and petted the animals as TV cameras rolled. It made national headlines. Yet, with …
The National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), Nagpur, has undertaken an ambitious project to assess the State
Mumbai: The dreaded chandipura virus, known to give very little time for recovery, has struck Nagpur and its adjoining districts claiming seven lives in two weeks. The state has declared it an epidemic now and started massive anti-vector campaigns in the severely affected villages. The chandipura virus, caused by bite …
Like many species of flora and fauna, many avifauna too are endangered, especially due to habitat loss. While the International Conference on Hornbills exchange news, welcome ideas and make efforts towards their conservation by various means through greater networking possibilities today, there are birds which birders are still trying to …
Nagpur: The power generation of Maharashtra State Electricity Generation Company (Mahagenco) is likely to suffer this week as coal supply to its Koradi and Khaperkheda plants would be interrupted due to the mega rail block between Bhilai and Bilaspur, official sources said. The South East Central Railway has decided to …
Nagpur: A Rs 627-crore project in Vidarbha's six suicide-prone, cotton-producing districts will help farmers in capacity building, increasing the farm produce and marketing. Animal husbandry, dairy farming and pisciculture, too, will be promoted Multiplicity of authorities with almost no coordination, absence of a symbiotic relation among beneficiaries, NGOs and private …
Nagpur: Concerned over the deteriorating situation in the Chandrapur forests, where a number of tigers are reported to have disappeared, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has written to Mahararashtra Chief Secretary Johny Joseph citing a letter by B Majumdar, former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Wildlife seeking his …
New Delhi: A blistering heat wave continues to lash large parts of the country, including Orissa, where 67 people have so far died due to sunstroke. Nagpur on Wednesday topped the hottest places with 47.1
Mumbai: The committee formed to formulate protection activities in non-protected forest areas of the state met at Nagpur on Wednesday, 10 months after its formation in July last year. However, the meeting concluded without any concrete output except for expressing the inability of the forest department to create sanctuaries and …
Nagpur: After ten long years of research punctuated with technical delays, the Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR) in Nagpur is ready with 20,000 packets of desi Bt cotton seeds for distribution to farmers starting next month. The Bikaneri Narma (BN Bt), as it is called, is a variety and …
Nagpur: Less than a year ago, 50-year-old Kalavati Bandukar knew the value of energy but little about the difference between nuclear, thermal, or renewable energy sources. But this widow, whose husband, a farmer, committed suicide in 2005 after being unable to pay his debts, is now learning not only about …
You tell us whom we should elect, say Shivangaon villagers, who have vowed to boycott polls Rahi Gaikwad NAGPUR This summer, the votes may be frozen in Shivangaon village in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Stripped of their land and ignored by the authorities, the people here have decided to boycott the Lok …
VIVEKDESHPANDE NAGPUR, MARCH 8 A NEWSPAPER public relations employee, often seen among those close to Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute during his visit here, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly poaching a spotted deer near Pench tiger reserve in the district. Aslam Khan, working with a local Hindi newspaper, was arrested …
Each year, on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization, its 188 members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day around a chosen theme. This day commemorates the entry into force, on that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization. Subsequently, in 1951, WMO was designated …
Mumbai: The city may have endorsed the Shanghai model for development but its water will be receiving the Singapore treatment. Grappling with water shortage and complaints, city's water department has sought help from experts in Singapore. Engineers from Singapore's national water agency, the Public Utilities Board, will be roped in …
