Order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the matter of Bhisham Kinger Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to deteriorating medical infrastructure in Punjab, especially Malerkotla district. An affidavit filed before the court showed that certain vacancies of doctors at Malerkotla have …
The petitioners in the plea have said that Punjab is deficient of water and even the groundwater stands depleted in at least 14 lakh tube wells. A public interest litigation filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday has sought a compensation of Rs 80,000 crore to Punjab …
During the post-monsoon season, the air in northern India is particularly stagnant, meaning smoke particles do not vent into the atmosphere as they would during other times of the year. Agricultural fires are to blame for about half of the pollution experienced in Delhi in October and November, a peak …
The SGPC introduced eco-friendly compostable carry bags at Golden Temple from Sunday. This initiative has been taken in collaboration with the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB). SGPC chief secretary Dr Roop Singh said to preserve environment, special bags made from starch granules derived from maize and potato have been put …
Indian agriculture is estimated to be consuming about 78 percent of total fresh water resources available in the country. Yet, more than half of the gross cropped area is still dependent on rains. Extremely skewed allocation of scarce irrigation water amongst crops and inefficient use of the allocated water are …
The matter was taken up in the civic body budget meeting City residents are happy that the issue of rising noise pollution was raised during the budget meeting. However, they are cautious and expect concrete action will be taken to contain the menace. Col (Retd) RS Patial, Principal, Government Residential …
Says work has started on trial basis, next hearing on April 3 The Municipal Corporation of Bathinda (MCB) has submitted its compliance report in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, on the arrangements made by them for door-to-door garbage collection work before taking over from JITF Company from May …
The delay in tabling of the Action Taken Report (ATR) on the Narang Commission, fixing accountability of certain ruling party MLAs in illegal sand mining trade and soaring prices of sand and gravel rocked the zero hour proceedings of the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. Amid walkout by the Aam Aadmi …
The SAD-BJP’s Rs 600-crore ambitious Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Amritsar has failed to fructify as envisioned. Taking into account the money already pumped in jointly by the Centre and state government on equal sharing basis, the Amarinder Singh government has constituted a ministers’ panel to gauge the viability …
CHANDIGARH: Most traffic violators in Chandigarh are from Punjab and Haryana, police here informed the Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday, during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking stricter implementation of a rule banning modified motorcycles producing high-decibel noise. Following the submission, the court impleaded …
Penalty of ₹2 lakh imposed on State government The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday rapped the Delhi government for not filing an action plan pertaining to pollution as a result of crop burning in Delhi-NCR and imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on the State government. Affidavit declined Coming …
Amritsar: From April 1, the Golden Temple will replace the use of plastic carry bags with compostable ones to make its contribution to environment protection. Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) chairman Kahan Singh Pannu held a meeting with the SGPC officials on Thursday to impress upon them to take lead …
Three private companies had challenged the government decision banning the sale of the 20 insecticides, which had been found harmful for humans and animals The Punjab government has issued a gazetted notification banning 20 insecticides in the state following last week’s Punjab and Haryana High Court decision that set aside …
LUDHIANA: The income-tax department and Times of India’s joint initiative Live Green Campaign is all set to take new colours with its second phase kicking off from Friday. Led by chief income tax commissioner Binay K Jha, representatives of various top industrial houses of Punjab along with people from all …
Amid the state government’s efforts to crack the whip on the mining mafia, The Tribune investigates how the illegal activity is being carried out in the state even by authorised contractors. Modus operandi Sources say many politicians, who have stakes in the mining business, have bought land around marked quarries …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amandeep Aggarwal Vs. State of Punjab & Others dated 09/03/2018. This application is moved by M/s Preetech Power Pvt. Ltd., seeking approval of this Tribunal for felling of trees on the private land. In support of the relief, it …
NEW DELHI: Seeking to provide a cost-effective and eco-friendly solution to farmers to deal with the problem of stubble burning that results in raising air pollution levels in the capital and neighbouring states every winter, the government on Wednesday approved a Rs 1,151 crore scheme to promote in-situ (in the …
Each year, Kashmir gets around one crore live chicken from Jammu, Haryana, and Punjab, where the birds are majorly raised on antibiotics. As per the information revealed by Dr Altaf Geelani, Assistant Manager Care of Poultry Organisation, around “25 per cent of four crore chicken” consumed in the Valley annually …
The Vidhan Sabha Committee to review suicide by farmers and landless labourers will present its report in the Assembly during the Budget session scheduled later this month. Committee chairman Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and member Nathu Ram, Balluana MLA, recently toured Gujarat to gather facts on how to increase the income …
The state Rural Development and Panchayat Department has suspended the sarpanch of Janer village Malwinder Singh and panchayat secretary Harcharan Singh on the charge of illegal mining on 25 acres of panchayat land. The action follows news reports published in The Tribune ‘Illegal mining on panchayat land threatens ecology at …
In a bid to make available houses at affordable prices to the lower income groups in the state, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has offered major concessions for developing colonies that will offer affordable houses to the needy. For this purpose the department has come up with an …
