Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a PIL on illegal mining of silica in Shankargarh area of Allahabad district. The verdict would be delivered on Friday. The high court bench, comprising Justice Sudhir Agrawal and Justice Sunita Agrawal, passed the order after hearing petitioner's counsel SD …
The projects would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing a blueprint for 'slum-free cities' in 21 urban centres under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects estimated at Rs 1,000 crore would be finalised and sent for central approval by …
United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) today launched rice herbicide 'Saathi' in Uttar Pradesh, a major paddy producer in India. The product would control all types of weeds and cost about Rs 1,000 a acre, increasing the farmers' profit margin, Head (integrated business unit) Bhupen Dubey said. He said the biggest challenge …
Flash floods following heavy rains in the last 24 hours have claimed 15 lives in Uttar Pradesh with Saharanpur district bearing the brunt of the deluge. All the casualties have been reported from Saharanpur city and adjoining areas. Massive rescue and relief operations have been launched in Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and …
In an indication of poor planning and performance, only four of 28 states were able to meet their labour budget projections for the rural job guarantee scheme in 2012-13. Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala performed beyond their labour budget estimates while Haryana met 100 per cent of what it …
Continuing its battle to eradicate polio from the district, volunteers of the UNICEF Social Mobilization Network along with the health department are making efforts to cover a total of 128 families who have resisted the polio vaccines. Despite the fact that not a single case of polio has been detected …
State’s Population May Rise To 28 Crore By 2028 Lucknow:The United Nations on Friday said that the population of India is expected to surpass that of China by 2028, when both the countries will have around 145 crore people each. Uttar Pradesh, with 1/6 of India’s population, would be a …
The doctors at a private hospital recently diagnosed a 23-day-old child with life-threatening ‘blue baby syndrome’ caused by consumption of contaminated water. They found that the baby, from Dhamori Khurd village in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, was being fed packagedformula milk mixed in water from the borewell, …
With monsoon expected to arrive on time, the arrangements to start annual plantation exercise for the year 2013-14 have been put in place by forest department. Soil work has already been done and saplings, 8 to 12 ft high, have been sent to the divisions. The department would start the …
In the wake of health risk posed by mobile phone towers, the Noida Authority has decided to relocate all such antennas from residential areas of the city. The authority will identify locations in isolated places — far from residential colonies — where they will be relocated. There are over 300 …
Officials of District Aids Programme Control Unit (DAPCU) swung into action following the report filed by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) terming around 132 villages as sensitive to HIV transmission. The UP State Aids Control Society (UPSACS) has now launched an extensive educational and awareness campaign with special attention on …
Collective efforts by a group of individuals have brought a welcome change in the landscape of the holy city of Varanasi that once had abundant water bodies like ponds and pools or kunds. These kunds, considered as sacred precincts, served as waters for ritual bathing in a religious city. In …
Rates For Rural Areas Increased Only By 25%, But No Improvement In Quality Noida: On the heels of a power tariff hike at a time when the city is facing prolonged outages, residents got another blow as Noida Authority has decided to hike water tariffs from July 1. The Authority …
A team of scientists from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will carry out a comprehensive study of the status of the groundwater table in the area between Gomti and Sai rivers across six districts of the state, including Lucknow. The three-year study, sanctioned by the Union Ministry for Water Resources, will …
The city administration on Monday conducted a drive against errant developers using ground water, even after clear direction of National Green Tribunal (NGT) to ban on ground water extraction. A team of district administration inspected on Monday stopped construction of an IT Park along Yamuna Expressway. Inspection team found that …
In an effort to spread awareness about conserving groundwater level and proper utilization of rainwater for storage, the groundwater department has chalked out a fresh strategy inducting educational institutes and a mass awareness campaign to spread the message of water conservation from second week of July. Claiming that residents of …
Justifying the recent hike in power tariff, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said it was necessary as the power department was running into losses. "The power department is in loss. We want the (power) situation to improve. The hike will affect heavy power users and poor will be …
With nearly 70% of malaria cases being reported from the slums and South Kanpur localities, the medical health and family welfare department has decided to take comprehensive anti-malaria measures to curb outbreak of the disease in these areas in the upcoming rainy season. As part of an anti-malaria campaign, the …
Noida: The Noida Authority has decided to appoint a technical consultant by the end of this month to begin its ambitious Riverfront Development Project. Through this project, the Authority will develop green corridors along the riverbanks of Yamuna and Hindon by massive plantation drives and building recreation zones, among other …
It was the morning of 15 August 2004. Television sets across the country relayed pictures of the newly appointed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Addressing the nation from inside a bullet-proof glass box at the Red Fort, Singh promised that all villages in the country will be electrified by 2012. The …
