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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

Foeticide: SC summons health secretaries of Punjab, Haryana

The Supreme Court today summoned the Health Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and four other states to explain the falling ratio of girl children despite the ban on sex selective abortions. The other Health Secretaries, who will have to appear in the SC on February 12, are of Rajasthan, Uttar …

Ruthless cold wave claims 24 more lives in North India

Plummeting mercury, coupled with a thick fog cover, threw normal life out of gear in the entire North India on Monday, with 24 more people succumbing to the chill in various parts of the region. While 20 more people died in Uttar Pradesh, four persons lost their lives in Uttarakhand, …

The big chill: At -3°C, Narnaul coldest place in plains

The cold wave condition intensified with the minimum temperature plummeting sharply, throwing normal life out of gear in many places of the North. According to weather office, the lowest minimum temperature of minus 3.0 degree Celsius was recorded at Narnaul (Haryana) in the plains of the country. With cold wave …

Pricing, regulation key to water mgmt: Montek

Top planners of the country have asserted that pricing and rationing are the most important tools to make optimal use of the most precious natural resource - water - and achieve sustainable development even though states, bound by political compulsions and fiercely protective of control over water management, may never …

Cold wave kills 29 in north India

New Delhi: There was no respite from the cold wave across north India on Monday as the mercury dipped close to the freezing point at several places in the region and killed 29 more people, mounting the toll from it this season to around 200. Officials said six people died …

Cold wave intensifies; 23 more die

The entire North India continued to remain in the grip of severe cold wave on Sunday, with 23 more people succumbing to the chill in various parts of the region. Delhi shivered at season’s lowest of minimum 1.9 degrees, five notches below normal, while the maximum temperature plummeted by 9 …

States opt to stay in dark rather than buy power & hike tariffs

Funds-starved state electricity boards (SEBs) across the country are resorting to load shedding in a massive way to deal with power shortages rather than buy electricity from the open market, which is turning more expensive. This is reflected in peak-hour electricity deficits of states with heavily indebted power distribution utilities. …

Chill kills 23 more in North; Hisar, Karnal at sub-zero levels

North India continued to remain in the grip of severe cold wave today, with 23 more persons succumbing to the chill in various parts of the region. Fifteen more persons died in Uttar Pradesh due to intense cold conditions, taking the toll in the state this winter to 155. At …

5 rhinos go missing from Dudhwa

Lucknow: At least five rhinos have gone missing from the Dudhwa national park. Though the forest department officers are tightlipped about the incident, wildlife enthusiasts have voiced concern over their disappearance. “Frantic search is on for the rhinos, missing for the past four days. The area has been cordoned off,” …

Cold claims 22 lives in North

7 die in Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh y Death toll mounts to 129 Intense cold claimed 22 lives in North India today as temperature plummeted to sub-zero levels at many places in the region. The cold wave continued unabated in Uttar Pradesh as 15 more persons succumbed to the chill …

Bajaj Hindusthan quits 1,980 MW UP power project

The lights are going out in Uttar Pradesh’s power capacity addition plan and the villain is once again land acquisition. Bajaj Hindusthan has decided to pull out of the R10,000-crore, 1,980 MW Bargad power project planned in Chitrakoot district, following the recent exit of Jaypee Group from the R7,000-crore, 1,320 …

6 states 'agree to' Centre's Rs 1.9-lakh-cr power discom debt restructuring

Deadline for accepting the package extended by three months At least six states have agreed to subscribe to the Centre’s debt restructuring plan for power distribution companies. The deadline for states to opt for the package has been extended by three months and would now end on March 31. The …

Coldest weather in decades hits India; group says 107 dead

The coldest weather in northern India for at least 44 years has killed more than 100 homeless people, an aid group said on Thursday. The capital New Delhi saw a maximum temperature of 9.8 Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday - the lowest since records began in 1969. Fog forced cancellation …

Cold wave claims nine more lives in North India

Kashmir Valley continues to reel under intense cold wave even as fringes of Dal Lake freeze for the first time this winter North India was gripped by bone chilling cold on Thursday as temperatures nosedived across the region claiming nine more lives. Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 12.7 degrees …

Solar power plants' output high, but varying widely

With no rain or dust, November was one of the better months for solar power plants in the country The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) recently released data of power generation from solar plants constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) for November. And the results …

Noida farmers threaten agitation

Noida farmers under the banner of Kisan Sangarsh Samiti today warned of blocking all development work in the city unless Noida Authority fulfills the promises made to them on back lease of land. The Farmers at a panchayat held at Gadhi Sahadra alleged that the Authority officers wanted to keep …

Farmers protest in Wave City, demand more compensation

A minor clash broke out at the Wave City site office in Ghaziabad on Wednesday when police resorted to a lathicharge to disperse farmers who were protesting against insufficient compensation. Senior police officers said that it was the farmers who began pelting stones at police prompting them to lathicharge. No …

15 more die of intense cold wave in U.P.

The entire North India reeled under an intense cold wave on Wednesday as a drop in the mercury level claimed 15 more lives in Uttar Pradesh, with a thick fog cover throwing normal life out of gear at many places in the region. Delhi witnessed its coldest day of January …

Power sector growth lost in transmission

Though the targets set were not met, the last two decades — particularly the later one — were marked by some revival of investor interest in the power industry, especially in the generation sector. The momentum, however, was partly lost in 2012 as fuel shortages and political arm-twisting led to …

Forest department serves notices to Noida builders

Noida: The Gautam Budh Nagar district forest department has issued notices to many developers for undertaking construction work within a 10km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary without obtaining necessary clearances from the National Board for Wildlife. The forest department has also appealed to buyers not to invest in such …

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